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Link: How about an Education Grid in Second Life?

Second Life 2.0 is Here? (Via 2 Cents Worth.) David republished Ryan Bretag‘s comment calling for an “Education Grid” in Second Life… to span the distance between the Adult Grid and the Teen Grid. This is a brilliant idea I can’t believe I haven’t heard before, and I’d love to see a swelling grassroots call for this from educators interested in using SL with their students. So, I’m posting it here, too.

This entry was posted by Mark Wagner, Ph.D. on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 at 11:26 am and is filed under Games and Education. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

13 Responses to “Link: How about an Education Grid in Second Life?”

  1. Ryan Bretag Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

    Hey Mark:

    I really believe that an education grid is the next step. I posted about this awhile ago (http://www.bretagdesigns.com/technologist/?p=86) as I pondered where to go with Second Life as an instructional technologist in a secondary school.

    The more I journey into Second Life, the more I’m convinced that an education grid is needed if Second Life or any other MUVE is to be fully utilized k-12 (maybe even k-20).

  2. Lisa Linn Says:
    April 19th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    I agree completely! Additionally, as I am a sixth grade teacher, I believe any educational grid should be open to middle school students (with parent permission) as well. The possibilities are bounded only by the imaginations’ of the teachers involved.

    ~LL

  3. Mark Wagner Says:
    April 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Ryan… and for the link to your original post. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time (though it may not be Second Life that gets it right).

    -Mark

  4. Mark Wagner Says:
    April 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm

    Thanks for the comment Lisa… it’s always great to hear from a classroom teacher on this blog… and I definitely appreciate you adding your voice to a call for an Education grid in SL. :)

    -Mark

  5. Sabine Reljic Says:
    May 2nd, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    I disagree about this idea of an Education Grid for many reasons, but instead of starting my arguments here, i’d like to forward some great resources on SL and Education:
    http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/search/label/education
    http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib
    http://facstaff.elon.edu/mconklin/pubs/glshandout.pdf
    and if you have an account in the SLresearcher listserv, do a “bibliography list” search. One of the gold nuggets can be found at http://list.academ-x.com/htdig.cgi/slrl-academ-x.com/2007-January/000166.html, where Alex provided with a bib on virtual worlds that is pages-long.
    Cheers,
    S.

  6. Sabine Reljic Says:
    May 9th, 2007 at 4:10 pm

    Second Life Education Radio Stream

    This is a post on the Second Life researcher listserv that I thought might interest a few in Education for dissemination, ads, and application purposes.

    Please read below:

    +++++++

    Hi, educators and researchers:

    I wanted to let you know about a new radio stream concept that Phreak Radio has initiated, and one that I feel will benefit the non-profit and education crowd. Our goal is to build a radio station wholly devoted to education and research centered around Second Life. By scheduling free access to a stream for educational institutions and playing pre-recorded content at designated times during the week, we think that this could open up a lot of doors for researchers and institutions. We want to build this stream up until one could tune in at any time and get either a live broadcast of something being held in SL or a pre-recorded session that would provide instruction and also clue that person in on what institutions are providing teaching.

    Also, because this stream would have only educational content, it’s a concept that we’re interested in introducing on the Teen Grid at some point. Giving teens the ability and training to provide and direct content is the next phase of development that we’d like to see in this stream, and we’ve talked to a few people about the possibilities. Finally, we’re also interested in short, 15 second ads for upcoming specific events.

    We think that this could assist institutions in raising awareness about the research and training being conducted in SL, and it could provide a method for those new residents interested in these topics with a user-friendly way to tune in and get that information. Eventually, with the Registration API, Phreak Radio hopes to drive traffic from this station outside SL and into directed areas that educators assist us in defining (i.e. your island).

    If anyone is interested in using the stream for any educational events, please contact me via one of the methods listed below. Thanks very much.

    Regards,
    Elle Waters

    ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
    SL: Nethermind Bliss
    Skype: Nethermind
    YIM: nethermindonline
    AIM: NethermindBliss
    812-217-0219
    nethermind@gmail.com
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  7. Mark Wagner Says:
    June 1st, 2007 at 12:03 pm

    Thanks for piping in and sharing links, here, too. Many others have since pointed out the logic of just using private islands for education, and I think that makes a lot of sense. Now it’s time for me to get back into Second Life, isn’t it?

    Do you have an avatar or any places you hang out?

  8. Mark Wagner Says:
    June 1st, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    Thanks for this, too, Sabine.

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