Some of the world’s most prestigious colleges, universities, and schools use Second Life in the classroom. This virtual world makes it easy for students to learn and collaborate online. Second Life has also been used as a distance learning tool. If you are interested in integrating Second Life into your classroom, there are many different [...]
Archives for August, 2009
How to Fit Widget A into Socket B! by Jo Hart
Part of the series: Investigating International Edtech Issues (Australia) Background A very personal view of some of the issues we face here in Australia in integrating technology into education (ie in fitting widget A into socket B). Firstly, I am not a school teacher but a lecturer in Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. [...]
category: Global Issues in Education
The Keyboard Picture on the Blackboard by Burcu Akyol
Part of the series: Investigating International Edtech Issues (Turkey) My title sounds weird, doesn’t it? But believe it or not, this is how I learned what a keyboard was! It was 1993. I was 15 years-old. Computer class was an elective course at my school and in the first computer lesson our teacher drew a [...]
category: Global Issues in Education



