On the Web...www.beworldwise.org
www.beworldwise.org
This free site uses the virtual reality aspect of the Internet to bring the exotic and the distant into the classroom. Kate, Hilary and others open windows onto other cultures and rarely seen natural realms through their reports from the ship, Picton Castle, which is traveling to 47 ports in 22 countries over a 19-month period.
This article originally appeared in the 12/01/2001 issue of THE Journal.