Laura Blankenship September 26th, 2007
For those of you unable to attend last week’s presentation on social software, here are a few resources from the talk:
Laura Blankenship January 18th, 2007
I’m excited to see someone trying out second life for a classroom activity. For those of you who don’t know, Second Life is a virtual world where you build an avatar and are able to wander around and interact with other people and objects.
The results of the classroom activity were mixed. It took a lot of time to prepare. Second Life takes some time to learn. Some of the students didn’t like the experience - it was too much work! But the experience was a good lesson in team-building. They could discuss what went well and what didn’t. So despite many of the problems, they felt like it raised a lot of important issues about identity, team-building, and technology.
The description of the session is here. More information may be available at a later date.