The Story of My “Second Life”

Finally back home after what seems like an eternity of conferences, hotel rooms, flights, meals on the road, presentations, meetings, and fortunately, time with colleagues and new friends.

Quite a bit of buzz in the blogosphere lately thanks to a few well constructed posts, credit for the start of which goes to Sylvia Martinez of GenYes.org …

• Second Thoughts on Second Life – Sylvia Martinez

… whom I met first in Second Life and then in real life at NECC. Her entry spawned others, as great blog posts often do:

• Second life as a bleeding edge PD environment – Wes Fryer
• Second (Life) Thoughts – Part I – Brian Smith

I’ve skimmed these posts and love what I see, open minded educators honestly assessing a bleeding-edge technology, essentially asking, “does it matter?” In some cases, the answer is clear. In others, not so much.

As soon as I finish unpacking, I’m going to re-read, then blog and/or comment into this conversation.

Thanks for the contributions, Sylvia, and everyone else! Be with you shortly!

-kj-