Adventures in Whyville

I chose to go to Whyville to create my avatar. I thought that this site had some positive aspects and some negative. I found it hard to "chat" with the other avatars and some of the activities were difficult using a computer. Sometimes people would not reply to my questions or hello's. I did enjoy the fit zone area. It had fun activities and good information. If you go to the right area of Whyville you can find useful tools and knowledge, I think that fitness is best addressed in Whyville. I also really enjoyed visiting the food court and doing the WhyEat activity. It gave me useful tips and made it seem quite real (minus really eating). I think that these virtual worlds can really come in handy for people who want a fun alternative to learning about healthy behavior. I think that this program should target middle school to high school students because at this age they are very likely to enjoy the similarities of online gaming/chatting.