Students can compare lessons, themes, or story elements with class reading materials. In addition, there are numerous sites of poetry for children. Visit a museum site or other location related to your curriculum topic. Have students take turns controlling the mouse as the whole class participates in a discussion of what you find. If the site has an email feature, have the students come up with some questions to ask the experts at that site.
Children can also write about their experiences.
The web site might be left up during the writing time so that children can refresh their memories and check information as needed. Prior to the virtual trip, the students could read about the place from books or articles. They could then formulate questions that they have. During the virtual field trip they could find answers to their questions. In addition, after taking the virtual field trip, they could compare the information from the text that they read to the information found on the web site.