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Go online to Whyville.net, create a new account, and play one science related game. Create a blog entry (or in your journal if you are unable to access your blog) and compare and contrast the educational potential of Whyville with Second Life.
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Comments
I went on whyville and there was many differnces and similarites to second life .Some differnces was in second life you could move more freeely and see your'r avatar but in whyville all u have is a head.Some similarites is that you can chat with others and you can whisper.But no offenvise to whyville i like second life much better.
Posted by: Andrysse | February 17, 2008 3:19 PM
When going on this new educational site called "Whyville" I see some differences and similarities to S.Life. Some of the similarities were that you could create your own person and travel "teleport" to different places just like in S.Life. Some of the differences were, everything was in a cartoon type setting and that doesn't interest me that much,and when creating your avatar you can only create your upper body, and it also limits your ability to do many things but not in S.Life. And if it was up to me I would rather stick to S.Life, "BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG."
Posted by: Kora-Anne | February 23, 2008 7:25 PM
Second Life and Whyville is kind of similar you can walk around and chat. But, on Whyville you can play games and also drive in a car. You can also create your own character and teleport just like on Second Life.
Posted by: [HSGC]Eaon | February 25, 2008 7:43 AM