Hi TK,
As a tool for education you need to use SL with caution. Who knows how old you
really are when working anonymously behind a computer screen? Kids will explore. We
were using S&L at an open day (uni) and in NASA looking at videos from the NASA
video library when some really questionable stuff appeared. OK for anyone over 18,
but under 18? FaceBook has an age limit of 13, but how many tweens are in there?
Lots of other virtual worlds too @
http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml
:)
BC
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Hey Barbara (and all).... I am active in SL and it has changed a lot in the past
two years. Yes there is some VERY adult content places but you have to go there
deliberately. I entered very cautiously because I had heard stories about SL. The
person who go me involved is the director of a virtual academy and they teach
classes there. I have taken classes, gone to concerts, met friends and had very
stimulating conversations -- at 3 AM, in my jammies, my insomnia raging -- me in
USA and them in other parts of the world. I have even taken part in the "Bardic
Circle" storytelling competition. It is amazing what is available.
SL is divided into "islands" and each establishes its own policies. You have to
agree to abide by certain codes before you are allowed to be involved in the
groups. There are very strict rules about appearance, violence and language in the
educational sections. In the years I have been involved, there has been only one
person who showed up in appropriately dressed at an educational gathering. That
person was dealt with swiftly by those who monitor such things in each section.
Over 3300 academic entities have presences in SL now and such organizations as
iNACOL, ISTE and Cambridge University are represented.
For most of SL, you HAVE to be 18 to enroll but there is a very active area for 13
to 18 which is more tightly controlled than the above.
T.K. Cassidy-Fleming, Media Specialist
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of Cedar Ridge Elementary
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