The Story of My “Second Life”

Ok, so I’m inworld on my docent shift and chatting up a few ISTE folks incognito working on NECC preparations (sssssh, it’s a secret!) and avatars start popping in. New folks, mostly, the usual conversations ensue, where are you from, what do you teach, what are you up to in SL, etc. etc. etc. The [...]

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ISTE-NDLW IReport Screenshot Originally uploaded by kjarrett Managed to file an IReport @ CNN late last night after our National Distance Learning Week panel. To my delight, they actually ran it (click here to view). The process is ridiculously simple. Take a snapshot (or record some machinima). Upload it, describe it, include your name and [...]

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IReport Orientation @ CNN Island Originally uploaded by kjarrett Sim was JAMMED SOLID @ 2pm SLT but I made it after repeated attempts … a few educators were present, I friended them … this is going to be HUGE … can’t wait to file my first IReport! More later! Gotta head back to the meeting!

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THIS is CNN Originally uploaded by kjarrett I have been railing on media coverage of Second Life since first coming in-world, lamenting the distinct bias towards covering the seedy side of our favorite multi-user virtual environment. Not ALL the coverage is negative but enough is to make the average educator’s life miserable when it comes [...]

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This post may seem out of place on a blog focused on Second Life, but I know many people who will read this a) either know a tween or have one of their own, and b) understand the link between emergent M.U.V.E.s, internet safety, and Second Life, three things of great interest to me personally. [...]

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Fresh Recruits… Originally uploaded by kjarrett A delightful group of Kentuckians descended upon SLolar Central this afternoon following up a conference, “E-Learning Through Virtual Reality,” which was held earlier this month. About a dozen people stopped by SLolar Central to experiment with their avatars, learn how to climb stairs, interact, and generally be amazed. I [...]

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Sloan-C Underway Originally uploaded by kjarrett Thank you for being such a great audience and we’re glad you enjoyed our presentation! I wanted to post some photos (click here or on the photo at right to enter my Flickr stream) as well as some links I mentioned. For the slides themselves, please contact Dr. Hartman, [...]

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Virtual SNAFU Originally uploaded by kjarrett ….sometimes, you’re gonna bleed. So it went with the talk presented today by Ferdi Serim (SL: Hodjazz Edmann) at the National Council of Online Learning‘s 2007 Virtual School Symposium. I showed up at what I thought was the right time (10:45 am EST) only to find Hodjazz upstairs with [...]

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WE HAVE REACHED CRITICAL MASS Originally uploaded by kjarrett Our Monday afternoon Teen Second Life club meeting got off to a slow start due to a lengthy discussion about the Schome Park AUP, the use of voice, avatar responsibility, potential projects and overall behavior expectations. Once we got those topics out of the way, we [...]

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Yankee and Euphloozie Originally uploaded by kjarrett Now that voice chat is part of the SL client, and it is expressly included in the setup steps when the software is installed, it was natural for all of our kids to enable it. Didn’t even occur to me that the Schome Park residents weren’t really using [...]

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