Week 7; Assignment 2-Second Life

Second Life is an ingenious online interaction game that can promote many skills for students. Second Life can be incorporated into ELA instruction in many ways. Firstly, the communication aspect enables students to text chat and instant message each other. They can use voice chat as well or create notecards. This helps students build communication and writing skills in a virtual environment. Students can “make friends” and join groups. They can travel all over the world and invite friends to travel with them. ELA instruction can be incorporated in the actual playing of the game or afterward. The teacher can have students write about their experiences, reflect on what they did, and so on.
Here are a few screenshots of the site:

   

Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 22, 2017 at 11:36 AM

    Second Life sounds really interesting, however, I'm already finding myself frustrated as it is pretty difficult to use. But you're right that there are many fantastic things you can do, I guess it just takes some time to learn.....

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  2. AnonymousOctober 24, 2017 at 1:50 PM

    Hannah, for some reason I'm having trouble viewing your screenshots. Your instructional recommendations are great! Can't wait to see what else you come up with... :)

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  3. Esther PerlowNovember 11, 2017 at 12:57 PM

    Hannah, Second life is super cool! I like the idea that students can reflect on their experiences. When a student reflects on something fake it makes it exciting.

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  4. Dr. HsuNovember 13, 2017 at 12:23 PM

    Wonderful ways to utilize SL. I don't see the screenshots. Did I miss something? Dr. Hsu :D

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