Second Life -First Thoughts

Second Life - First thoughts

Here, I will present some thoughts about Second Life.

1. Police vs. Mediator

How to keep students on task

How do you keep people close?

It is easy to get off task

2. SL provides an authentic communicative context

Where people communicate in language

Native speakers

Could it be unnatural?

Same problems as IM chat may exist

Provides more context than IM

Can present yourself however you wish (with physical form, etc)

People are reacting to physical appearance

3. What would entice a SL user to chat with a learner???

Could pay with game money, but this might make it less authentic

Here you have some Webs about Second Life… ENJOY!!

http://secondlife.com/

http://secondslog.blogspot.com/2006/06/understanding-sl-two-takes.html

A very good video introduction to Second Life: http://blip.tv/file/74378/

Second Life Video: http://www.chrisabraham.com/2006/12/smashing_second.html

Here, you have an example how Second Life looks like:

Source: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6440/1193/1600/immersive.jpg