A new world for our students - Facing new challenges

Friendly greetings from the Metaverse!

Our students made their first steps in the Metaverse i.e Second Life last week under the supervision of their teachers.
A fascinating new world for them if I refer to their first comments which can be seen at
http://slhyvayritys.blogspot.com/
Time has been given to them in order to get acquainted to this new dimension, for them to get the suitable clothes, hair... but not only. They got acquainted to various places in Second Life and started chatting with other residents.
Now our enthuastic students will be taken to think about trading in Second Life.
Particular emphasis will be given to market study and what kind of ideas could be implemented.
Technical support has been provided to students and teachers as the platform of the SL viewer can be challenging for non IT experts.
As well marketing tips have been given on how to start business trading in the virtual world and what can be done in terms of advertising free of charge in SL.

I will endeaviour to write Marketing tips in Second Life in the next future as there is obviously a need for that.

I introduced the Second Study project in an International Seminar held in Helsinki Oct 1, 2008 "Grasping the Future".
Second Life is one of the tools which could be used during the course of the project among teachers of the upper secondary and vocational schools of Päijät-Häme Region.
I used that medium to show ppt slides about the project. From the few comments reported to me afterwards, this new kind of presentation "In-World" was highly appreciated, innovative and different.

All the best,
Jorgito Arado

PS Meet me in the metaverse: Paijat Hame Edu Island