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Virtual Counseling - Option 2

I chose this option instead of the information literacy option because everything that I write, I want to be able to link to my dissertation.  I chose to explore the options of second life as a virtual environment that can be used in my field to be able to connect to students that are reluctant to meet with counselors face to face..

I like that an administrator or district can own an island and restrict their users from entering inappropriate areas.  Moreover, I like some of the free areas that allow you to be able change your avatar to the way you want them to look like and be.  The image of the avatar not only affects interactions with others, but influences the way one choses to communicate.

In a virtual counseling setting students would be able to create their avatar and enter a session that would allow them to work on intrapersonal communication and issues. 

Using the TPAC Model, counselors would be able to enter into the technological knowledge world.  Though our teachers and students are encroached in technology, our counseling department lags behind.  A virtual counseling corner or an island on SL with a counseling center would be very beneficial.  The pedagogical knowledge allows counselors to track the lessons that absolutely need to be covered because of issues that may be plaguing a classroom environment.  Covering the content knowledge in a virtual classroom environment allows the counseling curriculum that I don’t always get to cover in every classroom to be done and allows anonymity where they would normally have to show their face to receive services.

There are open sim(s) that can allow the same type of virtual environment, but it would not allow for the same type of control.