Using second life

How many lives can you live, and keep track of, side by side?????

We just listened to an interesting presentation about second life, where we were introduced to the second life program and Habbo, and it has left me feeling a bit uneasy.

Even though I can see how some people might enjoy doing second life, particularly adults, I would definitely avoid it, at all costs in my classroom. The possible negative aspects of second life, and the amount of time that would be required to keep up very careful monitoring and supervision is a big influence on this thought, and I don’t feel that I could really justify using it properly.

While second life might offer some educational experiences for children, in that they can go on excursions to places they might never be able to visit, where do you draw the line between fun and games and effective, valuable learning if this would be used in the classroom.

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2 Responses to “Using second life”

haylzvg Says:
September 19th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Hey Louise,
Yes I do believe that the negatives of Second Life, greatly out weight the positives. It is just not an effective way to teach children, because monitoring what they are ‘actually doing’ will take up most of the lesson time. Especially for us Early Childhood or Primary teachers, Second Life, is just not appropraite, in terms of security and privacy. Thanks for your opinions!
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