The Story of My “Second Life”

It’s Christmas Eve here and I’ve found a quiet moment to blog for the first time in a while. Have been following a few twitters and blog posts about virtual worlds lately and Carl’s recent comment was the catalyst I needed to pull it all together. (N.B.: I’m still searching for a WordPress plugin to [...]

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The good folks over at the Schome Project have started looking at the Framework for 21st Century Learning as a context for guiding activities within their project. (For more about this great initiative, visit the ‘Projects‘ page on their site, and especially check out the Schome-NAGTY Teen Second Life Pilot Final Report, it is terrific.) [...]

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Linden Lab reports they just restored nearly half a million lost inventory items: We’ve recovered a 463,000 inventory items that were lost and fixed 79,000 inventory folders. These belonged to a total of 143,000 Residents. I followed the instructions but alas, didn’t get any of my lost inventory back, including my “Googler” search globe, that [...]

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Second Life VR Simulator Originally uploaded by kjarrett What do you get when you combine a Quicktime VR simulation and Second Life? A visual experience that is perhaps indicative of what we can one day expect in the “real” Second Life. Check out this VR simulator on EduIsland II. The inimitable Fleet Goldenberg has outdone [...]

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Babel Classroom Originally uploaded by kjarrett My new friend Irah Anatine, the person behind The Babel Project, has announced some free upcoming classes that might be of interest. The announcement and SLURL are posted below. Enjoy! The EBABEL Classes (free E-learning Classes in Second Life) are starting soon. The first project will be developed by [...]

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quest-atlantis Originally uploaded by kjarrett No, I’m not bailing out of Second Life, but I am becoming more interested in other virtual worlds with direct, immediate implications for education. I heard good things about Quest Atlantis at a conference recently. So, I signed up, had my guest account validated, and I’m in! Downloaded the client [...]

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Linden Lab recently published this chart which shows the relative speed (framerates) of the various graphics cards used by 99% of the current user base. While the ranges WITHIN each card aren’t that helpful, the differences BETWEEN them are. There are too many other factors (system process, amount of RAM, speed of Internet connection, wired [...]

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Forwarded from the ISTE listserv… Please join us at the ISTE Island Auditorium TONIGHT at 6pm SLT for a presentation entitled “MMORPGs are MUVEs, Too (WoW, I didn’t know that)…!”. This session will be given by Victoria Gloucester (RL: Catherine Parsons, Assistant Superintendent of Pine Plains Central School District ). The genre of technology known [...]

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Looking for content to fill your iPod to get you through those long, painful hours (like commuting, time with the in-laws, or sleep) without a Second Life connection? The Traveling Avatar’s Quick and Dirty Tips for a Better Second Life may just be the thing for you: Hosted by the boyish-sounding Will Ross, this blog [...]

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Yankee meets Katharine the Great Originally uploaded by kjarrett …her reputation preceeds her! Cannot WAIT to get what little crumbs of scripting wisdom she’s willing to share with me and my students. It’s a little like David Beckham happening by your local park with a soccer ball in hand. Do you ask him for a [...]

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