Re: [school-discuss] Massive Multiplayer Worlds as Classrooms

[Jamey Osborne <josborne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, everyone....

Long time lurker, first time poster. Shane's post was the catalyst to  
go ahead and hit the reply button for the first time...

I am a "Second Lifer" who is also an educator and I'm enthralled with  
its possibilities for education. Just today, CNN ran an article on  
education within SL: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/13/ 
second.life.university/index.html. I'll say that most major media  
outlets don't "get" Second Life nor any of the other metaverses so I  
find those articles lacking. I prefer articles like a SL blogger  
wrote for Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/1709. A number of  
educational groups exist in Second Life and the system is readily  
searchable for such.

As a platform for education, the possibilities offered by virtual  
worlds are enormous. The possibilities for collaboration are equally  
rich and I encourage other educators to take a look at virtual worlds  
with open eyes.

Jamey Osborne
El Paso, Texas


On Nov 14, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Shane Coyle wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Has anyone had any experience or giving consideration to concepts  
> like this {
> http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/?p=14 }, using online worlds for  
> collaboration
> in the school setting?  Although in its infancy, is this the  
> beginnings of
> the virtual classroom?
>
> Wondering how others feel...
>
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