SLED Event...Second Life

I attended the event, Copyright and Fair Use by Dr Crissman on Wed 10/20.  Very interesting to say the least.  It was on the USDLC campus in Second Life.  There were about 6 participants and there was also a guest speaker.  Teleporting was very easy, a simple click to "get me there".  I arrived when they were just beginning to take a pole on everyones views of fair use and copyright.  The poll was taken by different color bars that you would click on, and it would give the speaker a percentage of the votes.  There was also a notecard of information provided on the main topics of the presentation.  Second Life is definitely a nice break from the "norm" in presentations, as it gives you the opportunity to meet people how they would like you to see them, and it's more interactive than just looking at someone speaking for an hour.  I still had a little about of trouble with the navigation, but it was much easier than before.  I flew away away for a brief moment somehow...I guess I pushed "page up"...really not exactly sure, but I landed on another presentation about rivers and mountains of some sort.  Maybe it was an environmental group, but when I landed, the first thing I heard was someone say "Welcome Shantell Avora, have a seat"!  I quickly excused myself, and ended up landing right in the middle of the original SLED event, this time on someone's lap!  But, from an educational standpoint, it does give more "spice" to a meeting or presentation, and the interactive tools like the poll, can help others to be come more engaged.