Virtual worlds are a great way of socialising online and also being creative.. Within this world, there are things that are not possible in the outside world. We can use this in our favor and try using virtual worlds as a tool for education. Virtual worlds can be a great creative tool because of how open to manipulation it is. Every aspect of the program is in your hands to control. The best way to use virtual worlds in education is giving students the task of expressing their creativity using virtual worlds.
My favorite task to give students is to create a machinima. A machinima is an animation that is created by using real-time computer graphic engines. Students can create a whole animation movie with programs that have ready to use animations. This way they can focus only on their creativity and make a short movie inside the virtual world.
The stories created thorugh 3D virtual worlds will look like a professional animations movie with the little effort put into it. There are multiple characters and enviroments to spice up your animation and with a good script you can make something you are proud of. There are hundreds of example of machinima in the site teacheranima.com You can show examples to your students from this site before giving them this task.
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