The Story of My “Second Life”

Hi everyone, One of the most powerful aspects of Second Life is its ability to connect people who otherwise would never have the opportunity to do so in real life. Tuesday’s ISTE Speaker Series presentation (6pm SLT, ISTE Island Auditorium, http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/204/46/23) will be very special … not just because it will feature Tim Magner, Director, [...]

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Hi everyone, Tonight at 6:00 pm SLT (aka Pacific US time) on ISTE Island, our Speaker Series event features Peggy Sheehy and a panel of FIVE Suffern teachers, experienced educators who have been working with students in Second Life for, in some cases, several years! Here’s the announcement from the ISTE Second Life events wiki: [...]

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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 who is very active in Second Life: Next Friday, September 19th, 1h00 PM SL Time, Mr. Paulo Casaca, a member of the European Parliament, European Union, will [...]

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Last night’s ISTE Speaker Series presentation was, in my opinion, one of our most memorable and fascinating to date. We were joined by Louise Later (SL), a Second Life developer working with Virtual Ability, a Colorado-based startup developing products to help people with different type of disabilities to use  Second Life. In real life, Louise [...]

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Good morning all, The PBS documentary “WHERE WE STAND: America’s Schools in the 21st Century” will be broadcast on Monday, September 15th, at 10:00 pm (check your local listings). It features in interviews with students, parents, teachers and administrators at several Ohio schools. Here’s a quick snippet (Source: PBS): In 1995, America’s college graduation rate [...]

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The new year is officially underway here at my school and today is our second day with students. For me personally, it’s incomprehensible to think of missing today to attend the Second Life Education Community Conference, now underway as we speak in Tampa, Florida. Still, as I peruse the wiki, twitter feed, Flickr stream, and [...]

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