Second Life Education Research

“Pick up after yourself!”

“Don’t leave things sitting around in public areas!”

“No balls in the house!”

Such was my first night of the new semester. My spring ENG 104 class is 15 men and one female. I don’t want to stereotype about how messy teenage boys are…but ok, yes I do. Geesh, are they messy! Last night, after going through basic policies, getting everyone enrolled in the class group, and making friends with everyone, we spent the hour exploring junkyards and learning to unpack boxes. Basically, I just wanted to be sure that all of the students knew how to do the basics in SL.

They had a great time and caught on quickly. Before I knew it, the island was filled with smoking cars, puttering motorcycles, giant snowmen, and other random objects. Now, I don’t think anyone would ever accuse me of being no fun. I’m the antithesis of uptight. However, after asking several times that they remember to clean up the objects left around and contain their mess in their dorm rooms and in the sand box, I still spent almost an hour returning random objects left sitting, floating, or in the case of a run away chocobo, running around!

Every semester is a new challenge. I LOVE Second Life!.

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