Just logged in to my Second Life and found a notice:
"More RL Prof Development in Second Life. This week, on November 1, 2007 (GMT -4) . at 5:30 PM SL time, Kathy Schrock will present "Shedding Light on Web 2.0" a presentation about the use of Web 2.0 tools in support of teaching and learning. The session will be held in the large presentation area behind the Nauset building on Lighthouse Learning Island."
So far so good. Kathy Schrock is a veteran expert in the field and her insight is valuable.
What was striking me as perhaps a little tendential towards traditional top down presentation style reinvented in the virtual world, is the memeto at the end of invitation:
"PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE VOICE CHAT ENABLED SINCE THE PRESENTATION WILL BE PRESENTED VIA VOICE. You do not have to have a microphone."
Listen to the expert and do not expect any need to speak up for yourself! Or is that perhaps too much of a conclusion? After all, chat messages are still valid and not so interruptive, even though SL has become voice enabled a while ago. I'm sure Kathy has a powerful slides presentation up her sleeve.
Keywords: secondlife, teachers professional development
Comments
I happened to find this posting about my message to those attending my real-life presentation last week that talked about my comment about “not needing a microphone”. That comment was not intended to mean that the users could not talk…many teachers do not understand that they need to use the voice chat option to hear, but that they do not need a microphone to listen. That comment was just to try to make them realize they could still use their traditional chat, but they needed to have voice-enabled to hear the presentation. I am sorry that you misunderstood the reason for the comment.
I hope you were able to make the presentation-- Linden Labs restarted the island in the middle of it, so I had to find an open spot on another island, teleport the attendees, put out a new presentation board and load it up, and continue. It was stressful, but we all managed!
Kathy
Hi Kathy, I know how hard such online presence events can be when Murphy's law rules! As I'm in another time zone, I was in bed and missed it. OK, I'm not yet that far myself with developing in world teaching material
Regarding the information about not necessarily MUST have microphones for attending is indeed relevant. My first reaction was a result of having attended way too many dull and one way eternal slide whows in SL which you might be able to view on your own convenience without HAVING to login and meet in world. I really wonder why we would want those virtual auditoriums,complete with seats and a podium. I went to the LIghthouse island later, and actually found your slide screen in the hall. Too bad those slides were locked. There will be other occasions to learn from your insight and hopefully also time left for conversations, voice wise or in classic chat mode :-)
Thanks for commenting here, by the way; makes me aware that readers are out there and might stumble upon MY humble blog