Second Life

Second life is an innovation which is a 3D virtual online world where people can create an avatar and interact with other users avatars. Although there are educational benefits from using second life, I am not convinced that it would be appropriate to use in primary classrooms due to its access to mature level content. It has benefits for students who lack social skills as they are able to interact in a way that is comfortable to them as they are controlling the avatar.

Second life is not something I will be incorporating in my classroom just yet as it needs to be modified to suit younger children and to allow teachers to monitors student use. It is also quite difficult to master and for this reason may be quite time consuming just training students in the basic functions of this innovation, let alone giving them tasks to carry out.