Virtual Worlds are
Useful for Children
A research report says that virtual worlds can
be important places where children practice what they will do in real life.
They are also a powerful and attractive alternative to more passive adventures
like watching TV. The research was done with children using the BBC’s Adventure
Rock virtual world, aimed at those aged 6-12. It surveyed and interviewed
children who were the first to test the game.
The online world is a theme island built for
the BBC’s children channel by Belgian game maker Larian. Children explore the
world alone but they use message boards to share what they find and what they
do in the different creative studios they find around the virtual space.
At
times children were explorers and at others they were social climbers eager to
connect with other players. Some were power users looking for more information
about how the virtual space really worked. The children could try all kinds of
things without having to be afraid of the consequences that would follow if
they tried them in the real world.
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