Second Life
Well, so far I've found that Second Life is mostly used by 'gaming types' and those who love to spend their time in 'another world' online. While it is appears to be a highly imaginative and creative environment, I'm yet to see how using Second Life can be applied to my current teaching. I would further suggest that the amount of effort needed to set up and trial it's use, even with a small class, would be most complex and any benefit would be hard to gauge.
If our First Life takes so much effort and we generally don't have time for all the important things in our First Life, where will you find time for your Second Life?
Maybe, a whole new world of sitting behind your computer awaits!
Things to ponder:
"Escape to the Internets largest user-created, 3D virtual world community."
Why do we need to create a new world when we live in the REAL one? Is the reason only to escape reality?
Who will you be? The REAL Me! Why should I feel the need to create a fake reality and live out a fake existence.
What will you discover? Possibly that I have wasted too much time and met other not so real people!
'Second Life has a very poor retention rate for new users, the overwhelming majority of people who try it never come back. (Mitch Wagner http://blogs.computerworld.com/15638/second_life)
Link:
Education in Second Life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Second_Life
Interesting quote from computerworld. Yes I agree REAL is better!
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