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Oops, that's Jean-Claude Bradley
On 7/31/07, David Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Jean-Clade Bradley at Drexel University is making innovative use of Second
> Life for chemistry courses, including in-world quizzes and molecules you can
> walk around and study in 3D. He's not at a science center, but he does have
> an interesting perspective on educational applications in virtual
> environments
>
> Dave Smith
>
> On 7/31/07, Carolyn Sutterfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology
> > Centers
> > Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related
> > institutions.
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> >
> >
> > List members, we could use your help with an upcoming issue of ASTC
> > Dimensions.
> >
> > Here's the premise: The 2-million-member online world Second Life now
> > features 'Splo, a virtual version of the Exploratorium. Online and
> > on-site
> > visitors to history and art museums "stroll" through three-dimensional
> > re-creations of Egyptian temples, an 18th-century Mandan village, or
> > ancient
> > Rome. Nintendo can't keep up with demand for its whole-body-movement Wii
> >
> > machine, and an eagerly awaited new videogame from Will Wright, creator
> > of
> > the Sims series, purportedly allows players to build entire galaxies
> > populated by artificial life forms.
> >
> > What does the virtual-reality explosion mean for science centers? Should
> > we
> > be investing in these new technologies? For the November/December 2007
> > issue
> > of ASTC Dimensions, we are looking for examples of ways that science
> > centers
> > and museums are exploring virtual environments and other immersive
> > technologies as learning tools.
> >
> > If you would like to share with the field what your museum is doing in
> > this
> > area, or if you know of a promising program elsewhere that we should
> > include, please e-mail a brief description to me off-list at the address
> >
> > below by August 7. Also welcome are suggestions on related educational
> > research. Many thanks!
> >
> >
> > Carolyn Sutterfield, Editor
> > Association of Science-Technology Centers
> > 1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
> > Washington, DC 20005-6310, U.S.A.
> > 202/783-7200 x130 Fax 202/783-7207
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> David L. Smith
> Da Vinci Science Center
> Allentown, PA
> http://www.davinci-center.org
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David L. Smith
Da Vinci Science Center
Allentown, PA
http://www.davinci-center.org
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