Why Second Life Scott Merrick For VU CSO

Why Second Life? by Scott Merrick, for Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach Faculty and Staff, Feb. 20, 2009

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[object Object],“ It took about an hour before I finally switched from thinking that my initial experiences with Second Life were a waste of time — to actually finding them being productive in new ways… What was different is that I was a virtual arm's length from some heavy-hitting IBM talent and leadership, and I was able to communicate with them, and learn from them quite well. That is not always the case in the real world, where crowds, noise, location, and the competition can get in the way. There is an egalitarian equalizing effect when your avatar IMs with another … even if you know who they are. There's a comfort level with being virtual, and the IBMers seemed eager to chat with lots of folks. I can see getting better access to executives and the creative minds at IBM in Second Life than I do in real life, and that's a good thing…”

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W hat is the CSO Doing in Second Life?

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Our initial presence in Second Life is a rental offered at a greatly reduced rate by my friend and colleague Kathy Schrock, Discovery Educator , Apple Educator, and much much more, including innovative owner of Lighthouse Learning Island, where our virtual HQ resides. $300 has leased us a gracious plenty of “property” through the academic school year 2010. My hope is that we trial-run a number of projects before the end of that time that will justify further investment of time an resources, toward establishing a pre-eminence in the field of distance education outreach facilitated by Virtual Environments. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Important Links ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://drexel-coas-talks-mp3-podcast.blogspot.com/2008/04/lise08-talk-on-second-life-in-chemistry.html http://scottsecondlife.blogspot.com http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ http://www.iste.org/content/navigationmenu/membership/member_networking/iste_second_life.htm

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