[IDT] Workshop 4 Part 2
The new computer skills that I learned throughout this program mainly pertain to Second Life. I have learned all of the basic constructions of Second Life and more helpful was the little experimenting with scripts I did. Scripts help a lot because they are also used in computer science so that's one broad application. The coolest experience that I had with my NY teammates in Second Life was talking to them because sometimes Second Life got boring. Three things that I learned about Second Life through this program include the fact that it is a cool social networking program, that it is exactly like real life, and that it is the most fun under the sun. Three things that I learned about paleontology that I didn't know before include the cooperative relationship Paleontologists exhibit between themselves and the government, the procedure of stabilizing the fossil, and finally the entire procedure from dirt to exhibition. Learning in SL is different from learning in the classroom because in SL we use a computer and this is also beneficial because we are now able to teach across the globe. A con is the tech problems that we frequently experienced.
