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- Second Life as a place for professional development (vs. professional collegiality)
- Second Life as a place for learning with K-12 students (have to save for next time!)
- Second Life as a platform in general (another next time!)
Second Thoughts on Second Life
When I joined the group of educators in Second Life called the CAVE (see previous post) I promised myself I would do two things: 1) approach Second Life with an open mind and 2) write about it along the way.
I have written about it to some extent (another previous post, My First Second Life Lesson), but it still feels like I have a long way to go. The last dozen times I’ve been there it’s been a very frustrating technical experience (freezes, crashes) and very little real time to do anything interesting. Even when it works, it still feels like a place that is looking for a use in education, or just reminds me of the dozens of other places I’ve hung out at in my long life online, like Tapped In or various text-based virtual worlds.My thinking has somewhat crystallized around 3 topics:
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03 Aug 07
Michel Bauwensexpresses doubts about the value of Second Life for education
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Howard RheingoldEven when it works, it still feels like a place that is looking for a use in education, or just reminds me of the dozens of other places I’ve hung out at in my long life online, like Tapped In or various text-based virtual worlds.
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