Last evening Margaret gave a talk at the 8th Global Virtual Meeting for Gifted Education, organized by Roya Klinger of the Bavarian Centre for gifted and talented children. There was a great attendance as can be seen in the images below and we’re delighted at how well received it was –

“Today, our guest speaker was Margaret [Keane] of http://giftedkids.ie/ talking about MissionV, an amazing programme that has piloted well and is set to grow. MissionV brings together the strands of gifted education, e-learning, and game-based learning in very creative ways – so creative that it can be full of surprises. While students were very successfully moving through the expected steps of historical 3D reconstruction on the ground, it took staff a wee while to notice that they were exceeding expectations with a second group of constructions high in the virtual atmosphere!”

 

 

The interesting thing about delivering a presentation in Second Life for MissionV is that its very much a case of ‘eating our own dogfood’. The Virtual World is our platform of choice but like any other technology its only a tool. Many of the attendees at last night’s event are Second Life newbies and yet they soon forgot about the novelty and quickly settled into the talk, while absolutely enjoying the unique advantages afforded by the 3D space – primarily a real sense of presence.

We’re very much looking forward to the next session on June 25th with Prof. Dr. Ernst Hany.