This DBB (Tu, 3/18) -- Teaching in/with Virtual Worlds – Brett Robinson

Flying. Outrageous avatars. Alternative gender experimentations. Pretend dollars you can convert to real ones. Yeah, virtual worlds like Second Life are, well, interesting, right? But do they have pedagogical value? Can they be used as a teaching tool? I have been watching Brett Robinson (Grady Ph.D. student and NMI teaching assistant) explore the ways that Second Life can be used to teach visual story-telling. And it is cool. At our next Digital Brown Bag (Tuesday, 3/18. 12:30P, NMI, 412 Journalism) Brett will be sharing some of his experiences. Join us!