Virtual tours via computer will
improve students’world perspective

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What is more valuable to
the child: “examining a leaf
or pebble…or a published
CD-ROM”*

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Shouldn’t devalue or de-
emphasize hands on
learning

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Are we just pointing /
clicking or is metacognitive
learning taking place?

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How much finger painting?

Jane Healy, Failure to Connect

http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-
teachernet/projects/virtual-field-trips/