Educational Uses of Second Life
I saw this video at http://elearndev.blogspot.com/ and thought it did a good job of presenting Second Life's educational potential. It also showed the Globe Theatre on Renaissance Island, where I...
View ArticleControversy Close to Home
One of the first people I met in Second Life was Jeff Corbin (his name in real life), a research associate in physics and astronomy at DU. He has built the Science School in Second Life, which DU will...
View ArticleTop 100 Tools for Learning?
The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies has prepared a list of the "Top 100 Tools for Learning" based on responses from 109 "learning professionals." I ran across the list while I was...
View ArticleSad but True
According to an article linked at Ray Schroeder's Educational Technology News blog, "University students may be encouraged to be critical but they don't seem to question Google's ranking system,...
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This Is SOOOO Cool!
TouchGraph Google Browser (also available for Amazon.com and Facebook) shows connections between websites listed in Google's database. You can graph connections based on URLs or keywords. Here's part...
View ArticleMore on Ning
As I mentioned before, I'm using a Ning social network for my hybrid technical writing class at Red Rocks. Each week the students have to do an online assignment, most of which will be in site, where...
View ArticleArticle on Naming of Ship
This week's issue of the Metaverse Messenger has an article (starting on p. 22) about the christening of the Gloriana on Renaissance Island on August 18. I was mentioned and pictured in the article...
View ArticleToo Little Too Late for Wikipedia
I just read in a post on the Socialtext blog about an article in the Telegraph, which states that Wikipedia "is to stop people from editing entries after a series of questionable updates cast a shadow...
View ArticleBlog vs. Wiki
Since last January, I've been using a blog for my classes at Red Rocks Community College. I post what we've done in class, so the students don't have to try to get in touch with me if they miss class...
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SL-NET's First Professional Development Session
On Friday, SL-NET held its first professional development activity. Shaun and the other committee members did a great job pulling it together. CDB Barkley and Max Chatnoir talked about what educators...
View ArticleEmerging Technology Applications for Online Learning
According to an e-mail message sent to the SLED (Second Life EDucators) listserv this morning, the Sloan Consortium "has embarked on an initiative to help online educators gain a better understanding...
View Article50 Ways To Tell a Story
Alan Levine is using a wiki to prepare workshops for his cross-country tour of Australia this month. The first workshop is titled "50 Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story." Participants in the workshop will...
View ArticleList of Podcasting Tools
Thanks to the Savvy Technologist for pointing out this great list of podcasting tools at Mashable.
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Successful Renaissance Festival
At one point there were close to 50 people on Renaissance Island for the festival last Saturday. I got to be the queen's lady in waiting. (Floria is in the red dress in the picture.)The jousting went...
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The Crystal Cave
About a month ago I finally bought some land in Second Life (from a private party not Linden Labs). My property is on an Athurian-themed sim named Logres, which is one of the historical names for...
View ArticleCo-Author at Tek Trek Blog
I'm going to be co-authoring the Tek Trek blog with Bethany Bovard. I hope to post my first entry next week.
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Book of Poetry
For a while, I've been putting a different one of my poems on an easel outside my house on Renaissance Island. I finally put them all together in a book and put it outside. The price is L$100. I've...
View ArticleReview of Renaissance Island
Sherpa Voyager at Second Seeker reviewed Renaissance Island in a post yesterday. Her review was generally positive. She wrote that she was "was delighted to find myself in a community that has some...
View ArticleTwine
I read about Twine in a post on Read/Write Web. It looks very interesting. According to the About page, "Twine is a new service that intelligently helps you share, organize and find information with...
View ArticleCSI: New York and Second Life
I finally got around to watching the episode of CSI: New York from last week that was supposed to portray Second Life. One question kept going through my head: Had anyone involved in producing the...
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Presentation on Second Life and Education
I have to confess that I haven't watched the presentation yet, but I'm sure that if Laura was involved, it will be very informative.From: sorry.afk, 1 day ago | View | Upload your ownSlideShare Link
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Another Presentation on SL in Higher Ed
Muve'in On OverFrom: intellagirl, 3 weeks ago | View | Upload your ownPresentation for the 2007 Serious Games Forum at Purdue UniversitySlideShare Link
View ArticleHallelujah!
Our team has finished our presentation for IT 6750. It was great working with Alex and Blake to analyze the trend of using virtual worlds, specifically Second Life, in higher education and corporate...
View ArticlePresenting at Conferences
I've been thinking lately that I'd like to try presenting at a conference or two next year. There are a few scheduled that I should be able to attend:Colorado TELECOOP, April 16-18, Breckenridge...
View ArticleMoved to WordPress
I've moved this blog to WordPress. If you want to continue reading about my adventures in educational technology, please go to http://4rxt.wordpress.com/.
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