What is Lively and why should I care? Both good questions. Lively is Google’s first shot at a virtual 3D community a la Second Life.
I first read the news on TechCrunch.com. The stats there tell the whole 4.5 month story from start to finish. Having recently finished teaching a class using [...]
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December 10, 2008
Lively Is Dead
November 3, 2008
Second Life Class Begins
I haven’t mentioned Second Life in a while, but I bring it up because my elective class in Second Life began today. Second Life is an interactive online virtual world in which participants create an avatar which they use to interact with other participants.
The goal of my class is for students to practice English. Communicating [...]
August 1, 2008
Second Life Pilot
Another project I’m working on is using Second Life (SL) for teaching ESL. I’m participating in a pilot project here at Ohio State to look at how SL can be used in teaching. Today was the first time I had three brave students working together in this virtual world. Initial reactions were [...]
