1. The 8th Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE 8)
Using Second Life in the Chemistry Classroom
The 8th Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE 8)
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Jean-Claude Bradley
E-Learning Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Drexel University
April 29, 2008

2. What is the role of a chemistry teacher?
Produce chemists
by any means necessary!

3. View vodcasts on iTunes or on a video iPod

4. Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast channels
CHEM 241
89 students
CHEM 243
64 students

5. Teacher as a Learning Catalyst
Use class time for workshops and assign recorded lectures
Be present while students do problems, watch lectures, play games, use Second Life
Discuss extra credit assignment on Second Life
Address technical implementation on their laptops
Small groups or one-on-one

6. Student Blogging

7. Student assignments on a wiki

8. Student assignment on NMR using live research data and JSpecView

9. Games on a TabletPC: Wheel of Orgo

10. EduFrag Maze (without weapons)

11. EduFrag Unreal Tournament (with weapons)

12. Quiz Obelisks in Second Life (Eloise Pasteur)

13. Student Assignments in Second Life

14. Flying Around on a Molecule

15. SMILES, InChIs and InChIKeys: the new language of chemistry

16. Visualizing NMR spectra on Second Nature Island

17. Interacting with NMR spectra (JCAMP-DX)

18. Talk to the spectrum: zoom 2.1-2.3 (Andy Lang)

19. Docking Demonstration on Drexel Island

20. Enoyl Reductase by Peter Miller

21. Avidin: From PDB file to…..

22. Avidin 3D structure in Second Life (Andy Lang)

23. Imine Formation Mechanism:
talk to the molecules!

24. Indexing Molecules on
SecondLifeMolecules.wikispaces.com

25. 3D Periodic Table (ACS and Andrew Lang)

26. Faculty “Offices” on Drexel Island

27. Bradley Lab on Drexel Island

28. Posters on Second Nature – with Bells

29. Conferences on Second Nature

30. Kate Sellar (Finola Graves) Andrew Lang (Hiro Sheridan)
ACS Island
Kate Sellar (Finola Graves)
Andrew Lang (Hiro Sheridan)

31. ACS Headquarters

32. ACS Landmarks

33. Virtual Poster Area

34. Nanotubes and Felicene

35. Resident Chemist Program: Hinestroza Lab

36. Rosania Lab

37. Party in the ACS Geodesic Dome!
13:30 EDT May 6, 2008

38. Summary
Use wikis to organize content and to interact with students on assignments
Use Second Life to stretch student and teacher imagination – and encourage networking
Use multiple channels to deliver content and assess learning
Most of these technologies are simple, free and hosted