virtual thon

I met yesterday with the technology captain for THON as well as with Brett Bixler from Penn State ITS to discuss this year’s virtual THON in Second Life.

Last year was the first time virtual THON was held in Second Life and it took place on my island of Mill Pond, but with ITS help this year we’ll be having it on the Penn State Isle which is a better choice and makes more sense.

We’ll have the virtual THON event on Friday, February 22 from 6PM – midnight EST. I will be working to coordinate the talent and overall running of the event. In the meeting with the THON captains, they promised they would work on the PR for the event and sending notices to listservs, etc. I’m hopeful that we’ll get more PR than we did last year and we’ll have an even more successful event.

I also plan to capture some video footage of THON both in and outside of Second Life that we can then use to create a short video clip about THON and Second Life to display on YouTube and promote to our World Campus students.

I’m also really excited about the implications for World Campus students and Second Life participation in THON for next year. It has potential to be a really wonderful experience.