
Virtual Field Trips Let Students Travel the Globe
The three chandeliers in the East Room, the largest room in the White House, are spectacular. Spin underneath one. The light coming through the cut glass—6,000 pieces in each—is mesmerizing. This perspective would be impossible on a standard tour of the White House. But it’s fully available on a virtual visit. “On a virtual field trip, you can see what you want to see—there are no velvet ropes,” said Pam Doran, a Teacher’s Assistant in the Education Technology division of Put