Videoconferencing provides students with the opportunity to learn by participating in a 2-way communication platform. Furthermore, teachers and lecturers from all over the world can be brought to classes in remote or otherwise isolated places. Students from diverse communities and backgrounds can come together to learn about one another. Students are able to explore, communicate, analyze and share information and ideas with one another.
Virtual field trips:
Museums charge anywhere from free to $500 for the experience, with the average charge of about $100. That's nothing, "if you compare it with the cost of getting on a bus plus the individual entry fees if you showed up on the doorstep."
The time factor is also important. "Teachers are pressured to cover a lot of content in a short amount of time," "This way, the students are given a one-hour lesson on exactly what they are covering in their class rather than a wider tour of the museum." And, of course, they don't lose valuable time on travel. "They are experiencing an outside location in an efficient way,"
In a very practical way, too, visiting a museum via teleconference can be a much more pleasant experience. "One of our first grade teachers told me that when her students go on a field trip," "all they see is arms and legs!"
Videoconferencing provides students with the opportunity to learn by participating in a 2-way communication platform. Furthermore, teachers and lecturers from all over the world can be brought to classes in remote or otherwise isolated places. Students from diverse communities and backgrounds can come together to learn about one another. Students are able to explore, communicate, analyze and share information and ideas with one another.
Virtual field trips:
Museums charge anywhere from free to $500 for the experience, with the average charge of about $100. That's nothing, "if you compare it with the cost of getting on a bus plus the individual entry fees if you showed up on the doorstep."
The time factor is also important. "Teachers are pressured to cover a lot of content in a short amount of time," "This way, the students are given a one-hour lesson on exactly what they are covering in their class rather than a wider tour of the museum." And, of course, they don't lose valuable time on travel. "They are experiencing an outside location in an efficient way,"
In a very practical way, too, visiting a museum via teleconference can be a much more pleasant experience. "One of our first grade teachers told me that when her students go on a field trip," "all they see is arms and legs!"