Some final words on virtual museums

It seems that virtual museums are, for the most part, not taking advantage of cutting edge technology to become more than an online pamphlet. At the same time though they are still a solid resource for educators. Some schools are reluctant to accept technology such as blogs. Still others lack the funds for tech support, making it difficult for teachers to have plug-ins downloaded or to get support for interesting features. Virtual museums are a source of information that teacher can rely on for accuracy and usually for quality. Education World has a small but high quality list of Virtual Museums for teachers to explore with kids at http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites083.shtml