Comments on: Good vs. Bad http://shannonatwork.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/good-vs-bad/ comments, observations and tidbits from a girl that loves social networking Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: micala http://shannonatwork.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/good-vs-bad/#comment-115 micala Fri, 02 May 2008 12:09:05 +0000 http://shannonatwork.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-115 Thanks Kip! I completely agree. It really did feel like a "my way is better than your way" sort of argument and frankly, that's not doing anyone any good. There are a million different ways to use all of these tools and I think sometimes people forget that their way might not work for someone else. Thanks for your comments! Thanks Kip! I completely agree. It really did feel like a “my way is better than your way” sort of argument and frankly, that’s not doing anyone any good. There are a million different ways to use all of these tools and I think sometimes people forget that their way might not work for someone else. Thanks for your comments!

]]> By: Kip Yellowjacket http://shannonatwork.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/good-vs-bad/#comment-114 Kip Yellowjacket Fri, 02 May 2008 08:26:25 +0000 http://shannonatwork.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-114 Hi Shannon, That heated back and forth you experienced regarding in-world quizzing is familiar to me as well. I haven't actually experienced heated discussion on the topic, but I have had discussions with educators who questioned the need or desire for in-world quizzing tools. I think that some educators like to one-up other educators by suggesting they know how to best make use of the SL platform. They see more traditional quizzing formats such as multiple choice as a an old-school approach and therefore an unnatural match with SL and other virtual worlds. While there may be some truth to this, I don't quite see why some feel the need to debate it. It comes across as arrogant and non-constructive. A programmer friend of mine assisted me in making an LMS-integrated quizzing tool for use on the Second Life English SIM. We felt such a tool would be useful for basic (by no means thorough...just a snapshot) ESL assessment and general quizzing. We also welcomed the challenge of integrating a tool with an LMS (Claroline...similar to the Sloodle project). In my mind, such in-world quizzing solutions can be viewed as "SL extras". I don't see anything wrong with that. :) Thanks for the interesting post. See you in-world! Hi Shannon,

That heated back and forth you experienced regarding in-world quizzing is familiar to me as well. I haven’t actually experienced heated discussion on the topic, but I have had discussions with educators who questioned the need or desire for in-world quizzing tools. I think that some educators like to one-up other educators by suggesting they know how to best make use of the SL platform. They see more traditional quizzing formats such as multiple choice as a an old-school approach and therefore an unnatural match with SL and other virtual worlds. While there may be some truth to this, I don’t quite see why some feel the need to debate it. It comes across as arrogant and non-constructive. A programmer friend of mine assisted me in making an LMS-integrated quizzing tool for use on the Second Life English SIM. We felt such a tool would be useful for basic (by no means thorough…just a snapshot) ESL assessment and general quizzing. We also welcomed the challenge of integrating a tool with an LMS (Claroline…similar to the Sloodle project). In my mind, such in-world quizzing solutions can be viewed as “SL extras”. I don’t see anything wrong with that. :) Thanks for the interesting post. See you in-world!

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