Users+Group

November 16th, 2009

Announcements:

Registration API to be installed -- students can register on a page at uwm.edu and will be born on U Wisconsin Milwaukee island rather than Help/Orientation Island. Patty Thomas reported griefing upon entry and this will help overcome this challenge.

We are working on providing students with flash drives that will run Second Life from the workstation of their choice.

Patty Thomas showcase a couple activities she used in her Recreation Therapy course.

For her handouts, visit. https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/groups/sa/ltc/SecondLife/Users%20Group/

Patty made a couple great points: 1.) It will take time to orient students to Second Life, so plan for it. 2.) Snapshots of the students in Second Life are a good "proof of life" that they were able to get an avatar and access Second Life. 3.) Use SLED to find resources and places for your students to visit, including simulations 4.) Take advatage of the richness of Second Life, 3D simulations are great.