Thing 15

I chose Second Life - my name is Shaw Acosta. I looked at this one because I don’t normally play games on the computer and this seems like less of a game. I have heard of Second Life many times at many different conference sessions I have attended. But this is the first time I created an avatar and took a look around.
Uses in libraries – well I could see it as a tool for youth that really are into computer and this would be a way to get them into a library so to speak besides just the computer room and maybe it might spark interest for them, knowing that libraries are also on games!!

Talking about gaming in libraries I ran into this:

Found this web site while on my Googlereader page in library news - http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc/index.html - I’ll Get It and Within Range are games for kids at this library site – research help and putting books on shelf or where to look for the books. I thought they were fun.
The Library Arcade features games designed to help students develop research skills through entertaining and easy-to-repeat activities. At this stage, we are testing each game to work through any technical glitches and prepare the games for a final version.