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Cathy Arreguin

For health-care facilities, practice in the virtual world can have major benefits - WS... - 0 views

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shared by Cathy Arreguin on 15 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Cathy Arreguin on 15 Apr 10
     
    Hospitals, medical schools and health foundations are staking out space in the online community Second Life, in order to train medical and nursing students in clinical skills and to improve hospital efficency and response to emergencies.
Cathy Arreguin

Airmen to Live Out Their Careers In Cyberspace - 0 views

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/...tTheirCareersInCyberspace.aspx

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shared by Cathy Arreguin on 22 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Cathy Arreguin on 22 Apr 10
     
    Expanding on the Air Force's MyBase effort in Second Life, all new Air Force recruits will have avatars used for distance training. Details workplace applications useful in the general workplace as well as military. Good example of how today's learners will function in tomorrow's workplace.
Deborah Lawson

One of the oldest virtual worlds for kids - 0 views

www.whyville.net

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shared by Deborah Lawson on 09 May 10 - Cached
  • Deborah Lawson on 09 May 10
     
    This site has been around since 1999 and reportedly has a player base of more than one million. Whyville works directly with the Getty, NASA, the School Nutrition Association, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Players, or "citizens" earn a salary of "clams", a virtual currency, by participating in a wide range of educational games and activities. Whyville has become involved in a number of projects aiming to encourage children to consider technical and scientific careers.
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