Archive for the 'Second Life' Category
Students Prefer Real Classroom to Virtual World
June 2nd, 2009Wired Campus – “In her recently published study, “Student Perceptions of a Course Taught in Second Life,†Ms. Cheal wrote that the 15 undergraduate students enrolled in the course raised concerns that too much “play†in the assignments inhibited learning. The students also cited problems with the program’s slow speed and with challenges acclimating to [...]
Second Life’s Second Wind
December 5th, 2008Forbes – “In what tech pundits at Gartner Research call the curve of hype and gloom, Linden Lab’s virtual world, Second Life, has officially entered the gloom stage.”
Ban ‘Second Life’ in schools and libraries, Republican congressman says
May 7th, 2008CNET News.com: – “A Republican congressman who has sponsored legislation banning access to social-networking Web sites in schools and libraries has found a new target of displeasure: Second Life.”
Remember, “Second Life is not a game, it is a multi-user virtual environment”
Jim and Dwight on Second Life
October 27th, 2007Jim: Playing that game again?
Dwight: Second Life is not a game. It is a multi-user virtual environment. It doesn’t have points or scores. It doesn’t have winners or losers.
Jim: Oh, it has losers.
Classic line from a classic show. It just keeps getting better and better.
Help Others Betther Their Lives
September 3rd, 2007This quote apparently appeared in American Libraries (I’m seeing it from a third-party) from Charlotte Glover, a librarian in Alaska – “I’m finding it hard to believe that any youth services librarian has time to serve virtual patrons. For those who have free time, you could mentor a child through Big Brothers Big Sisters, become [...]
Second Life vs. Pat Conroy, the e-book Long Tail, and good parenting
February 18th, 2007David Rothman (The e-book guy) has some harsh words about Second Life.
"[S]hould public libraries plan to splurge millions in tax money to reduce the number of hours that children spend with parents? Have SL boosters in the library world really thought this through sufficiently? And how about all the constructive questions that Rochelle Hartman, an [...]
