The Story of My “Second Life”

Ok, Tom – you’ve got your SL classroom set up already? Awesome! Details, sir, details! Screencaps or a SLURL would also be appreciated! What’s next for you at this point? -kj-

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Today is, for Tom Perazzo, (SL: Smittyguy Torok and teacher of Digital Art/Video and Television Production at Cabrillo Middle School) the day all of us simultaneously wish for and dread: the “big presentation” to district decisionmakers about plans to use SL in the classroom. Make no mistake, he’s well prepared, having done his homework over [...]

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Spent some time in-world yesterday with a stomach-flu-bedridden Tom (whose avatar didn’t look sick at all) … but have been offline virtually all day today (Saturday WAS a bit of a marathon for me personally…) Tom has started his own project blog, http://esll.blogspot.com/ and is preparing for a meeting with district leaders this Thursday. Caught [...]

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[DISCLAIMER: although I am not presently affiliated with Firesabre Consulting LLC, I am a volunteer on Peggy Sheehy's Ramapo Islands project, where Firesabre has played a major role.] This message was just posted on the Educatorsandteens mailing list: Firesabre and Global Kids are creating a Teen Second Life Virtual World Campus that will make it [...]

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Ok, so Tom and Clare and I met last night to brainstorm. Basically here’s where he is. (Tom, this would be a good place for you to jump in and comment): Having initial conversations with I.T. regarding technical feasibility Preparing to meet with curriculum people to present high level proposal/idea From what I’ve gathered the [...]

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Ok, let’s get this party started… I’d like to set up an area/island in Teen Secondlife for my 8th grade Digital Arts classes. My idea is to have them build their own area to show off their work in Photoshop and Illustrator – even extend it to presenting porjects from other subject areas. How can [...]

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