Virtual Worlds Are Useful for Children

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Learning could be fun and engaging with the aid of modern technology innovations like the so-called virtual world. The program is designed to educate children and at the same time, help them to experience life in the real world. But will this really help them be better when it comes to socializing?

Read the short article below then express your thoughts.

http://www.english-online.at/society/web-worlds/virtual-worlds-for-children.htm

Discussion Questions:

1. Do you think that virtual worlds really help children?
2. Are there any advantages to pushing children to engage in virtual programs? If there is, what are they?
3. What other form of technology can be considered useful in a child’s development?

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One reply on “Virtual Worlds Are Useful for Children”

I don’t think that a virtual world could really substitute the direct experience of the senses. Actually I think that it can be self-defeating to push children into the virtual world before they have experienced fully the real world, as they could get confused between the two universes.

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