Day 1 of the PLC

The six members of my PLC had their first session today. I had provided them with a little "light reading" last week dealing with the aspects of synchronous and asynchronous online environments and the skills necessary to teach in such environments. We clarified some of the research as a group.

I then gave them an overview of the history of Lighthouse Learning Island and went online to show them what Second Life was all about. I just did a simple fly-over of the island and gave them an in-depth tour of the Nauset Public Schools building. I showed them a tiny bit about inventory and we registered one of the participants together.

They left with Beth Kohnke's great introductory packet and the promise to at least create their account by next week! (We have had to move next week's meeting until Wednesday afternoon due to a conflict.)

All in all, a packed 40 minute session! They did not appear overwhelmed or confused, and I tried my best to keep the SL jargon out of my presentation, since that is often a problem for newbies. I am looking forward to this PLC and working with these educators who are willing to take a risk!

(BTW, Kevin Jarrett (SL KJ Haxx) posted a very nice overview of the project on his blog earlier this week!)

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