IntroductionEducational technology has seen great development over the past few decades, and virtual field trips (VFT) are certainly one of them. This article will mainly discuss the definition of VFTs, why it is necessary, an example of its application with screenshots, advantages and disadvantages; provide information on its future development as well as excellent links to resources. Teachers and educators will be particularly interested in this article because it will deepen their current understanding of VFTs, show them future directions, and introduce them to several useful and practical websites. What are virtual field trips (VFT)? Foley (2001) writes: “Virtual field trips are explorations through the Web, usually an organized set of links with a particular theme. Some tours are simply a list of links on a web page, while other tours use a browser type (or buttons) to navigate the tour. In its best implementation, it is a guided, annotated tour of pages on the Web that have been selected by teachers and organized into a "discussion thread" that students can follow from page to page or from site to site. » (The Big Pocket Guide to Using & Creating Virtual Excursions, Foley, 2001). It is important to note that “virtual” here means “alternative digital representations of reality”. VFT is currently not an attempt to replace a virtual reality, the intention of which is to fully reach the user. involved in an interactive computer-generated environment using sensors and input devices such as data gloves and suits and output devices such as head-mounted displays and surround sound audio systems. Instead, a VFT is simply an attempt to give users more autonomy. users, middle of article......stems today: an interactive casebook (http://www.wiley.com/college/ford test/index.html).Garcia, JM ( 1993) The development of the electronic field trip to strengthen and enrich the existing K-12 curriculum. Doctoral dissertation, Oklahoma State University. Gilmour, I. (1997) Skiddaw Virtual Field Trip. A study of thermal metamorphism (http://earth2.open.ac.uk/Skiddaw/Text/Skiddaw.html).Jenkins, A. & Williams, N. (1997) The aims and objectives of a virtual course on field (http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/ufc/publications/paper001.html). Stainfield, J., Fisher, P., Ford, B., & Solem, M. (2000). International virtual excursions: a new direction? Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24(2), 255-263UNWIN, D. (1996) The Virtual Field Course (Den Haag, International Geographical Union, Commission on Geographic Education, Workshop on Teaching Geography on the Internet).