Now I'm Sold...

After attending Thursdays seminar on Davis Island, I'm sold on Second Life as an educational tool.

Thanks to Ben's help and patience I was able to find my way to the group, although I got pretty lost at the end of the hour and wandered around looking for my class! Also had difficulty with the volume on my headset, and even turned to low it was apparently too loud so I was hesitant to speak, but was able to hear and see everything just fine. Some of the avatars were pretty amazing, and many appear to be expert users, I however am unable to stop walking backwards!

I was disheartened by James Cooks comments about the waning popularity of SL. My sincere hope is that academia as well as the lay public will continue to find new ways to use the SL experience for education and training. While I still think there's probably a "shady" side to SL, when it's use is controlled and guided as it was in the seminar many can reap the benefits of this amazing technology and environment.

More than any previous class in the Health Informatics program, this class has opened my mind to many new concepts, and that is the real beauty and joy of education (in my humble opinion!).