Have you ever considered going on a Virtual field trip? It's cost effective, saves time , you can do it in the privacy of your classroom, so much more manageable and of course your class will want to go again and again. In many of our schools students come to us disadvantaged wither because of family situations or income.Many of them have a little pre-knowledge beyond home and what they experience at school, an outing is like a vacation. The only way we can expose them to culture and the many experiences life has to offer is to take them on Virtual Field trips.This wealth of information that they can gain from visiting museums, or even virtual exhibits can create in them a desire to want to know more about the world and lead them to navigate going on these field trips on their own time. It lends to student motivation and can be transferred later when the formal lesson beings in class, they will now have information on which they can draw on for discussions and more important for writing assignments. My English teacher always tools us, to write what we knew, what we were familiar with. If we do not give them the experiences, what would they draw upon?
Check out this site.
http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html#Museums
Hi acsramdass,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you very much about the need for students to experience the world around them in authentic ways so that they will add to their prior knowledge and writing. I know of many students who have not experienced many of our historical and natural sites. This is either because they cannot afford it or that their parents do not have the time to provide them with these experiences. If we are unable to provide our students with the actual experiences then we can possibly open our own local virtual tour.