Week13

Learning with Simulations: Gaming, Virtual Worlds & Immersive Online Environments
Second Life, MMOG and online gaming (participants may want to bring their own computers)

Resources
Second Life Installers: http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php

Kevin Jarrett's Story of His Second Life: http://www.storyofmysecondlife.com/

Discovery Educator Network SL Blog: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/secondlife

Reading List
Briggs, Linda, (2007) A Second Life for Middle School Science (Website). http://www.thejournal.com/articles/20363

Kuckera, Ben. (2008). Disney wants your child online: MMOs for tweens (Website). http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/disney-pirates-overview.ars

Foreman, Joel. (2004). Game-Based Learning: How to Delight and Instruct in the 21st Century (Website). http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/GameBasedLearningHowtoDel/40500