Module Four Blog Second Life

 

The second life is 3D imaging.  It brings out the picture into the real world.  An individual can dress up a doll online.  This type of technology reminds me of the paper dolls that I used to dress up when I was a child.  The materials were paper and put together manually.  The second life puts the paper doll online and using a cursor the user can put together a pretty looking doll. The user can turn the “paper” doll around put various outfits together and then finally make the doll static and take a picture of the doll. 

The only way I can see this technology changing or being replaced is having the images “shoot out”.  The picture is generated and put out there in the same manner similar to a spotlight.     

My iPad has a couple of apps with this technology and I use it to help the students understand that people have eyes, nose, mouth and that all of this part of the human being.  This is a way for students learn that people have a various ways of communicating to other people. The student’s learn that there is nonverbal way of communicating.  In addition, it is a way to help student different parts of community or site.  It provides a way to have a virtual field trip.