I have a 16 year old son who is a major gamer. When I told him this assignment was to create an avatar and explore Second Life he rolled his eyes at me. Mom--it is a VIDEO GAME-and you HATE VIDEO GAMES. So I trudged in expecting to hate it!
It is now 5 hours later and I can't stop exploring. Weirdly, my name is Dean Jestyr. I tried to pick my real first name and it told me all the last names are taken (lot of Kims, I guess). Don't tell anybody but Dean is my high school boyfriend's name. Then it gave me a list of last names I could pick!
I initially had a difficult time with the commands and I am still pretty slow with it. So I have not had a lot of communication with others in Second Life today because I am still figuring it out. Mostly have been a passive observer, which is not the point, but a good start. I am enjoying reading others postings about this expereince, becasue htere is so much to see and do--and I need to figure out how to find it all! There is an amazing body of work out there, and I can see endless possibilities for the classroom. I go back to work tomorrow--I am assumming Second Life is blocked like everything else so I am going ot have to try and figure out how I can use it.
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