So I was wondering..

Second Life in the classroom???? Honestly is this a good thing? I was watching TV and goofing around when I saw something that looked like Second Life.. I quickly turned up the TV but I wasn't fast enough. I knew it was a promo from a news channel here so I figured I would catch what they said when the news came on.. Well I'm a die hard Family Guy watcher and I forgot all about the news.. Yeah so what. :P Anywho I remembered that anything I want I can find online and I was right. So found the article online as to what they were talking about and sure enough they were talking about SL.. More to the point SL in the class room You can read it here if you want. It talks about how a school in Brooklyn doing just that. A science class in this school is using SL to teach there kids.. Now I'm not exactly sure how.. I did miss the actual program after all, but I wonder.. Is it the right thing to do? Sure, helps them learn and have fun which I'm a big advocate about when it comes to SL.. Hell before I got here I had no clue what a script even was.. I thought it was part of a play.. But what happen to working with your hands? Is this taking away from the oldy but goody dissecting of the frog? Or how about the ever popular volcano science fair project? What about science fairs all together? are they going to be held in SL now? I guess like anything there should be a middle ground.. Just hope they can find it.