PLE week six

I commented on the following blogs:

http://techbrooke.blogspot.com/
http://betsy-elizabeth-rodriguez.blogspot.com/
http://julsosa.blogspot.com/

I think that there are a few upsides and a few downsides to virtual tours. I think that if we use them too often, the students will get bored and not learn what they are intended to learn. Also, I think that virtual tours can be too distracting. There are a lot of pictures and others things that the students can click on and get distracted with. And lastly, I think that if they are used, sometimes the kids learn more about the technology than about what the objective is. On the otherhand, if virtual tours are used correctly, I think that they can be beneficial. For instance, they could help students visualize the locations of events in history better than on a regular map. Also, they can "visit" places that most will never be able to visit, and thus get more out of the intended lesson. And lastly, the students could be more engaged through a virtual tour than in a lesson with just a regular map.