In our 2/23/ class, I found some of the technologies to support verbal-linguistic learners really interesting. Part of this is because I am, on some level, a verbal-linguistic learner, and use a lot of these technologies myself.
I am particularly fond on message boards and asynchronous discussions. They help me (and would be useful for students) to really think about what they are going to say and how they react to a given issue. It gives students time to reflect on the materials presented in class.
Although we used Second Life as a vehicle to discuss digital libraries, I think that virtual worlds would be an interesting way for students to learn and it applies to different learning styles. Students get to experience the information hands-on, they read and hear the information and they see the information.
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I agree that Second Life would be appealing to different types of learners especially verbal-linguist, visual-spatial, self-smart, people-smart and kinesthetic learners if you can consider all the movement on the island. Ms. Tulip said virtual worlds are in their infancy so, considering the time it takes for technology to be adopted by the schools, many more libraries can be added to the island and developers will have worked through one or two more versions. Sometimes I feel like such a cynic when we talk about all the technology that’s out there, especially stuff that’s free. I just know what it’s like in our school. Teachers don’t want to use it unless they have to ( as in being tested on it). Our school is five years old and most of our laptops have issues. Our techs can’t keep up with the maintenance and at this point we don’t have money to replace them or improve the wireless system. I know we as librarians need to lead the way, but I just felt like I needed to say this at least once while we’re talking about the latest and greatest.
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