Second Life

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This group will host discussions around the topics of using Second Life for both professional development of educators and for use with students to deliver content. Feel free to add your thoughts at any time!

Members: 137
Created By: Kathy Schrock
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Second Life & the Digital Native

I would like your thoughts...Why do you think that "digital natives" (as compared with Gen X & Boomers) are not the primary users of Second Life? http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?p=961 Continue

Tagged: digital natives, boomers, life, second, x

Started by Elisa G. May 12

Who are you all?
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There are 83 members in this group. Who are you all? Would anyone be interested in meeting in SL and discussing what we do? I know that time zones may be an issue. We could do an AM and a PM meetin... Continue

Tagged: life, second, meeting

Started by Gail. Last reply by Tracy Apr 28.

Howard Rheingold at ISTE in SL Tonight
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Drop by Second Life today at 6 pm SLT (Pacific Time) to hear and see Howard Rheingold discuss social media and his SL experience. From the ISTE site: "Noted writer, artist, futurist and educator ... Continue

Started by Liam O'Donnell. Last reply by Liam O'Donnell Apr 3.

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Comment by Lynn Marentette on May 14, 2008 at 9:59am: Take a look at my blog post about Paul Bourke's recent presentation about the use of Second Life for collaborative scientific visualization:

Comment by Howard Vickers on May 6, 2008 at 7:10am: The SLanguages 2008 Conference will be an excellent opportunity to see how virtual worlds can support language education.

More information at www.slanguages.net

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I hope to see you there Isabelle!

Howard

Comment by Isabelle Jones on May 4, 2008 at 12:03pm: Hi!
I would be particularly interested in finding out about how SL can be used for support the teaching of world languages.
Isabelle
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

Comment by Elisa G. on May 3, 2008 at 11:27am: Hi. I am a Head Start teacher. I just finished my master's degree thesis on Second Life.

Comment by Joe Sherwood on April 25, 2008 at 5:32am: Hello from rural Nebraska! I am a school superintendent and am very intrigued by second life as an enrichment activity for students. Can any of you direct me to appropriate social networks in second life for students?

Comment by Doug Moore on April 9, 2008 at 2:50pm: Hi. I'm Doug and I teach Spanish. I need some ideas for my classes to communicate.

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