The Mobiltity of Computers

In this article they entail how computers can be used to take students on a virtual field trip. The article is about using computers as a tool for student exploration and allows them to work together and empowers teachers. The advantages of using computers in this fashion is that it gives children a fun, educational, and collaborative experience of traditional field trips but it allows for flexibility because the computers are available on a daily basis also unlike traditional field trips a teacher would not have to go through the lengthy process of receiving funding arranging bus drop off and pick up and addressing school liability insurance. So by skipping all of these road blocks a teacher can become more spontaneous and flexible in how he or she wants to teach their students.

This article answers partially the question to how technology could improve a history class in terms of student motivation and productivity. I chose this article because students can use computers to take a virtual field trip to things like the battle of Gettysburg or to the Pyramids of Giza or the Great Wall of China any place in History that is not accessible because it’s in the past or on the other side of the world. This would in my opinion make a History class far more interesting for the students and increase classroom productivity. It’s my belief that if they can think of history as something more tangible than a chapter in a text book they will become more interested. This is an A posting.

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