LiterateLife

I found myself at the ISTE website last night. They have a whole section about Second Life and a virtual classroom. I visited with a docent there and hope to attend some training in the virtual classroom. I know as I introduce these technologies to my kids, they are going to want to play, just as I have been wanting to. I have no real purpose YET but to figure out how much of this works. I do have a higher goal in mind, which is to have use the technologies to engage my 7th and 8th graders in high quality reading and writing explorations.

I am not there yet. I also know that my students will probably experience the same desire to play, but will have to be nudged (assigned??) by me to explore higher purposes.