Description:
David Davis– technology specialist with the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS).
Mr. Davis discusses the increased use of virtual worlds in education and highlights a few popular examples, including Second Life, Metaverse Avatars interacting with software agents- your avatar shops in a virtual world. Augmented Reality- Location aware technologies and information overlays. GPS stamping of locations on documents. Enhanced Life Blogging- people recording their life. Exercise shoes that track your exercise routines. Mirror worlds- multimedia world that parallels the real world.
submitted by the FETC 2009 Podcast Team:
Gordon Shupe, Katie Morrow, Ameenah Smith