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IBM@Play on Second Life, Online Training, 2007, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, $0.
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, I found myself in the oddest of places. There I was, looking about 20 years younger and walking around on an island with an occasional phantom figure passing by: monsters, vampires, animals, and regular folk. Suddenly, I received a message from on high, an invitation to teleport to another location.
Accepting the invitation, I immediately flew through time and space, landing from the sky on another island. There I stood face to face with Mr. Weeks, a man with spiky-white hair and plaid pants. No, this wasn't a bad dream induced by a late night pizza. This was my introduction to Second Life, and Weeks served as our Celtic tour guide.
When presented with an opportunity to review Second Life, I jumped at the chance to take Morpheus's red pill to see how deep the rabbit hole went. However, instead of following the white rabbit, I followed Chuck Hamilton of IBM's Center for Advanced Learning, an authority on the use of play and work to create optimal learning. Mr. Weeks is Chuck's avatar in Second Life. Frank Nguyen,...
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