Jeromy Koester on Second Life

I’m sitting in a session about Web 2.0 and video games (A Web 2.0 Fully Interactive Classroom: Video Games).  The presenter is Jeremy Koester.  He’s an engaging presenter, with an interesting way of expressing himself.  Definately a native, a twitcher 😉   Entertaining.

He’s showing a YouTube video about a NOAA project on Second Life.  The title of the video is NOAA’s Virtual Island.  Very interesting and some intriguing instructional applications of virtual environments.  He is now demonstrating Second Life.  He’s a fox (gives some tips on selecting an avatar), and is now standing on a map of the U.S., a real time weather map.  It’s clear in Houstin, but raining in Austin.  SL is running very well and smoothly on his Toshiba.  I find that SL is pretty jerky and clunky on my Mac. 

Jeromy is now showing us a map and zooming out, showing the vastness of the work, looks like hundreds of islands.  Jeromy is out of time.  He spend much time delivering what I would consider a testimonial of a digital native educator — which was quite valuable.  This one should have been longer than 45 minutes.

Thanks, Jeromy!

2 thoughts on “Jeromy Koester on Second Life”

  1. I just attended a workshop last week. I immediately created an account. What a great place to meet new people from all over the world. This is also an excellent place to hold meetings. I see why they call it Second Life!!!

  2. David,
    Thanks for covering my session. I appreciate you taking the time to come listen and provide meaningful feedback. I would love to meet you in person one day. I am honored that not only would you post about my session, but that you attended at all. That shows your humility and awesome status as a lifelong learner. Thanks for the great question during the session as well. I look forward to presenting many more times in the future. I’m always looking to learn something new. Currently working on an island for teaching math concepts on Secondlife’s Teen Grid. You can read the progress on our google groups site. It’s called SL Heights Island.
    Take care and hope to see you in future sessions,
    Jeremy

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