http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/more-flea-market-math/ A running account of the process of the proposal, acquisition, development and integration of a virtual presence for education at Suffern Middle School, Suffern, New York, USA. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:21:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/more-flea-market-math/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Peggy Sheehy on Education in Second Life & Ramapo Islands | VintFalken.com Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:48:04 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=108#comment-110 [...] Now, 10 years later, computers have become indispensable to modern education. Students use them for research, and teachers to find out if the students copy pasted from more than one, unique source. Or they use computers and the internet to connect to the Second Life Teen Grid, which is the case at The Suffern Middle School. I’m not reading up much on using virtual worlds for education, but was amazed that Peggy Sheehy together with the teachers has worked out that many projects that proof the possibilities for teaching using a virtual world. An example: [...] [...] Now, 10 years later, computers have become indispensable to modern education. Students use them for research, and teachers to find out if the students copy pasted from more than one, unique source. Or they use computers and the internet to connect to the Second Life Teen Grid, which is the case at The Suffern Middle School. I’m not reading up much on using virtual worlds for education, but was amazed that Peggy Sheehy together with the teachers has worked out that many projects that proof the possibilities for teaching using a virtual world. An example: [...]

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