March 29th Virtual World

Wow, this is exciting. We had a guest teacher today that taught us how to get an account and use the virtual world or the "second world." It took quite a while to get the class going because it was hard to get everyone logged on to the science sim. But when it happened we were able to chat with each other and roam around the area that was built. I do not think I will ever use this in my classroom. But, if I were to use it in my class, I would simply use it to show them some cool things. The teacher mentioned that you could use it to show them an art gallery or a simulation of what a castle would look like or different things like that. I feel like this would take too much time out of my teaching, but if it was modified and tweaked, I would consider using it in my classroom. But, as of now, I do not feel like this is useful for the elementary classrooms.