Virtual Field Trips

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A virtual field trip is a teaching tool that uses the internet and different websites to create an experience for the student that is similar to a traditional field trip. This paper examines how there is a substantial amount of current and relative information arguing both sides of this particular subject. Although both traditional and virtual field trips, offer different experiences for the students, the paper argues that no only are virtual field trips better, they are more cost effective, safer, flexible, and are more rewarding for students of today.

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"Today's world is developing in a much more sophisticated and technological way than it has anytime ever before. We are immersed in technology every day and it affects our lives very dramatically, whether we like to admit it or not. Academic, community, business, and government leaders are calling upon our schools, colleges, and universities to graduate a different kind of student than a generation ago. This is in response to the challenges posed by the new global economy, where the knowledge and skills of a nation's workers are key to its competitive success, rather than in the past when factors like natural resources and geographic location reigned supreme (Owston 33)."

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