So, the scenarios is: that I have been teaching my students about famous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists. As a final activity, I want to take my students on a field trip to an art museum. The nearest museum, however, is three hours away, so the trip requires bus transportation. Due to the cost of the proposed field trip, my principal has asked you to explore other possibilities.
There is a possibility of using a virtual "art museum" through one of the museum's web site and I think this is a great tool to use for say...a project or a lesson, but I do not think this can substitute going to a real museum. The kids would probably find looking at pictures online and listening to videos boring. They would much rather go on a field trip.
I also think that you cannot fully appreciate art unless you see it up close, the texture of the paint, the marks of a chisel...Art should not be seen over a computer screen. Sure it would save a lot of money and it's better than no field trip at all, but I still do not like it.
I think that instead we should work as a class to raise money to go on the trip. We could have a car was or sell our own art. It would be worth seeing the art in person.
Now, the virtual field trip would work much better if the site was in CGI and made the "tour" look realistic and not just be a wall of information, a picture and a cartoon clip. I think the online tour is a very good resource, but it cannot replace seeing the real thing.
-Cassie Burris
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