The Story of My “Second Life”

About this time tomorrow, I’ll be flying up the Garden State Parkway on my way to TEDxNYED, an “all-day conference examining the role of new media and technology in shaping the future of education.” Organized by a group of passionate educational visionaries in New York City, this event is part of the international TEDx series, [...]

[Read more →]

In case you missed it, Jokay Wollongong is kicking off a free monthly unconference series that promises to be worth checking out. I plan to be there, even though it’s past my bedtime. ;-) You can check out what’s planned by visiting the wiki or even propose your own session. Jokay’s islands are a terrific [...]

[Read more →]

Good morning! I’m about to head up for the third annual Kean University 21st Century Learning conference at Kean University. Once again, my daughter Holly (now 13, in the 7th grade at my school) will be presenting with me. Here are our two presentations: Kean Edu2 Second Life View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. [...]

[Read more →]

Hi everyone, It’s Saturday morning and I’m up preparing for my panel appearance at the 2008 SLJ Leadership Summit. Author Marc Aronson, who just presented with me at TechForum Northeast, invited me to participate in a discussion he’s leading entitled: “Opening the Book: Matchmaking Nonfiction Books and Educational Technology in the Digital Age.” Here’s how [...]

[Read more →]

My first-ever Techforum Northeast was a great conference. Everything about it was world-class. The facility, in particular, was stunning, easily the most luxurious I’ve encountered since leaving the business world in 2002. The program was excellent, Judy Salpeter’s conference team was well prepared, and other than some connectivity hiccups (is there EVER enough bandwidth at [...]

[Read more →]

The new year is officially underway here at my school and today is our second day with students. For me personally, it’s incomprehensible to think of missing today to attend the Second Life Education Community Conference, now underway as we speak in Tampa, Florida. Still, as I peruse the wiki, twitter feed, Flickr stream, and [...]

[Read more →]

Well my presentations (four!) are pretty much ready, the bags are mostly packed, and the wife & kids are scampering around the house getting ready for our trip to Wildwood! For them, it’s a vacation, two days and two nights at this awesome hotel, but for me, it’s another conference, not just any conference, but [...]

[Read more →]

The whirlwind that has been my life since the last day of school continued with a vengeance this past week at GLS 4.0. It was a conference unlike any other for me personally, the most academically-centered, mentally rigorous, casual yet intense, exhilirating and exhausting two and a half days I’ve ever experienced. The event began [...]

[Read more →]

David Warlick’s got it covered – here: http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=1511

[Read more →]

Can’t believe it’s after midnight local time (past 1:00 am ‘real’ time) but I’ve gotta get this post in! Just got back from three hours of play in the GLS ‘arcade’ – pics are on my camera and I don’t have the card reader with me. :(  Imagine a large hotel conference room suitable for [...]

[Read more →]