UNCP in Second Life: School of Education

The School of Education complex on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in the virtual world Second Life
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The School of Education complex on the UNCP campus in Second Life is a teaching facility designed to provide learning opportunities in teacher preparation.

The school's commitment is to provide the very best preparation programs for teachers, administrators, counselors, and other education professionals in partnership with public schools and other agencies.

The faculty, administrators and staff are committed to:

• producing high quality graduates
• equipping the graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills for the current and future marketplace
• the generation and application of educational research
• extensive collaboration with their partners.

Through partnership work, the school seeks to improve K-12 student achievement and the professional education programs in which they are engaged. The contributions of many assist in reaching the goal of providing high quality education programs.

The school's motto: Teaching.......Leading.......Caring

The School of Education is composed of five academic departments:

• Educational Specialties [B-K Education - UG, Special Education - UG, Reading Education - G];
  
• Elementary Education [UG-G];
  
• Health, Physical Education, and Recreation offers undergraduate programs in Athletic Training, Exercise and Sport Science, Health Promotion, Recreation Management/Administration, and Physical Education (K-12).
  
• Professional Pedagogy and Research {MAT in all content areas, Middle Grades - G];
  
• School Administration and Counseling [MSA, Mental Health Counseling - G, School Counseling - G].

Students and faculty studying at the virtual School of Education can be dispersed anywhere in the real world. The complex is outfitted with:

• a multi-story classroom building
• plenty of extra classrooms in an annex
• an outdoor amphitheater for presentations to classes and other groups
• media players and social media links
• conference and work tables and comfortable seating
• computers with Internet, Web and email connections
• live-video screens for streams of programs entering Second Life from real life sources
• shared media, parcel media and prim media
• text, voice and video communication via Internet email and Skype telephone
• the latest presentation technologies and equipment
• quality voice chat for audible conversations in addition to standard keyboarding
• informative documentation and texts
• great flexibility for quick changes of activity setups
• sandbox nearby for quick builds as well as more extensive construction projects
• dressing rooms
• free stylish clothing and other necessities for persons new to Second Life

SLURL is short for Second Life URL, a Web address. SLURL's are direct links from the Web to locations inside Second Life. The SLURL for Astronomy Hall is:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dotoorak/27/61/76

The UNCP sandbox – the Newbie Convenience Center & Rest Station – is at this SLURL:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Myungsimbogam/37/212/60

Learn more about virtual worlds and Second Life:

• What is a virtual world? »
  
• What is Second Life? »
  
• How to get started in Second Life? »
  
• Who are the residents of Second Life? »
  
• Second Life: PG vs. Mature »
  
• Second Edition Blog »
  
• Second Life home page »
  
• Great Places in Second Life »
  
• Stone Semyorka's Second Life photo collections »
  
• A small photo gallery of Second Life »
  
• Second Life on YouTube »
  
• Blogs about Second Life »
  
  
• Using Second Life for Education »
  
• About the UNCP Campus in Second Life »
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  • Hospital for Nursing »
    
  • SL Art Gallery »
    
  • New Media and Journalism Center »
    
  • School of Education »
    
  • Astronomy Hall in the Campus Science Annex »
    
  • Snowport Environmental Study Center »
    
  • Campus Security Operations Center »
    
  • UNCP Commons Conference Center »
• Education on the Second Life Grid »
  
• Center for the Study of Virtual Worlds »
  
• Scholarly References about Second Life and Virtual Worlds »
  
  
• How To Build in Second Life »
  
• Creating and developing Second Life »
  
• Second Life for Business »
  
• News Media in Second Life »
  
• News of Second Life and Virtual Worlds »
  
  

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