A Taste of Second Life?

To complement the Caledonian Academy Learning Communities Forum event: "Learning in a strange place: Second Life at the University of Edinburgh" being held on 6^th March (http://www.academy.gcal.ac.uk/professional/iws.html), we'll be holding two Emerging Technology informal lunchtime sandpit sessions on ‘Second Life’.

The 1st session is aimed at those who have not yet dipped a toe into this brave new world but who wish to have a first glimpse of Second Life prior to the above talk. We'll follow an avatar on a tour of some existing education islands in Second Life and give you a chance to begin to think about how we may use this emerging technology in GCU.

This session will run twice:- on Friday 29th February and repeated on Monday 3rd March, 12:30 to 1:30pm

The 2nd follow up session aims to explore ideas on the potential of Second Life as an environment to support teaching and learning at GCU. We'll visit GCU's new island and provide an opportunity to discuss how you and your school could make use of this environment with your students – come armed with your thoughts and ideas!

This session will run twice:- on Friday 14th March and repeated on Thursday 20th March, 12:30 to 1:30pm