Virtual Tours

I watched the google earth tours of:

Alli Whitezell

Julie Chatfield

Nancy Taylor

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Creating this tour has been a really interesting experience. I have really learned a lot about technology as I have worked on it. I can see the benefit it would have in the classroom as it is a really good resource for the students. In upper grades students can easily get on the computer and check out the tour and self-teach, really, as they follow the instructions and guidelines. I can also see how it is a really time consuming project, for the teacher and for the student if they were to make one. Students could make one and use it as a way to present their findings from a report or the research they've done, but it would take a lot of instruction on the teacher's part to show them how to do it. I think it could be really beneficial for the students, but the time to do it would be an issue, as it is with many projects. If the time could be given by both the teacher and the student I think it would be a really great tool and resource in the classroom and a great way for the students to get engaged in what they were learning.