The Story of My “Second Life”

I’m an idiot – I wrote my blog disclosure page as a POST. Hate it when that happens. :/ Here’s the correct link.

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Thanks to a late-breaking tip from Malinda McCormick (SL: Joie Despres) I was able to attend a very casual, almost intimate presentation by Daniel Pink about his new book, “The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, The last career guide you’ll ever need.” The event was decidedly low-key and several familiar K-20 educator avatars were there too. [...]

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Hey everyone, The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County is holding its 2008 Technology Summit (a live event) on Thursday, 8/14 at ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center, The Wachovia Playhouse. For more information, click here. Anastasia Goodstein is keynoting and she will be audio streamed into Eye4You Alliance Library’s InfoIsland Open Air [...]

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Tom Hanson, Editor, OpenEducation.net passed along a couple of articles that got my attention and earned the site a spot on my blogroll. If you’re not reading OpenEducation.net, you should be! Here are the two articles in question: Virtual Worlds Offer Meaningful Educational Opportunities for Children and Virtual Worlds – Westminster Professors Discuss Research Let’s [...]

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OK! I’ve had a few days to get reacquainted with the family and enjoy the July 4th holiday, and now, it’s back to work! Ah, NECC. Where to begin? How about the end, in this case, with the closing ceremonies featuring Leslie Conery and the keynote by Idit Harel-Caperton, which I attended via Second Life [...]

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FYI – AJ Brooks is leading weekly roundtables on education in SL at the Montclair State University campus in SL (click here for the SLURL), Tuesdays, 3:30 pm SLT … see you there!

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Hi everyone, NECC is just around the corner. You going? Awesome! See you there. Not going? Sorry to hear that. There are still plenty of opportunities to get involved – and you’re in the driver’s seat! Here’s a shot of the Alamo build on ISTE Island 4: You can check the volunteer page on ISTE’s [...]

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New Recruits Originally uploaded by kjarrett So I’m on my docent shift at HQ the other night, watching a steady stream of people head over to the Band Shell for Ferdi Serim’s (SL: Hodjazz Edman) Tuesday night meeting of the ISTE Technology Coordinator’s SIG, sending people over via the teleporter, and just generally hanging out, [...]

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