Comments on: Is Second Life in Education Worth It?

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By: 7 Ways Croquet is Better than Second Life at EduTechie.com

7 Ways Croquet is Better than Second Life at EduTechie.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:57:09 +0000

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By: Charlie Morris

Charlie Morris — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:47:11 +0000

Hey, glad you are talking about this question of “is it really worth it?” my thoughts exactly. I think we are light years away from something like this being universally adaptable to the education scene, but it certainly has applications in certain instances and it does have some nice benefits. You might want to check out this link to some notes of a discussion we held at State:

http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/blern?entry=meet_up_reminder#comments

By: Jeff VanDrimmelen

Jeff VanDrimmelen — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:24:08 +0000

Right on the heels of my doubt yesterday I saw these two posts on Educause this morning:

http://connect.educause.edu/blog/HiredEd/somefoundationsforse/44785

http://connect.educause.edu/blog/joesanchez/aresidentialcommunit/44786

Guess I spoke too soon. But these article’s do bring up some long standing concerns with SL.

By: Second Life Alternatives at EduTechie.com

Second Life Alternatives at EduTechie.com — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:31:57 +0000

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By: Jeff VanDrimmelen

Jeff VanDrimmelen — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:19:32 +0000

Haha… that’s funny Suezanne. I work for a government school… perhaps that is why we have an island. And yes… I’m sure Zoho needs one more product. Thanks for the laugh this morning.

By: SuezanneC Baskerville

SuezanneC Baskerville — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:51:42 +0000

I logged in to Second Life in the past 24 hours.

I held an educational event in Second Life over 3 years ago, the topic of which was “What Can You Do For SuezanneC Baskerville?”, which apparently confused some of the audience.

Second Life will be popular with government school systems because government school systems are notorious for using expensive and ineffective methods of teaching. What could be nicer than to get paid to play video games?

If zoho, with it’s shared spreadsheets and word files and notebooks and wikis would add a 3D virtual world to it’s mixture of multi-user online applications, that might be useful.