Day 2

Today I worked on the Second Life program. I mainly focused on three aspects; finishing the orientation, changing my appearance, and navigating the world by flying.

Orientation
The purpose of this is to become more familiar with the funtions and options of Second Life. This includes moving, grabing items, changing your appearence, flying, driving, communicating, navigating, etc.

Appearence
I wanted an Avatar that looked more like me. The default options for the Avatar resemble a lot of caucasion features. Most of the students I work with are either of African decent, or latino. If they were going to use this program they, more than likely, would like an avatar that looked more like them as I did. After navigating through the appearence options for a while I was able to provide my avatar with black skin, ethnic facial features, short hair, and clothing that was close to what I would wear.

Flying
The interesting thing about flying is that it requires you to re-think moving in a 3-Dimensional space. You are still required to move in the 4 directions (up, down, left, and right) much like you would do on the groung, but additionally, you need the concept of height. I can see how to teach a lesson on points using the X, Y, & Z plane.