Educational Faire

The Lindens are celebrating educational sims in Second Life. Groups have set up booths around a four sim area especially created for this event. There is a pavilion with a series of presentations given by various groups. Here I am with friends listening to teachers and builders from vTSTC, virtual Texas State Technical College, talk about tools they use in Second Life to teach their classes. They teach digital photography with a number of tools that simulate the parts of a camera and how they work in a way that could not be done in the real world. vTSTC is also the home of Cafe 101, Lyrah Lane's project for educators in Second Life. I have always enjoyed visiting Cafe 101 and have held many meetings there in preparation for work on VSTE's island. vTSTC's booth at Educational Faire included free segways! They are awesome! I teleported several friends to the sim so they would not miss getting their own.