The Story of My “Second Life”

FLOOD! Originally uploaded by kjarrett So I sign into SL this morning to accept Miguel Guhlin’s friendship request and prepare to induct him into the Center for Advanced Virtual Education and I notice something odd … water, water everywhere! Immediately suspecting foul play (just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you) [...]

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Slide1 Originally uploaded by kjarrett Being responsible for the ISTE Second Life Speaker Series is great fun, I am constantly meeting cool educators doing cool things, and getting them to speak at ISTE is a snap. Sometimes, however, “RL” as we like to call it interferes, as it did last week, when our planned presentation, [...]

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Check my Flickr stream for pics! This will be fun! Here’s the meetup info. Gotta go! -kj-

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iAlja Writer … DELIVERS Originally uploaded by kjarrett One of the greatest things about Second Life is how it facilitates global connections. And, one of the greatest things about being the person responsible for the ISTE Second Life Speaker Series is that I get to find cool, interesting, innovative people from all over the world [...]

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Lights, Camera, ISTE! Originally uploaded by kjarrett When I got an email from Marlene at the University of Minnesota asking if I’d be around on Friday night to show some students around ISTE HQ, I thought, sure, why not? I’m usually around. I’ve handled small group tours before. No problem! I cooled at HQ for [...]

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Stoking the digital storytelling fires Originally uploaded by kjarrett Second Life client software: $0 Logitech USB headset: $26 Watching Bernajean’s virtual head explode as she contemplates the impact of Second Life as a digital storytelling platform … PRICELESS More to come, folks! Stay tuned! -kj-

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Opening Shot Originally uploaded by kjarrett Greetings, all! Need help with finding grants to fund your SLeducation work? Having a hard time getting your organization to provide financial support? If so, you need to see tonight’s ISTE Speaker Series presentation! Beth Ritter-Guth (SL: Desideria Stockton, CEO Literature Alive!) will discuss the community support model established [...]

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Shelley King in concert! Originally uploaded by kjarrett Catch the stream, I’m uploadin’ as fast as I can! Click here!

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Brokeback…NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH Originally uploaded by kjarrett Tonight’s Austin City Limits event, held tonight thanks to TCEA, PBS TeacherLine of Texas and ISTE, at a special build on ISTE Island. I’m told Kittygloom herself threw this together herself in a matter of days. We’ll be streaming Shelley King’s live performance into SL with the help of Firesabre [...]

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Chris Smith … DELIVERS Originally uploaded by kjarrett We had a great, intimate little group at last night’s ISTE Speaker Series event featuring Chris Smith (SL: Shamblesguru Voom) in regards to the grand opening of his new sim, International Schools Island (to visit the build in Second Life, click here for the SLURL). Chris was [...]

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