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Explore using Second Life in the chemistry classroom to engage students, facilitate learning, and foster innovation. Interact with student assignments, leverage vodcasts, games, and online tools for an enriching educational experience. Learn to utilize wikis, virtual environments, and various channels for teaching and assessing chemistry concepts effectively.
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Using Second Life in the Chemistry Classroom The 8th Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE 8) Chemical Heritage Foundation Jean-Claude Bradley E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor of Chemistry Drexel University April 29, 2008
What is the role of a chemistry teacher? Produce chemists by any means necessary!
Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast channels CHEM 241 89 students CHEM 243 64 students
Teacher as a Learning Catalyst Use class time for workshops and assign recorded lectures • Be present while students do problems, watch lectures, play games, use Second Life • Discuss extra credit assignment on Second Life • Address technical implementation on their laptops • Small groups or one-on-one
Student assignment on NMR using live research data and JSpecView
Imine Formation Mechanism: talk to the molecules!
Indexing Molecules on SecondLifeMolecules.wikispaces.com
ACS Island Kate Sellar (Finola Graves) Andrew Lang (Hiro Sheridan)
Party in the ACS Geodesic Dome! 13:30 EDT May 6, 2008
Summary • Use wikis to organize content and to interact with students on assignments • Use Second Life to stretch student and teacher imagination – and encourage networking • Use multiple channels to deliver content and assess learning • Most of these technologies are simple, free and hosted