College Fair 2009

October 23, 3:27 PMSecond Life ExaminerApollo Manga

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A College Fair is being held in Second Life this weekend, October 24-25 2009, at International Schools Island, allowing students and college representatives from around the world to meet avatar face-to-face without leaving their homes. College representatives will be at the fair only during this weekend, but exhibits will remain in place for two weeks afterward. This picture shows the main landing area at International Schools Island.

As of this writing the fair will feature representatives from 36 colleges and universities from around the world, including North America, Asia, and Europe, including:

• University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• University of the West of Scotland
• Ohio State
• Auburn University
• Dept. of Visual Art, University of Kansas
• Alabama A&M University
• Colorado Technical University
• Kirkwood Community College
• University of Alabama Huntsville
• University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Ball State University
• The University of Texas at Arlington
• University of Kentucky
• Cornwall College
• St John's University, New York
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Towson University
• Coastline Community College
• University of San Francisco
• Florida State University
• Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Studies
• Kennesaw State University
• University of Michigan - Dearborn
• San Jose State University
• London School of Journalism
• Saint Leo University
• College of DuPage
• East Carolina University
• Rockcliffe University Consortium
• H2onE2 University
• Front Range Community College
• The Open University
• Kansas State University
• Texas State Technical College
• Queen's University

Apart from the College Fair itself, International Schools Island offers facilities for educators, students, and publishers, primarily oriented towards K-12 education.

Second Life members can teleport to International Schools Island by clicking slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools%202/101/156/55. It will probably be open through mid November. You can see more photos in the slide show below. For more information, go to College Fair 2009's webpage groups.google.com/group/second-life-college-fair/web/college-fair-2009, where you'll find a list of people you can contact. You can find information about education in Second Life at www.shambles.net/secondlife and about International Schools Island at internationalschoolsisland.info.

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All photographs in this report are by Erik Gordon Bainbridge.