Second Life

Today we learned about second life. This program allowed us to create avatars and all sorts of objects on an island.  Using this in my classroom would have advantages and drawbacks as well.  It would give my students a chance to design environments of their own choice.  It would give them experience learning the shortcut keys on a mac and/or pc.  Students could have conversations with their classmates using the chat devise on second life.  This would help them with their social skills as well as typing skills.  I think though it might be a little complex for an elementary aged student to navigate second life.  There are so many things to second life that it would be easy for my students to get off task quickly.