Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Presenting at NBEA in April 2010
I am looking forward to presenting Live in Second Life for the National Business Education Association's (NBEA) annual conference held in San Diego, March 31-April 3. You might think: "Wow, San Diego!" I will be presenting in Second Life from my campus office in Ohio while someone will facilitate the session in San Diego. I really don't like quick trips to the West Coast for conferences (believe it or not). I am looking for people who have experience using Second Life in the workplace to visit during my session time (which is 8:30 SL time).
Saturday, November 21, 2009
PowerPoint Presentation in SL Fall 09
This semester one student volunteered to present in SL. He did a great job using gestures, wore a business suit, and his template and colors were great selections for SL. He used voice chat during his presentation. Students in the class participated in SL as the audience and used text chat to ask him questions. We used one of the many presentation areas at the eOwens Island. Great job, Cory.
Monday, October 19, 2009
OBTA 09 Exploring New Worlds
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OBTA 09 Exploring New Worlds
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OBTA 09 Exploring New Worlds by Rose Marie Kuceyeski, Ph.D. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
OBTA 09 Exploring New Worlds by Rose Marie Kuceyeski, Ph.D. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
A Second Life Primer
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
OAD270 Team Presentations
"I personally loved doing SL. I think that if I was given the opportunity I would choose it every time. " OAD270 Student.
"I did like SL, and I feel that it is a good way to present to different people and around the world. " OAD Student.
"I loved the flying (once I got used to it), being able to make yourself look the way you want to, and being able to travel to different locations. This can open (and has) so many opportunities to engage yourself in a way that is rewarding for you and the listener." OAD270 Student.
These are quotes from students who delivered their team presentation in SL on May 5, 2009. The team consisted of three students, and they all looked professional, used gestures, responded to questions, and presented their material effectively. Additionally, their topic was conducive to Second Life because it was on virtual assistants. The team created a Notecard for the handout material and posted it on an Information Post at the presentation area on the eOwens Island. The team used voice chat, and the students in the audience used text chat to ask questions.
Keep in mind this was a face-to-face class so the other students logged into Second Life in the classroom while those presenting worked in my office--each on a computer. I recorded their SL presentation using Camtasia Studio and for the first time recording--it's not bad. There are some sound problems and external noises.
I hope to perfect this assignment and consider other ways to incorporate SL into my courses.
Challenges: technical issues with voice chat. Voice chat worked, but we found that if connecting to one of the College's wireless networks, voice chat was blocked. Therefore, we used a Verizon wireless network for one of the student's laptops. Then one student worked on my desktop computer and the other student used her own wireless connection.
"I did like SL, and I feel that it is a good way to present to different people and around the world. " OAD Student.
"I loved the flying (once I got used to it), being able to make yourself look the way you want to, and being able to travel to different locations. This can open (and has) so many opportunities to engage yourself in a way that is rewarding for you and the listener." OAD270 Student.
These are quotes from students who delivered their team presentation in SL on May 5, 2009. The team consisted of three students, and they all looked professional, used gestures, responded to questions, and presented their material effectively. Additionally, their topic was conducive to Second Life because it was on virtual assistants. The team created a Notecard for the handout material and posted it on an Information Post at the presentation area on the eOwens Island. The team used voice chat, and the students in the audience used text chat to ask questions.
Keep in mind this was a face-to-face class so the other students logged into Second Life in the classroom while those presenting worked in my office--each on a computer. I recorded their SL presentation using Camtasia Studio and for the first time recording--it's not bad. There are some sound problems and external noises.
I hope to perfect this assignment and consider other ways to incorporate SL into my courses.
Challenges: technical issues with voice chat. Voice chat worked, but we found that if connecting to one of the College's wireless networks, voice chat was blocked. Therefore, we used a Verizon wireless network for one of the student's laptops. Then one student worked on my desktop computer and the other student used her own wireless connection.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Presentations in Second Life
Two students delivered their PowerPoint presentations in Second Life last week using one of our many presentation areas on our island. Students stood behind the podium during the presentation. Then during the question and answer session at the end of the presentations, students stepped off the podium and walked toward the audience. This created a more engaging environment. They were very effective using voice and gestures.
Those students who didn't present in SL did participate, and their avatars teleported to the presentation area on the Owens island. As audience participants, they used text chat to ask questions at the end of the presentations. The student presenters created a more personal environment by using the other avatars' names when they were asked questions at the end.
There are some PowerPoint limitations such as animations and hyperlinks not working. However, the slide viewer is very easy to use, and it has arrows to advance the slides.
For the team project, three students plan to present in SL. My goal is to have them create a notecard for the partipants to pick up at the beginning of the presentation.
Also, I plan to invite others to listen to the presentations. We are going to try and record them using Camtasia.
Those students who didn't present in SL did participate, and their avatars teleported to the presentation area on the Owens island. As audience participants, they used text chat to ask questions at the end of the presentations. The student presenters created a more personal environment by using the other avatars' names when they were asked questions at the end.
There are some PowerPoint limitations such as animations and hyperlinks not working. However, the slide viewer is very easy to use, and it has arrows to advance the slides.
For the team project, three students plan to present in SL. My goal is to have them create a notecard for the partipants to pick up at the beginning of the presentation.
Also, I plan to invite others to listen to the presentations. We are going to try and record them using Camtasia.
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