SECOND LIFE — REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Stephen Harris
Northern Beaches Christian School
&
Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning
Australia

This paper will highlight the potential and possibilities of virtual worlds to support and extend real life learning. It outlines the action research, thinking, and process of developing a Second Life presence for use in any secondary classroom. The Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning has been developing a Second Life presence for use by staff and students. There are now two installations of Second Life used by the school. One is in Teen Grid Second Life on an island named Booralie and the other is within the general Second Life on the island of Jokaydia.

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