Second Life

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WOW.....I got to swim with the sharks tonight.....all from the comfort of my recliner!!

Discovery Educators Network sponsored a dive to celebrate the start of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. It was really cool, I even got dive gear. It was kinda scary even knowing it wasn't real. This will be the only way I will ever experience something like this. Never would do this in RL!

Second Life

My husband says I am an official geek.......I created an avatar in Second Life! And it is a lot skinnier than I am in real life =)

It has been an interesting/exciting experience. When you create an avatar, you begin in the general public area and you can bump into some "creepy" characters. Now that I limit my exploring to education islands, I have had some wonderful experiences. I found an Aggie group that is raising RL (real life) $$$ through a relay walk in SL (Second Life) for the American Cancer Society. I talked with a librarian from the University of Puerto Rico. A teacher from Arizona showed me her "sandbox" where she conducts professional development for her teachers.

The potential is amazing.....the ability to network with other educators and explore sites that you can't go to in RL. (Visited the Alamo and Tech Museum)

Next goal is to find book sharing groups.......