Comments on: Real Hope in a Virtual World http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/ Current Trends & Issues in Instructional Technology Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:40:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: James Blake Worley http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-46 James Blake Worley Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:44:20 +0000 http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-46 I myself have just recently started in SL and I can see limitless possibilities in this world. I had not even thought of healing the physical body through a virtual world. What will they come up with next? I myself have just recently started in SL and I can see limitless possibilities in this world. I had not even thought of healing the physical body through a virtual world. What will they come up with next?

]]> By: songzhihua http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-45 songzhihua Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:02:05 +0000 http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-45 Another entry about second life! Maybe I should start my second life and see where it leads? It is interesting to see how important virtual world is in lots of people's lives. It grabs people's attention and achieves something that many people cannot achieve in their first life. I admire those people who try to use virtual world to create a better and beneficial environment for other people. I wonder how soon it comes into the field of education to help students learn. Another entry about second life! Maybe I should start my second life and see where it leads?

It is interesting to see how important virtual world is in lots of people’s lives. It grabs people’s attention and achieves something that many people cannot achieve in their first life.

I admire those people who try to use virtual world to create a better and beneficial environment for other people. I wonder how soon it comes into the field of education to help students learn.

]]> By: Elizabeth Clark http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-43 Elizabeth Clark Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:15:19 +0000 http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-43 One of my best friends in Second Life is a professor of social work at a university in the midwest. He's on sabbatical this semester, and he's spending a lot of time researching how he can use SL in his teaching. One of my best friends in Second Life is a professor of social work at a university in the midwest. He’s on sabbatical this semester, and he’s spending a lot of time researching how he can use SL in his teaching.

]]> By: brentgwilson http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-38 brentgwilson Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:42:06 +0000 http://crodrigo.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/real-hope-in-a-virtual-world/#comment-38 You raise an important point about online environments - they do give people room for an alternate persona, and different forms of self-expression. I have two doctoral students working in health-ed areas - Jamie Hurley on tobacco prevention curriculum, and Melissa Vance on helping former foster children transition into post-secondary education. Both of these issues could be helped, potentially, by some online exploratory environments where young people could assume a persona and interaction with others in a safe way. Very cool, thanks for sharing! You raise an important point about online environments – they do give people room for an alternate persona, and different forms of self-expression.

I have two doctoral students working in health-ed areas – Jamie Hurley on tobacco prevention curriculum, and Melissa Vance on helping former foster children transition into post-secondary education. Both of these issues could be helped, potentially, by some online exploratory environments where young people could assume a persona and interaction with others in a safe way.

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

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