How to get into Second Life without really trying
Selby Evans is Thinkerer Melville in Second Life
Pick a walking route easily available and familiar to everyone.
Decide on places and what item to put there. Walk the route.
While walking, talk about what you will imagine at the next stop to make a distinctive connection to the item.
Pick two: the funniest and the most dramatic.
Or rock around the clock: Print the page. Put in on a cork board. Throw darts. You have to say something funny about whatever you hit and the memory item it connects to.
A niche in time
If you want to rock around the clock
Brainstorming, Quest Question: How can you come up with memorable images to connect items with places?
Team Study for Parents. Pick a list of terms the child needs to learn. Write each term on a separate card. Pick a route in your house that has convenient places for hiding cards. A kitchen with drawers and cabinets may work well.
Hide the cards along the route in the order implied by the assignment. If there is no order implied, hide them in alphabetical order. Use dramatic, active, and gross imagery, things that will really make an impression on your child.
Practice these two tasks to be sure you are familiar with the cards:
Task 1. Move along the route, touch each location, and name the card that is hidden there.
Task 2. Pick one of the terms at random and touch the location of its card.
When you are sure you can do these tasks, show the child what you can do. Be sure to touch the locations. (It’s for the child’s benefit, not yours.) Let the child tell you which card to find. Let the child take out the card to check on you.
Next, offer to show the child how to do this trick. Go through the route and describe the first two images you used. Then let the child start guessing what images you used. If the child’s guesses are better than yours, say so. And don’t mention your images unless asked.
Finally, offer to help the child set up a personal route. Use the child’s room or a familiar play area. From time to time, ask the child to use the route to remember a list (of groceries, for example, in the order you will find them in the store.)