VIRTUAL

There are many different kinds of virtual worlds which meet with different people. Such as in the field of business conference, education, shopping online etc. I may focus on my education area. There are worlds for very young children, pre-teens, and teenagers. Educational virtual worlds are playful and have a strong emphasis on fun  but there is a very real message behind this. They require kids to carry out a range of tasks, enter contests and undertake other activities which help them to learn.

The article “The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Virtual Classroom and the Role of the Teacher” it says that the Internet is a very unique and powerful tool that has a huge effect on all the teaching and learning activities that are done in the classroom. Not only that the Internet is enabling international teaching and learning, it gives the teaching and learning a new dimension by adding the opportunities to the various types of communication with partners to the teaching and the learning from far away on the Globe. The communication that can be done by Internet tools such as e-mail, IRC, and WWW pages writing (HTML) and searching for information.  Many educational virtual worlds are designed for children, for example Miamiopia which is part of a learning network. This site uses games as a method of teaching curriculum subjects such as math, biology, geography, history and science. As another article “Situated Learning in Virtual Worlds and Immersive Simulations” by Lisa Dawley. Its mentions that over the past several years, an increasing number of immersive virtual environment experiences have become available for both educational and entertainment purposes.

 Actually, I still wonder what is in the future for virtual worlds and they will impact on real life. We have anything at our hand, and also be it in the internet and virtual reality worlds. Some time it is conflict.  

We need have our own jobs in real life and keep us in touch with reality. But nowadays, most of us have private space such like living on their own for the time being and really enjoy the fan fantasy of social media which doing all those things, stimulating our mind as if it is real, They are sitting behind a screen, laughing, smiling, being creative, sharing with others. And sometimes it doesn't go right for us either. We also have lots of things go wrong with real life.