DEN got a nice mention, as did Metanomics, but so far no mention of ISTE. Still it's a great discussion, 38:03 long.
Some highlights:
- Pathfinder describing the robust use of SL as a platform for language learning.
- Claudia talking about touring a new sim to train medical personnel for prenatal care in 3rd world countries...
- Not all that fond of Pathfinder's repeated use of the term "academics" to refer to educators.
- but..."everything in Second Life is about conversations in the context of the content..."
- and "The greatest resource(s) for educators in Second Life are other educators"
- and "When educators come into Second Life and succeed, it's good for the whole community, because the community becomes more interesting..."
- a discussion of the Linden Lab Education Grid site is very informative
- Edunation, Infoisland, Eduisland, New Media Consortium, all mentioned for collaboration and inexpensive rental for educators
- Claudia adds an interesting bit of advice for educators new to Second Life--"find a practice partner" and THERE's the ISTE mention, YAYYYYYY!
- also, "use the SLED listserv to introduce yourself and your project"
- "Second Life is an 'echo system'--It's the platform but it's also the many blogs that discuss it"--YAY!
- Pathfinder plugs The Second Life Official Guide as an excellent text for those new to SL
- Claudia plugs The Second Life Community Conference, upcoming in Tampa, FL in September
- Claudia: I see the future in some of the incredible innovations I see in Second Life (mentions a 3D wiki -- "studio wikitexture")
- Pathfinder: I get excited when I see people trying to study the efficacy of learning in Second Life...is it teaching them differently? How is it teaching them better? The plural of anecdote is not data. You actually need to have some research..."
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