The children, however, can't feel the crisp air or smell the sagebrush. They are hundreds, possibly thousands, of miles away, watching McGee by webcast.
Even as experts blame 21st-century technology for declining interest in national parks, the National Park Service has embraced so-called electronic field trips, an increasingly popular teaching tool in schools nationwide.
"The general thinking is that kids are spending more time indoors rather than outdoors," said Jackie Skaggs, a Grand Teton spokeswoman. "There was a concern that we need to reach out and touch children with the mediums that they are comfortable with already."
"Tails from the Tetons" http://www.bsu.edu/eft/tetons/
By Mead Gruver, Associated Press
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