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Aria Madison

Wasting Time

Join date: 6 Jun 2004

Posts: 13

07-30-2008 04:52

I'm giving a presentation next week to my graduate class about how SecondLife could be used in a K-12 (mostly grades 8-12) classroom. I need to discuss the different ways that SecondLife can be used educationally and what the benefits are to the students using SecondLife. This is what I have so far:

Different ways the game can be used educationally:
- hold online class sessions
- use math, technology, science knowledge and skills to build virtual environments
- connect with students all over the world
- simulate situations by building environments for students to explore
- use the Linden currency to learn about money management

Benefits students can gain by playing it:
- social interaction
- improve computer technology skills
- get pseudo-real world experience in situations
- peer interaction in a virtual setting allows students to comment and critique each other's work

Does anyone have anything else that I can include that I have missed?

Ollj Oh

Registered User

Join date: 28 Aug 2007

Posts: 522

07-30-2008 05:15

- a lot of sl is basically a renaissance fair of the information age.
- vector math
- 3d design
- stress management
- dealing with social retards such as yourself
- mulitasking
- languages
- programming bots within a physical environment (rulesets for environments for real robots to play socker are usually simpler than sl environments for bots performing similar tasks)
- sex-ed 101 fetishes that you never wanted to know anything about
- visit a gorean-rp sim and learn the meanings of universal suffrage
- visit a sex-beach sim and learn the meanings of anonymity
- visit a christ-fur sim and learn the meanings of religio

Claari Shepherd

Danri CEO and Designer

Join date: 20 Feb 2007

Posts: 170

07-30-2008 05:25

I hope you are focusing on Second Life TEEN... for ages 13-17 only.

You can add Business Development and Management...
Marketing
Advertising
Pricing Strategies
etc.

Rebecca Proudhon

(TM)

Join date: 3 May 2006

Posts: 1,686

07-30-2008 05:39

Please no. Well meaning I'm sure, but I think very misguided. It's bad enough that college students are spending too much time in front of the computer, playing games.

Ciaran Laval

Mostly Harmless

Join date: 11 Mar 2007

Posts: 7,951

07-30-2008 06:06

The Second Life education blog might be of interest to you:

http://www.sl-educationblog.org/

I'm an education mailing list, there's all sorts of things going on, not sure about your age range but customer service scenarios, making roleplaying less embarrassing for example.

Team building exercises.

Using SecondLife in School
Aria Madison Wasting Time Join date: 6 Jun 2004 Posts: 13	07-30-2008 04:52 I'm giving a presentation next week to my graduate class about how SecondLife could be used in a K-12 (mostly grades 8-12) classroom. I need to discuss the different ways that SecondLife can be used educationally and what the benefits are to the students using SecondLife. This is what I have so far: Different ways the game can be used educationally: - hold online class sessions - use math, technology, science knowledge and skills to build virtual environments - connect with students all over the world - simulate situations by building environments for students to explore - use the Linden currency to learn about money management Benefits students can gain by playing it: - social interaction - improve computer technology skills - get pseudo-real world experience in situations - peer interaction in a virtual setting allows students to comment and critique each other's work Does anyone have anything else that I can include that I have missed?
Ollj Oh Registered User Join date: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 522	07-30-2008 05:15 - a lot of sl is basically a renaissance fair of the information age. - vector math - 3d design - stress management - dealing with social retards such as yourself - mulitasking - languages - programming bots within a physical environment (rulesets for environments for real robots to play socker are usually simpler than sl environments for bots performing similar tasks) - sex-ed 101 fetishes that you never wanted to know anything about - visit a gorean-rp sim and learn the meanings of universal suffrage - visit a sex-beach sim and learn the meanings of anonymity - visit a christ-fur sim and learn the meanings of religio
Claari Shepherd Danri CEO and Designer Join date: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 170	07-30-2008 05:25 I hope you are focusing on Second Life TEEN... for ages 13-17 only. You can add Business Development and Management... Marketing Advertising Pricing Strategies etc.
Rebecca Proudhon (TM) Join date: 3 May 2006 Posts: 1,686	07-30-2008 05:39 Please no. Well meaning I'm sure, but I think very misguided. It's bad enough that college students are spending too much time in front of the computer, playing games.
Ciaran Laval Mostly Harmless Join date: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 7,951	07-30-2008 06:06 The Second Life education blog might be of interest to you: http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ I'm an education mailing list, there's all sorts of things going on, not sure about your age range but customer service scenarios, making roleplaying less embarrassing for example. Team building exercises.

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