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Hi, I'm Kellie Mcrae and my topic was virtual field trips.
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A virtual field trip is either a video or live stream that you can
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watch to explore places around you that are close or far away with videos.
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They're usually free
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and with live streams
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they can be free but usually have a small fee.
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Oftentimes, virtual field trips are used in the classroom,
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especially this past year
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when the pandemic hit,
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virtual field trips are of course done remotely or online
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and teachers usually will watch the virtual field
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trip video or livestream before the class sees it
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just to get comfortable with it and make sure it
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covers what they need and there's no inappropriate discussions inside.
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Some advantages of virtual field trip is that it can be more affordable,
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such as if you watch a video, it can be free.
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Usually, often, often it is free.
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If you get a live stream,
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it is going to be more affordable than going to an in person field trip.
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Even with that small fee that applies to livestream videos,
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you can go anywhere with a virtual field trip that
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you cannot go with an in person field trip,
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you get a wider,
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the class gets a wider
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range of experience
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and nowadays it can, it can be a lot safer
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than going to an in person field trip. Especially with today's pandemic,
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Some disadvantages to the
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virtual field trips is that it's not as hands on with the
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students because they are just sitting and watching a video or live stream
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of
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what you put on
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and the students might disengage from the video or
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livestream more sooner because they are not interacting hands on
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with what they're watching.
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The students also do not get to
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connect with the community as
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two. If they were go
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were to go to an in person field trip
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and be able to talk to the, say you go to a zoo, they wouldn't be able to talk to the
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zookeepers in a virtual field trip as to if they would go in person and
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with virtual field trips, they're staying in the classroom around
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their teacher and
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there
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peers
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that they see every day as to an important field trip.
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They are around a lot more people that
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they don't know in interacting with that community.
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Some examples of the use in a classroom would be for the teacher to use a
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virtual field trip to have the students get
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a better understanding of what they're being taught.
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And it's a virtual field trip is a quick and fun way
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for the students to
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see.
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And it's a good reference
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for the lesson that they're being taught as well.
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It's great for students
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with disabilities, especially, especially
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physical ones.
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Like
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if a student is in a wheelchair, they're not going to be able to go to
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an in person field trip
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with their class because they're in a wheelchair
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as to if they're
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going on a virtual field trip, you're staying in the classroom with your class
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and you don't have to travel
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and then
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another good use
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for it is it's a faster, more safer way to take a field trip.
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It's faster and more convenient for the teacher because she doesn't,
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they don't have to
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worry about where their students are or have
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to find chaperones for their field trip.
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They don't have to worry about permission forms because they are
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staying in the classroom and they're not taking a bus.
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They don't have to worry about the transportation.
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That was my presentation on virtual field trips.
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I hope you enjoy and I will talk to you soon.
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Bye.