I am having a hard time understanding the value of second
life. The only thing I can come up with is that teaching through gaming can
make education more fun for kids. That being my understanding, I don’t think
that SL is the best platform to send students. There may be an advantage to
virtual worlds in that they can show us things we cannot easily observe. For
example in a virtual world you can visit foreign or ancient countries, but
again I think that many of those experiences can be had using technology and
real students. I am not really up to
date with the social media trends, and I do not even have a facebook account,
but I really do not understand, what is the allure of hiding behind an avatar
and meeting people who aren’t who they claim to be? What is to be gained by
using this vast virtual world which cannot be gained by using real software and
educational games?
