Sunday, April 6, 2008
Second Life
Sorry y'all I am posting this late, I was at the SCOLT conference this weekend presenting on oral output in the FL classroom... and also I was sick last week and missed our discussion about second life. But I did create an account and make my avatar and spent more time than I wanted playing with how I looked and learning how to fly. I just think second life is very weird, I had never even heard of it until this class. I just don't understand the need for it, and can NOT believe that it is a multi-million dollar industry. I find it ridiculous that someone would spend their money on something so intangible. I really don't see a need to use second life in the classroom, with the excetion of being able to chat in TL. I think blogs, discussion boards, and chat rooms are a much smarted use of technology. I read on Ashley's blog that she feels it could cause a safety problem since the students are able to talk with anyone the want. I agree, it would be hard to monitor and really know who the students are interacting with. That is quite scary and I would not want to be responsible for my students meeting some crazy person that they think is their friend in second life.
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Good thing you mentioned money... I totally forgot SL was a gazillion dollar industry. I just think it is pathetic that with every 'new' technology educators and researchers are trying to justify its use in the classroom... what happened to old school???
Hope your feeling better! :)
I share many of your same conclusions about Second Life. From my limited exposure to it in class and the articles we read, I do not plan to use it in my class. As you mentioned, it would be extremely difficult to monitor students and their activities.
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