Hi, all - it's been a while, almost a year, since I updated what I have been doing in Second Life, so heregoes!
(3) I finally broke down and paid a SL designer (Random Cole - thanks, Random!) to build me a virtual Molecule Rezzing Kit - specifically for making the VSEPR molecules for first year chemistry students. It works very well - we're going to try it out this semester. I'm giving it away for free at the VWBPE talk - it is fully copyable. We will be testing it with my students in the next year.
(1) We - my graduate student, Zahira Merchant - in Educational Psychology - and I have finished our study and have given several talks. We have one paper accepted so far and it should come out soon. I'll give you all the link when it does. A powerpoint in my study area on 12th Man Island explains what we did and some of our results - here it is: http://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/fyp/keeney/secondlife/slstudy.ppt
(2) I'll be talking and sharing at the upcoming VWBPE conference - my presentation on the Molecule Game - will be on Saturday, 11am SLT March 17 at the VWBPE Gateway http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Gateway/130/128/35
(3) I finally broke down and paid a SL designer (Random Cole - thanks, Random!) to build me a virtual Molecule Rezzing Kit - specifically for making the VSEPR molecules for first year chemistry students. It works very well - we're going to try it out this semester. I'm giving it away for free at the VWBPE talk - it is fully copyable. We will be testing it with my students in the next year.
