The first presentation I watched was K-20 Educators Exploring Virtual Worlds – Panel. It was presented through voice thread.
The reason I chose to watch this presentation was because I have been hearing a lot about teen second life in education lately.
This presentation went into a lot of detail of all the places you can explore and all the things you can experience in second life. It also went into a lot of detail about teen second life and how there are many activities you can do with students within the second life world. Some ways they showed in this presentation was creating an island for the students and having them recreate a scene and act as characters, to have a conference, to build something from history etc. There is an unlimited amount of ways you can use second life towards education.
I found this presentation very interesting and easy to follow, but very long. It has made me think about how easily you can use this technology in any way, for any subject within the classroom. One thing that is awesome about second life is that a teenager can create someone and be whoever they want to be. Identity is very important at this age, and gives teenagers the chance to try out different identities and be who they want to be.
From watching this presentation I beleive I may create an avatar in the near future.
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