You Only Live Twice - Teaching in Second Life, Part 1

So I started a class entitled "Teaching in Virtual Worlds" last night.  It's always interesting seeing a class from the student's point of view.

My take-aways from the first class:

• Separate the students who are familiar with the environment from those who aren't.  Have diffferent learning activities for both.
• Use the microphone with care.  The conversations will not be available to hearing disabled students.
• Have an activity at the end that could only be performed in a virtual environment and that is fun.  We did the Thriller Dance.  It brought the students together, and it's a great example of an activity that could only be done in this environment.  Now that's value-added.

Enjoy,

Donna