My experience in working with children and MUDS provides compelling evidence that MUDS are powerful tools for developing students' literacy skills.
MUDS create a motivating and language rich place for kids to learn reading and writing skills.
They do this by offering them a fun medium using the computer and keyboard, a rich social sphere to talk and learn from, and an authentic audience to look at their creations. All of these are skills that the child will need to learn from a teacher. My beliefs about the benefits of MUDs developing children's literacy are grounded in my experiences with the children I teach at Longview Elementary. Longview Elementary School is a Phoenix inner city elementary school. Due to the background of our children, and the poor language environments in which these children live, a large percentage of our children are below grade level in reading.