1. Virtual Worlds as Web 2.0 Learning Spaces Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins Ball State University, IN ELI 2008

2. PEDAGOGY FIRST TECHNOLOGY SECOND STUDENTS FIRST UNIVERSITIES SECOND

4. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?

5. Prosumer

6. Remote Applications

7. Social

8. Application Program Interface

9. WHERE DO UNIVERSITIES FIT IN?

10. Who are our STUDENTS ? Where do they LIVE ? How do they LEARN outside the classroom?

11. TODAY’S STUDENTS

12. 89 % USE EMAIL

13. 67% GET NEWS ONLINE

14. 64% SEND IMs

15. 74% WATCH VIDEOS ONLINE

16. 89% USE FACEBOOK

17. 43% PLAY ONLINE GAMES

18. 56% DOWNLOAD MUSIC

19. 91% INTERNET SEARCH FOR ANSWERS

20. 52% READ BLOGS

21. 60% SEND/RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGES

22. 57% SEARCHED FOR INFO ABOUT COLLEGE

23. Encyclopedia Britannica

24. BENEFICIAL NARCISSISM

25. FLEXIBLE IDENTITY

26. FACING A DIFFERENT WORKPLACE

27. TOMORROW’S STUDENTS

28. No Medial Hauntings Sloane. “Haunting story of J” Passions and Pedagogies in the 21 st Century . Hawisher and Selfe

29. New Learning Models Sheri Graner Ray Gender Inclusive Game Design: Expanding the Market (2003)

30. Hypermediated

32. See the Similarities?

33. VS.

34. WHERE WE TEACH THEM

35. HOW WE DELIVER INFORMATION

36. LET’S COMPARE

37. VS.

38. VS.

39. REACHING THE NET GENERATION: 3 APPROACHES

40. 1 SOCIAL NETWORKING TWITTER

41. INSTANT MESSAGING

42. FACEBOOK

43. 55% of American 12-17 year olds have used a Social Networking website

44. BENEFITS SOCIAL COMMUNITY LOCAL / GLOBAL IMMEDIATE

45. 2 CONTRIBUTED CONTENT YOUTUBE

46. WIKIPEDIA

47. BENEFITS PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY AUTHENTIC IMMEDIATE

48. M ULTI U SER V IRTUAL E NVIRONMENT 3

50. SELF EXPRESSION THROUGH AVATARS

51. “ [Today’s “game generation”] want to be to be treated as “creators and doers” rather than “ receptacles to be filled with content.”(Prensky, 76)

52. COMMUNITY

53. TRANSLATING IDEAS

54. ENCOURAGING SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS

55. PLAYING A ROLE

56. CHANGING ROLES IN DRAMATIC WAYS

57. INTERACTING WITH FANTASY

58. CRITIQUE AND PARODY

59. BENEFITS COLLABORATION CREATIVITY AUTHENTICITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

60. MUVE/Immersive Networks Participatory NEW FACE OF EDUCATION THE EQUATION

61. Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins SL: Intellagirl Tully Email: intellagirl@gmail.com Web: intellagirl.com Skype, Yahoo, AIM, Gchat: Intellagirl