There s a teacher here and other students who seem equally confused. She continued to tell us how this was a pilot program and that we were making history. This is going to be a long semester. I believe my positive experience resulted from the use of computers and technology such as the MOO, a Multi-User Domain, Object Oriented. MOOs function as connected chat rooms where users meet and communicate in real time about different topics.
Users participate through a computer in the nearest lab or from the comfort of their own homes.
Each user must choose which room to enter and whether to sit on a couch or to read a newspaper. So far, educators have incorporated technology into traditional teaching pedagogies rather slowly, for various reasons, but in part because of the unknown effect that technology has on education. Rather than feeling deprived, I believe that my three MOO experiences helped me become more assertive in class. During my first MOO experience, I felt my mind open up, ready to explore new ideas and beliefs. I realized how much my peers and I can learn from a different environment with various outcomes and possibilities.