The Story of My “Second Life”

Konrad March … DELIVERS Originally uploaded by kjarrett Last night’s visitors to the ISTE Island Auditorium got a real treat as we had one of the most powerful presentations of recent memory (at least it was for those of us who believe in the power of blogs). Konrad Glogowski (SL: Konrad March) joined us to [...]

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Hi everyone, Got any plans for next week? Can you get to Princeton, NJ on Thursday night and/or Friday, May 1st and/or 2nd? If so, please consider joining me and my friends Vicki Davis (CoolCatTeacher, Westwood Schools) Jenny Hunsinger (New Jersey Principals & Supervisors Association), Rob Mancabelli (Hunterdon Central Regional High School), Kathy Schrock (Nauset [...]

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This is a special week for us at ISTE – we have TWO Speakers Series presentations for you! The first is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22nd at 6:00 pm SLT at the ISTE Island Auditorium where Konrad Glogowski (SL: Konrad March) will explore some of the key findings of his recently completed doctoral dissertation on classroom [...]

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Ana Alves (SL: Irah Anatine) just announced the latest in the series of presentations by Mr. Paulo Casaca, a Member of the European Parliament in Portugal’s Socialist Party, which will be held on her sim, Babel, on Wednesday, April 30th, at 2:30 pm SLT/PDT. Free registration is required. Mr. Casaca is reportedly the first member [...]

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Sidewinder Linden … DELIVERS Originally uploaded by kjarrett Hi everyone, We had a terrific turnout last night and one of our most information-packed sessions ever. Powered by great questions from the audience, the meeting ran until 7:45 pm SLT! Click here for some photos: http://tinyurl.com/63aydv. Click here for the text chat log: http://tinyurl.com/5aej6a. Both of [...]

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Hi everyone, Please join us tonight, Tuesday, April 15th at 6:00 pm SLT at the ISTE Island Beach/Campfire area (http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/213/150/22) for a presentation/discussion about the Havok4 physics engine by Sidewinder Linden, program manager. Havok4 is currently being rolled out across Second Life (literally as we speak), with the goals of a more realistic simulator experience, [...]

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Bernajean Porter kindly forwarded me this link today, and after reading the article and watching the video below, I have renewed optimism about the future of virtual worlds, particularly in education. Not because I think a Segway-style interface for Second Life will transform teaching and learning in virtual space, but because really, really smart people [...]

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Just Add Water Originally uploaded by kjarrett So we had our regular club meeting yesterday, about five of the group made it into my lab. We teleported over to our plot on Alpha and discovered that a huge section of the Scholympia was missing! I had planned for us to discuss what was going to [...]

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Drug Endangered Child Training Network in SL Originally uploaded by kjarrett Last night’s ISTE Speaker Series presentation by Mark Schneider, University of Kentucky (SL: Mannifest Destiny) was one of our most powerful to date, despite the fact it was not necessarily K-20 education related. Mark’s talk, titled “Drug Endangered Children in Second Life,” started at [...]

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Hi everyone, Last week, Philip Linden was part of a panel that testified before a U.S. Congressional subcommittee meeting chaired by representative John D. Dingle (D-MI) entitled: “Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium.” Philip was joined by: Ms. Susan Tenby, Senior Manager of Community Development at TechSoup; Dr. Larry Johnson, Chief [...]

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