Field Trips
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Class field trips are the events that most students look forward to the most during the year. Whether the field trip be to somewhere on the school campus, somewhere within the town's city limits, or to a destination that is hours away. Field trips provide students with the opportunity to learn outside of the classroom setting. Many times field trips involve hands-on activities that students will participate in.
Although these trips bring much joy and excitement the the students, they can easily bring about much stress to parents and school faculty and staff. Much planning must go into organizing a school field trip. Contact must be made to individuals in charge of the destination of the field trip, permission slips must be signed, and the funds to support the expenses of the trip, must be available. A nice alternative that would avoid all of these issues, would be to take a virtual tour. By going to websites like http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/ and http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm , teachers can skip the hassle of planning and organizing an extravagant trip, and can visit locations all across the world without ever having to leave the classroom. While it is still fun to partake in field trips outside the school walls, in times where the time and resources aren't available, technology provides a great alternative with these virtual tours.
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