Bill Moseley, Bakersfield College & Pepperdine University Bill Moseley/Pirate Shipman (SL) is a Professor of Computer Studies at Bakersfield College in California and an Adjunct Faculty in Pepperdine University's Masters in Educational Technology Program. He is currently finishing his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with a focus on the ways today's learner relates to technology, information and learning. His interests include alternative learning environments, virtual worlds, and video games in learning. When he isn't teaching he can be found developing software, building Lego robots, and skateboarding with his four kids. Bill has been participating in virtual worlds and online multiplayer games and environments for almost as long as they have been available. His relationship with Second Life began a few years ago when he ventured into the newly opened world to explore and investigate the technology. More recently he began bringing students into the world to explore the possibilities that a virtual environment can provide. In the last year, his students' projects have been featured in the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times. In his work, Second Life has become a proving ground for the idea that education should be student-centered, dynamic, and most of all - fun.

Pamela Rivers, Teacher/Technology Coordinator Pamela Rivers/ Leila Hawthorne (SL) is a 5th grade teacher and technology coordinator at a charter school in Los Angeles. She is beginning work on her EdD in Educational Leadership and working on various articles and a book on student centered learning. This year she has been exploring Second Life with the master's students at Pepperdine and developing ways to make learning more like video games with her 5th grade students.