This was our last week in ETEC 648D and final projects came to a dramatic conclusion. Class met one final time in SL to present our final projects (instructional design module in SL). I must say I was very impressed with the projects the other three teams came up with.
My personal favorite of the bunch? Tuy, Lisa and Nadine's Spanish language fashion showcase project! One of MY personal things I love about SL is the fact that it is worldwide and you get to see, meet and see things from all over the world. During my time in SL I was just fascinated all how world-spanning it is as I met and befriended folks from as far away as Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Germany in Europe, Peru and Brazil in South America and Australia. The potential of the tool to connect and learn more about others different from us is something so key to our ever evolving global economy.
As an educator the implications of this for usage in teaching of foreign languages become very apparent. I was just blown away at how the girls set-up their SIM. It was such a cool experience to be able to walk through the fashion gallery they made, click on a piece of clothing and hear the Spanish word for it said out loud. It was VERY impressive, or as we say en Espanol, "muy bien!"
And that basically sums up my time here in ETEC 648D revisiting the fascinating world of Second Life, "es muy bien!"
Fin
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