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ERIC Number: EJ638290
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Virtual Field Trips and Newsrooms: Integrating Technology into the Classroom.
Wilson, Elizabeth K.; Rice, Margaret L.; Bagley, William; Rice, M. Keith
Social Education, v64 n3 p152-55 Apr 2000
Describes two exercises that utilize computers and the Internet in the social studies classroom: (1) virtual field trips; and (2) the virtual newsroom. Offers an example virtual field trip focusing on Mount Vernon (Virginia) and includes a virtual field trip guide. Presents an example of the virtual newsroom exercise on the Civil Rights movement. (CMK)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Strategies, Field Trips, Internet, Middle Schools, News Reporting, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Projects, Technology
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mount Vernon