Chapter-7

Ch 7- Give a definition for Virtual Field trips. Find an example website for virtual field trips.

1. A virtual field trip takes students to a museum or historical site through the web. Like a real field trip, a virtual field trip can be either a meaningful learning experience that helps students acquire social studies content and master important processes, or an excursion with little educational value. a. Example: http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/ancient_hebrews/

Ch 7- How will you address cybersafety with your students? Can you find a good example of a website to help you enforce this with your students?
 * Teachers can address cybersafety with their students by having the student's computers face the front of the classroom, making the screens visible to teachers.
 * a good website that can help teachers enforce cybersafety with students is [|www.cyberangels.org]
 * WEBSITE addresses child cybersafety

Ch 7- What are some examples for recording and sharing information for social studies that your students can use? There is a potential for several computer based formats to help learn social studies:- word processing, databases and spreadsheets, linear presentation software

Ch 7- You have a class of 4th graders that want to share a project with another class of 4th graders in a different state. How would you go about doing this? Try to think of specific examples of activities you could plan.
 * E-pals
 * students exchange information and become familiar with another student from another culture
 * **E-mail**
 * students can use it in social studies to seek information, communicate with other young people, and engage in civic participation.
 * **Hypermedia**
 * working on projects posted on-line to share with others
 * **Skype**
 * students can interview each other and share their project in class