{"id":252,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/chapter\/online-games-and-worlds\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:19:33","slug":"online-games-and-worlds","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/chapter\/online-games-and-worlds\/","title":{"raw":"Online Games and Worlds","rendered":"Online Games and Worlds"},"content":{"raw":"Ask students whether any of them play online games or visit online virtual worlds, either on a computer, a game console or a mobile device such as a phone or tablet. (You can prompt them with examples such as Minecraft, Roblox, Mario Kart, Among Us or Animal Crossing.)\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Ask students:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nWhat do they like about online games and virtual worlds?\r\n\r\nWhat don\u2019t they like?\r\n\r\nAre there sometimes things that other players do that make it hard to have fun?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What are some examples?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nMake a T-chart on the board with the headings [pb_glossary id=\"366\"]Online[\/pb_glossary] and [pb_glossary id=\"390\"]Offline[\/pb_glossary]. (Make sure students understand what these words mean.)\r\n\r\nYou can also use the Structure Strip activity in the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocksstudentwrdsb\/chapter\/online-and-offline\/\">Online and Offline<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHave the class identify differences between playing online and offline and record these on the chart.\r\n\r\nExplain that you\u2019re not just talking about playing games but also about spending time together in virtual worlds.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Make sure the following points are included:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nPlaying both online and offline can be fun\r\n\r\nYou may not know everybody you\u2019re playing with online\r\n\r\nYou don\u2019t really hear or see the people you\u2019re playing with online\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Contrast this to playing video games together with someone in the same room, e.g. playing Mario Kart with a friend or sibling<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nYou don\u2019t get any exercise playing online\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Ask students whether any of them play online games or visit online virtual worlds, either on a computer, a game console or a mobile device such as a phone or tablet. (You can prompt them with examples such as Minecraft, Roblox, Mario Kart, Among Us or Animal Crossing.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Ask students:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>What do they like about online games and virtual worlds?<\/p>\n<p>What don\u2019t they like?<\/p>\n<p>Are there sometimes things that other players do that make it hard to have fun?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are some examples?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Make a T-chart on the board with the headings <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_252_366\">Online<\/a> and <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_252_390\">Offline<\/a>. (Make sure students understand what these words mean.)<\/p>\n<p>You can also use the Structure Strip activity in the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocksstudentwrdsb\/chapter\/online-and-offline\/\">Online and Offline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have the class identify differences between playing online and offline and record these on the chart.<\/p>\n<p>Explain that you\u2019re not just talking about playing games but also about spending time together in virtual worlds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Make sure the following points are included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Playing both online and offline can be fun<\/p>\n<p>You may not know everybody you\u2019re playing with online<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t really hear or see the people you\u2019re playing with online<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contrast this to playing video games together with someone in the same room, e.g. playing Mario Kart with a friend or sibling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You don\u2019t get any exercise playing online<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"glossary\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\" id=\"definition\">definition<\/span><template id=\"term_252_366\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_252_366\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>When you\u2019re using the internet you are online.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><template id=\"term_252_390\"><div class=\"glossary__definition\" role=\"dialog\" data-id=\"term_252_390\"><div tabindex=\"-1\"><p>Things that don\u2019t happen on the internet are offline.<\/p>\n<\/div><button><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Close definition<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/template><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-252","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":251,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/252\/revisions\/518"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/251"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/252\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}