Week 13: Article Research

This week we started doing research with our teams. We each had to get two articles and write a brief synopsis on each. We also had to put key words at the bottom of the summary for quick reference. We also had to do a article evaluation. I am looking forward to meeting my team after Thanksgiving to start putting all of this research together. We will have to put a power point together for our presentation the first week in December. This semester is flying by.

On a happy note, Thanksgiving is here and Christmas is around the corner. These are always great times with family and friends. See you next week!

Week 12: Team Project

Hello,

I am posting from my sisters house tonight. My daughter and I are out of power tonight but others in my neighborhood are not so lucky. We have several houses tonight without a home or damaged beyond repair because of a tornado that came through. My heart goes out to those tonight. I am a little frazzled with all that has happened so close.

Tonight I submitted our work project plan. Looking forward to working with Heather and Ken.

Hope everyone is ok tonight and I will see if I have power back on at the house in the am.

Doug

Week 11: Second Life, Land and Building

Week 11 Reflection: Second Life

This week we covered the building portion of second life. This to me has been the hardest part of Second Life. Our assignment was to find three items and then build three items and put them into our virtual classroom. I found a leather recliner, table lamp, and a stack of books. I built a picture, picture frame, a tie-dye rug, and a round glass table. I thought this was a true challenge because I have never done any of this before. I had a tough time with the picture frame and picture. I was able to finally make the wooden frame but was hard to line it up with the picture and get it straight on the angled wall. It took a lot more time than I expected.

Another thing we did this week was to create some kind of business in Second Life and present as a group. We did an upscale mall. I thought my favorite was the resort done by another group. Everyone did a great job on their project.

See you next week.

Week 10: Second Life

Week 10: Second Life

This week we dressed up for Halloween. All of us had great costumes and was fun to do. We also had a Scavenger Hunt to do in Second Life.  We had to go to different places, look around, and take pictures to show the instructor that we had been different places. The one place that I liked was the Sistine Chapel. It was very interesting to go inside and see all of the pictures there. Something to actually see even thought you are not actually there. The other place was very cool was the virtual state fair. It had a haunted house that was very well done. Below is a picture of the front of the house.

 See you next week!