The Story of My “Second Life”

My first-ever Techforum Northeast was a great conference. Everything about it was world-class. The facility, in particular, was stunning, easily the most luxurious I’ve encountered since leaving the business world in 2002. The program was excellent, Judy Salpeter’s conference team was well prepared, and other than some connectivity hiccups (is there EVER enough bandwidth at [...]

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Good morning all, When I saw the OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) advertised in an email flyer from Mwave.com, one of my favorite technology stores, I thought, no way … this can’t be real. A brain control interface (BCI), as a CONSUMER PRODUCT, available RIGHT NOW for $99.99 (after rebate)?!?! Oh yes, it’s real. Check [...]

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Here is information about tomorrow’s Speaker Series session, featuring Bernajeana Pinazzo (RL: Bernajean Porter) – master digital storyteller, keynote speaker, and teacher of possibilities! NECC 2009 in Washington D.C. will mark thirty years of ISTE history. Join ISTE and their new Digital Storytelling SIG members in collecting the many, many stories detailing the journey of [...]

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So you’re ready to dive into Second Life? Great! Thanks to Linden Lab and a partnership with ISTE, educators coming inworld for the first time have a streamlined, educationally-focused starting point to guide them along the way. Those of us currently in Second Life all remember the day we ‘rezzed’ for the first time and [...]

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Just passing this on – in case you missed it – Esme and Jane do a FANTASTIC job with these bi-weekly tours, participants constantly rave about them. Do try to attend if you can! -kj- —– Sunday, October 19 at 9AM SLT leaving from ISTE Island HQ http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/93/83/30 ISTE Tour Guides, Esme Qunhua and Janita [...]

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The picture is old but the information is new! Passing on info from my friend Tek Zeno in case you were not aware! See you there! From: J. Derby artisfun@yahoo.com On Saturday, October 18th at 10:00 SLT Zotarah Shepard will present Teaching in SL with Interactive Builds at the Teacher Networking Center (TNC). There will [...]

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You know things are getting tough out there when coupon clipping comes to virtual worlds! Yes, everyone is belt-tightening these days, even avatars are cutting back. So, I was thrilled to find The MetaSaver, a small (but growing) collection of coupons on cool items for you and your organization. Flip through the book below or [...]

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Edutopia is running this excellent interview of James Paul Gee, Professor of Reading at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2003). Jim was omnipresent at GLS 4.0 this past July (I attended and presented), and can say it is without question THE conference [...]

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The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois / Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Alliance Library System are offering several non-credit continuing education courses “for librarians, museum professionals, educators, and others interested in learning and teaching in virtual worlds such as Second Life.” Click here for the full list, including the [...]

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What an event this was … we filled the sim … avatars from around the world joined us … the U.K. (Fleet Goldenberg, shown here) … Asia (ShamblesGuru Voom), Australia (Decka Mah was in the audience), and a collection of others from the USA including Mari Asturias, Tek Zeno, and Maggie Marat all shared their [...]

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