Meet the New You

By Kelly Czarnecki and Matt Gullett -- School Library Journal, 1/1/2007

In Teen Second Life, librarians can leap tall buildings in a single bound and save kids from boring assignments—all before lunch.

The Teen Grid: Bringing Your School into Second Life
By Linda L. Briggs

Second Life, which offers a virtual world complete with avatars to represent human visitors, has intrigued some educators. Teachers, media specialists, and others who want to explore the learning potential of Second Life in the classroom might benefit from a conversation with Peggy Sheehy, library media specialist at Suffern Middle School, a high-performing school in Suffern, NY, about 30 miles northwest of New York City….

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Students Try a Virtual World:

Teachers turn cyber worlds into lessons

By Jan Wilson

Educators Get a ‘Second Life’

By Andrew Trotter

Published Online: June 17, 2008

Published in Print: June 18, 2008

Avatars Teach Teens About Self-Image

Even as the national beauty obsession grows, a new virtual world has emerged to give kids another perspective about image.

by Suzie Boss