This week I completed the following activities:
Viewed Camtasia Tutorial Videos.
Created three Camtasia SL videos on the following topics: camera and movement controls, inventory in SL, finding a presentation or workshop in SL.
Continued to read daily the Educator’s Digest (SLED) and Slrl Digest(Research).
Worked on my Evaluation of Success and will post this soon.
Reviewed the SL survey results.
Read SL articles and webpages.
Worked on SL handouts for OAD270 class.
Getting ready for the holidays now.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
December 1 Week's Blog
This has been an interesting week with the opening of the Owens Island in Second Life. The island is really well-constructed, and I have a new office located on the island. Here are this week's activities:
Read and reviewed articles and my collected webpages on Second Life. As a result, I've been updating my pkwiki.
Participated in the Open House on Thursday (10-5) and Friday (noon-4:30). Friday was busier than Thursday. We had visitors from OSU, UC, Montana State, along with other Owens faculty and staff who have created avatars. A few of our ITS staff visited since they will be supporting SL. I now know of one important area that the Help Desk needs to assist students with: voice chat. That is if faculty choose to use voice chat instead of text chat. This is one feature that I believe students will have the most problems.
I have decided that SL will enhance my Presentation Management course so I've decided to incorporate Second Life in this course. In OAD270 students learn presentation delivery skills and PowerPoint. Students can evaluate the differences between presenting in Second Life and Real Life by participating in the many free educational presentations. Students will also have the option of using Second Life to deliver one of their presentations. As a result the students too will upgrade their technology skills by learning how PowerPoint works in Second Life.
Additionally, I still believe Second Life has value as a recruitment tool. I have been working with an Office Administration (OAD) graduate creating a podcast of the student experience in the OAD program and would like to have it posted on the Island. If my OAD260, Administrative Office Management course, runs (there are low numbers), I know I can use SL in this course also.
This week I plan to meet with the IR office to review my survey results and how best I can report the results.
Next week's blog will address the items under EVALUATION OF SUCCESS.
Read and reviewed articles and my collected webpages on Second Life. As a result, I've been updating my pkwiki.
Participated in the Open House on Thursday (10-5) and Friday (noon-4:30). Friday was busier than Thursday. We had visitors from OSU, UC, Montana State, along with other Owens faculty and staff who have created avatars. A few of our ITS staff visited since they will be supporting SL. I now know of one important area that the Help Desk needs to assist students with: voice chat. That is if faculty choose to use voice chat instead of text chat. This is one feature that I believe students will have the most problems.
I have decided that SL will enhance my Presentation Management course so I've decided to incorporate Second Life in this course. In OAD270 students learn presentation delivery skills and PowerPoint. Students can evaluate the differences between presenting in Second Life and Real Life by participating in the many free educational presentations. Students will also have the option of using Second Life to deliver one of their presentations. As a result the students too will upgrade their technology skills by learning how PowerPoint works in Second Life.
Additionally, I still believe Second Life has value as a recruitment tool. I have been working with an Office Administration (OAD) graduate creating a podcast of the student experience in the OAD program and would like to have it posted on the Island. If my OAD260, Administrative Office Management course, runs (there are low numbers), I know I can use SL in this course also.
This week I plan to meet with the IR office to review my survey results and how best I can report the results.
Next week's blog will address the items under EVALUATION OF SUCCESS.
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