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  • 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:

     

     

     
    • 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!)
• 03 Aug 07
  

  Michel Bauwens

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• 28 Jul 07
  

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• 25 Jul 07
  

  Valerie Bock

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• 23 Jul 07
  

  Howard Rheingold

  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.

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