First forays into Second Life
Having recently upgraded to a MacBook Pro, I can now run Second Life without being randomly logged out and delivered back to the newbie island, as happened on my previous MacBook. So, I’ve given it a go. I have a bit of a problem with it though, I have no idea what to do. I wander around quite happily, enjoying the ability to fly and looking at what people have created. However, all of my instant messenger and social networking contacts are people I previously knew offline, in the real world. This makes wandering around an online world quite difficult because I’m not used to making new friends in cyberspace. I probably need to do some research into the benefits of Second Life, but when I’m there, I don’t know where to start. Any ideas anyone?
In terms of educational benefit, I can see how Second Life might be helpful. See Steve Beard’s Blog for more info.
It’s good to be blogging again!
June 28th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Hi. Do you work with ASD students? I’m certain there is a use for Second LIfe and improving social skills with ASD students.
Take a look at my blog – http://benannett.edublogs.org/
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Hi Ant
Give me a shout during the summer holidays and we can arrange a time for us both to be ‘in world’. I’ll show you around a few educational areas.
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Cheers
David Noble
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:34 pm
@benannett I work with some children on with ‘Autistic Tendencies’ and two children who are actually officially ASD. I checked out your blog but only breifly. Looks good, I’ll have more time for a proper look next week hopefully.
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
@hillsidestaff Cheers David, it would be great to meet up in SL over the holidays. I’ll be in Estonia most of the summer, but they have the most wireless hotspots per capita in the world or something so it should be easy to get online at just about any time of the day!