The young generation grows up with a lot of different electronic devices and the internet. The Metaverse makes it possible to connect to new people very fast and make new contacts. Way easier than in real life.
In a lot of topics are sunny sides and shadow sides. The important thing is to talk about the shadow sides and expand the sunny sides. Also on the topic of metaverse it is important to give mindfulness in dealing with the digital world to the young generation and at the same time to use the possibilities of this platform
The metaverse is a digital world which can be used for a lot of different things. The best case is that this includes important and good things, but this world has not online positive sides. It is possible that young people get lost and losing touch with reality because they immerse themselves so deeply in these virtual worlds. Often, they are allowed to spend a lot of time in the Internet in this virtual worlds. Parents let them do and often don’t control a lot what their kids doing there.
In this world is it easy to lose the reference to the reality. Also to lose the sense of time.
This generation has problems to employ themselves. So, one of the easiest ways is the handle to the mobile phone or to the computer and to let oneself be sprinkled of the influences of the virtual world. Social media is used for telling people what is going on in your head. Its way easier to express for example if you love or hate somebody by sending a message to another person that to stand right in front of this and tell this information personal in real life.
The changing world is unstoppable and because of this reason we must give young people ways to deal with this in a correct and sensible way. For this is important to use and teach the skills of it and use it in a positive way for the young generation. The Metaverse makes it possible to do things without leaving the house and to do this without being in real life.
It is a great chance to teach children and teenagers ways and means important topics as the climatic change or environmental awareness. For example, for children in a playful way or in form of a video with animals how long it takes to degraded plastic and paper if it is thrown in nature instead of thrown into the rubbish bin. The animals can be used to show the children in a sensible way how they feel when rubbish is thrown into their homes.
The most significant thing is that the young people getting important and helpful skills to discover the new digital world. We need to keep this in mind when developing digital offerings! Also to remind that the Metaverse is not the real live. A time limit is a good thing to remind regular of the time and to avoid that the whole day is spent on the internet.
It’s amazing to see technology transforming our interactions and creating virtual spaces for work, play, and learning. Good article Lotta!