The Story of My “Second Life”

Still enjoying summer? Or are you already back in the classroom? Either way, hope you are still interested in learning a few new things before the year gets underway! Accordingly, I’d like to tell you about a couple of upcoming webinars I happen to know about. :-) I’m part of the first, a three-parter, scheduled [...]

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It was a gorgeous summer day, absolutely perfect for some quality time behind the wheel of my Grand Prix on the Garden State Parkway. I rolled out around 8:30 am, expecting at least some delays, but about two hours and (approximately) 112.61 blissfully traffic-free miles later, I was at Marc’s doorstep.

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I will be in the car shortly on my way to Maplewood, NJ and the home of young adult author Marc Aronson. Once we get the technical details sorted out, we should be streaming live, probably around 11:00 am EDT. We hope you can join us! Click here for the UStream! Remember, if you want [...]

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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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Happened across a terrific article today for the first time, despite the fact it was published more than a year and a half ago. Guess I need to get around more. :) Kelly Czarnecki and Matt Gullett do a fantastic job explaining what Second Life (and Teen Second Life) is, describing its power as a [...]

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Greetings all, I literally just heard about this series on the EDTECH listserv and after checking it out immediately realized it’s worth telling people about! The Virtual Worlds CE Series is a collection of non-credit continuing education courses for educators (or anyone interested in virtual worlds). All but one of them are four-week classes (meeting [...]

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