The Story of My “Second Life”

June seemed to be over before it started, what with the end of the school year for most of us here in the States, and NECC this past week, but we still managed to get our first group of SLolar Central residents through the program successfully … though the real success is measured in their [...]

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Thanks, Mark Wagner (and Scott Merrick for the heads up) … this 40 second TeacherTube video was taken at what seems to be close to the height of activity at the SL Playground on Monday, June 25th … I can spot several RL avatars belonging to … Kittygloom Cassady, Kyle Thorn, Clare Lane, Scottmerrick Oh, [...]

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Snapshot_001 Originally uploaded by kjarrett. A bunch of us gathered at the new ISTE island this evening for a bit of socializing … even though there was no official social! :) These will be starting up again next week. Kitty needs a rest! -kj-

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After spending essentially 72 straight hours essentially immersed in all things SL at NECC, I left Monday night and returned home to Jersey, where I’ve been consumed by a Grant Wiggins Understanding by Design workshop which runs until Friday. I’ve been thinking a LOT about our shared experience, what it’s been like getting to know [...]

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Hi everyone, Some of you are still at NECC – hope you are enjoying the conference! I had to leave Monday but I got a ton of great pics. I know MOST people’s names but thought I would ask you all to identify yourselves and/or anyone you recognize. Just add them as a comment and [...]

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Special thanks to Zsuzsa Tomsen for shooting and producing this brief video of Scott Merrick presenting at the Birds of a Feather session at NECC on Monday, June 25th. Jeremy Koester presented with him in-world and you can clearly hear the audio. I literally walked away from this session on the way to the airport [...]

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SD531092 Originally uploaded by kjarrett. …for me, at least, as I’m sitting at this moment in the Atlanta airport waiting for my 8:30 pm flight home. I’ve got some more blog posts to write, but this pic was too good not to share right now, it’s a pretty representative (but by no means complete) group [...]

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Click here! More to come! -kj-

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Hard to believe this is my last day but I’m outta here before dinnertime this evening so I can get home in time to attend that Grant Wiggins Understanding by Design workshop for the rest of the week. It stinks to have to leave this place and all these people, many of whom I have [...]

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06-24-07_2038.jpg Originally uploaded by kjarrett. Here’s my full set of CAMERA PHONE pictures (I can hardly believe they came out so well!) Click here and enjoy! G’night! -kj-

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