Meet Larissa Darkbyrd. Larissa was born into the Second Life world on November 11, 2010.
Initially, I was very uneasy regarding the Second Life experience. After having created an avatar and having some time experimenting with it, I feel as though Second Life could be a resourceful tool to use occasionally in the classroom. I do believe that interactive programming such as Second Life takes away from social interaction between students and their peers, as well as students and their teachers. The program does offer, however, a more unique way to learn. As we have noted before, it takes more than one method of teaching and learning to achieve mastery of a given subject matter. Experimenting with different mediums allows students to broaden their horizons regarding the "paper-and-pencil-pushing" learning process.
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Meet Larissa Darkbyrd. Larissa was born into the Second Life world on November 11, 2010.
Initially, I was very uneasy regarding the Second Life experience. After having created an avatar and having some time experimenting with it, I feel as though Second Life could be a resourceful tool to use occasionally in the classroom. I do believe that interactive programming such as Second Life takes away from social interaction between students and their peers, as well as students and their teachers. The program does offer, however, a more unique way to learn. As we have noted before, it takes more than one method of teaching and learning to achieve mastery of a given subject matter. Experimenting with different mediums allows students to broaden their horizons regarding the "paper-and-pencil-pushing" learning process.