Second Life Second Try

I have been toying with the idea of giving Second Life another try. Last summer I wasted a couple of days trying to find some educational use for SL. For the most part, it was one big chat room. You know what I think about chat in the classroom.

Since then, I have seen many articles concerning the use of SL as an educational tool. Check out the SL site dedicated to education. There was a SL presentation at eTech this year. OLN and several educational institutions in Ohio have purchased real estate to be used for educational purposes.

I created a new account today. Of the six male avatars, I picked the one with glasses and a beard. For some reason, I didn’t get the glasses but instead ended up with fairly large bosoms. The clothes were “downloading” according to the on screen message. I switched from the laptop to the more powerful desktop. That seems to have corrected my anatomy problem. I’m still waiting on the clothes.

So far I have visited a couple of virtual campuses and ISTE. Sunday must not be a popular day for these places because I only found two other people surfing around. I did take a ride on the ISTE skydiving machine. That was fun.

I’ll keep you posted on how things go this week.