You know, you look nothing like your avatar

Class was very interesting.
First, we had a light discussion about our reading from last week and this week's "Growing up with Google". We also recorded a mix of what we thought about Dr. Wagner's visit last week. That was fun, I have never done a recording about anything much less in 30-seconds.
With an amateur inspiration about Podcasting, I am looking forward to more multimedia assignments like this. I also learned how to make one.

It's easy; just download AudioCity and boom! you are "DJ Sir Geekalot" all of the sudden. I had the impression that you needed an Ipod in order to create a Podcast, what a misleading verb!

Second Life!
Woh! I was waiting on this presentation for weeks. I had heard of SL but never actually even looked at their site for more info.

So, what is Second Life :
1. Virtual (Social) World
2. Actual people using avatars
3. World is designed and developed by users
4. You can do WHATEVER you want

Second Life and Education?Our presentation was included samples of how SL is being utilized in the classroom and how universities are adapting to this technology. We can only guess where and how we can implement SL in education. Maybe not using SL but maybe educational institutions can develop "virtual universities" for that one only purpose and not depend on the SL franchise.

Aside from the virtual world, our discussion focused on context. Learning and teaching in 21st context is the key to shaping our educational future. As educators we must teach in 21st context because our kids/students are living in the 21st century, a generation that is more open and aware of each others problems and struggles.

We alsowatched a well crafted video “A Vision of Student’s Today” which pretty much summarizes, along with our reading "Growing Up with Google: What it Means to Education", that our young may actually be more confused than we are because they have no guidance on how to use everything that is out there.