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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:
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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
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David L. Smith
Da Vinci Science Center
Allentown, PA
http://www.davinci-center.org
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