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I talked about Second Life in the chemistry classroom at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on April 29, 2008. This was part of the 8th Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE 8). Most examples involve work done in collaboration with Andrew Lang.
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Using Second Life in the Chemistry Classroom
Jean-Claude Bradley
E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of ChemistryDrexel University
April 29, 2008
The 8th Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE 8)
Chemical Heritage Foundation
What is the role of a chemistry teacher?
Produce chemists
by any means necessary!
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CHEM 24189 students
CHEM 24364 students
Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast channels
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 Blogging
Student assignments on a wiki
Student assignment on NMR using live research data and JSpecView
Games on a TabletPC: Wheel of Orgo
EduFrag Maze (without weapons)
EduFrag Unreal Tournament (with weapons)
Quiz Obelisks in Second Life (Eloise Pasteur)
Student Assignments in Second Life
Flying Around on a Molecule
SMILES, InChIs and InChIKeys: the new language of chemistry
Visualizing NMR spectra on Second Nature Island
Interacting with NMR spectra (JCAMP-DX)
Talk to the spectrum: zoom 2.1-2.3 (Andy Lang)
Docking Demonstration on Drexel Island
Enoyl Reductase by Peter Miller
Avidin: From PDB file to…..
Avidin 3D structure in Second Life (Andy Lang)
Imine Formation Mechanism: talk to the molecules!
Indexing Molecules on SecondLifeMolecules.wikispaces.com
3D Periodic Table (ACS and Andrew Lang)
Faculty “Offices” on Drexel Island
Bradley Lab on Drexel Island
Posters on Second Nature – with Bells
Conferences on Second Nature
ACS IslandKate Sellar (Finola Graves)
Andrew Lang (Hiro Sheridan)
ACS Headquarters
ACS Landmarks
Virtual Poster Area
Nanotubes and Felicene
Resident Chemist Program: Hinestroza Lab
Rosania Lab
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
