CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 21, 2006 12:40am
Today was a multi location event where Henry Jenkins was visiting the Teen Grid for the Global Kids A World Fit For Children Festival. Wow was my computer screen busy with all the things we needed behind the scenes to make this work. We had Henry and Barry Joseph on a teleconference line, with the audio going into my laptop and streaming back out to second life via our streaming server. There was audio coming in from a stream provided ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 20, 2006 03:30pm
In-world post and photo made during the music hour preceding the visit by Henry Jenkins.
We're listening to a DJ stream from Alpha, one of the Global Kids, before the visit there from Henry Jenkins from MIT. We're sharing the same stream over on NMC Campusposted by CDB Barkley on NMC Campus using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink] more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 20, 2006 11:36am
As part of our NMC Campus public service, we hope to start writing some more tips and things useful to SL users. If you'd like to help out as a writer for the Observer, contact me, or you can add them directly to our Campus Guide Tips and Tricks (a wiki).
In one of the Second Life client updates a few weeks back, they added an option to your preferences to help you have some flexibility where you land when you ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 19, 2006 11:51am
There is no Buzz session next week, but we pick up with more sessions in 2007. We are looking to build out our schedule, so please let us know your ideas, suggestions for places to tour... offers to lead a session (?). These need not be fancy productions-- the main purpose of the Buzz Sessions are to provide a time and place for conversations about teaching in Second Life.
For the next NMC Campus Teacher's Buzz meeting, we continue our ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 18, 2006 12:37pm
It is still under construction, but the new arts facility at NMC Campus is sporting a classic campus ediface (marble columns,plush red carpet inside), but when completed the inside rooms will feature our new "holodeck" concept that allows different rooms to be swapped in and out.posted by CDB Barkley on Learning using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]
This is very cool! I am experimenting with blogHUD a device that allows me to publish blog entries from within ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 14, 2006 09:57pm
On December 20, at 3:00 - 4:00 PM PST, Henry Jenkins will be presenting in Second Life on We're not playing around here!: The pedagogical potential of computer and video games.. This has ties to the work of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Learning project, of which NMC, Global Kids, and Henry Jenkins have been participants. We have a short video interview with Henry recorded at the September 2006 meeting for this project where he talks passionately about digital media literacy.
As ... more » »
Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) :
Dec 14, 2006 05:36pm
Monday's Buzz field trip was excellent. Some 37 people gathered on the Casablanca sim to learn about the Virtual Morocco project of the Johnson & Wales University, in collaboration with the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism.
We were shown a number of builds including a souk, a mosque, a garden, a cafe and a lovely beach. This project began last Spring with Ann Enigma and her colleague Desty Kenzo. The students went to Morocco on a study trip. The purpose ... more » »
Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) :
Dec 5, 2006 10:49pm
The Global Outreach Morocco team at Johnson & Wales University has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism of Morocco on an experiential learning project using Second Life to create a virtual Morocco.
Virtual Morocco contains monuments and experiences from Casablanca, Rabat, and Marrakesh, and includes space for projecting real-world events into the virtual environment. The goals of this multidisciplinary team project are to provide an immersive experience that educates visitors about Moroccan culture while enticing them to think about Morocco ... more » »
Professor Beliveau (aka Ed Lamoureux) :
Dec 5, 2006 06:36pm
Preparing to Teach an Undergraduate Course in SL, Part III
A quick reminder since it has been awhile since I've posted. I am preparing to teach a Bradley University undergraduate course, Multimedia 490: Field Research in Second Life, during the January three-week interim period.
This post will update two previous articles linked here.
I'll summarize some of the events surrounding protection of human subjects issues, our planning for doomsday, the public relations and attention the course has received, my becoming a landowner, student ... more » »
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