The Story of My “Second Life”

A K-20 educator's grant-funded, four- to six-month, fully-part-time (partially full-time?) immersion into and exploration of the world of "Second Life"


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Entries from July 2009

Tonight’s ISTE Eduverse Talks event – Redefining Innovation: Programming Complex, Immersive Simulations in Second Life

July 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Source: ISTE Eduverse Talks Blog Redefining Innovation: Programming Complex, Immersive Simulations in Second Life Tuesday July 28, 2009 5PM SLT Since launching in 2003, Second Life has continued to evolve in terms of capability and sophistication, while the foundation design elements have remained largely the same. Sensing these limitations – and opportunities – three educators [...]

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Bernajeana Pinazzo (RL: Bernajean Porter) on ISTEVision News

July 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I’ve been waiting for ISTE to post this so I could share it here – it’s Bernajean’s performance on ISTEVision News on Tuesday morning at NECC! Awesome job, Bernajean!

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NECC 2009: The Movie!

July 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Well, ok, it’s not a movie. It’s an Animoto, dedicated to friends old and new who made NECC 2009 such a success! I tried to get as many people into this as I could, please accept my apologies if you’re not included! See you in Denver! -kj-

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NECC: Not Everyone Can Come (so *WE* have to share the wealth)

July 3rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

Where to begin… The freight train called NECC barreled through Washington, D.C. last week, in a loud, raucous, overwhelming show of educational force that combined high-tech hollywood-style production values with individualized, here-let-me-show-you-how-it-works personal connections. I started snapping pics the moment I arrived, resulting in my being dubbed “official photographer” by more than one person. 1,098 [...]

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ISTEVISION News | Monday, June 29th | with KJ Hax, Chris Fitzgerald-Walsh & more!

July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

This was grueling work but the end result is pretty neat. ISTE’s top-notch video editors worked wonders! (Special thanks to Lisa Alconcel, Computer Resource Specialist, Web Master & Media Liaison at Red Mill Elementary School in Virginia Beach, VA for the embed code, which I could not for the life of me get off the [...]

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