Second Life?

Posted on May 24th, 2008 in Technology by Mike Eisenberg

Are you in Second Life?  I see this as the next “big thing” – as big as the World Wide Web itself.

What? Second Life is a 3D virtual world.  It’s like “living in a cartoon.”  You have an avatar that represents you, and you move around the “world” as an avatar.  You can walk, fly, or teleport. You can text chat or audio chat.

For What?  One major use is for meetings, collaboration, and conferencing.  There are also many interesting events held in Second Life.

Why?  Second Life is an immersive experience.  There really is a sense of “being there.”

How?  Check out www.secondlife.com for more information. You do need to download a client to your machine, but it is free.  You don’t need to spend any money to use Second Life.  But, there is plenty of real commerce taking place in Second Life.

Please respond with your ideas and thoughts and questions.  I would very much like to have an interactive discussion about Second Life.

– Mike

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Big6 in Community Colleges

Posted on May 9th, 2008 in Big6, Higher Education, Training by Mike Eisenberg

Ru Story-Huffman, one of our top Big6 authors, recently gave a major presentation for the community college audience.  Here is her description:

“The Lurleen B. Wallace Community College had a Big6 Professional Development Workshop on April 18, in Opp, Alabama, lead by Ru Story-Huffman. The workshop consisted of an overview of information literacy, standards, learning outcomes, and its use in higher education. The Big6 was presented as a model to understand information literacy and to develop assignments, lectures, projects, and the promotion of lifelong learning. Participants had opportunity to work in a computer lab to develop resources and assignments for classroom use.”

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