NMC Campus Observer

Give Education a Second Life

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 28, 2007 04:20pm

We have another special event coming to NMC Campus to share with our adoring readers (well, we imagine you are adoring!).

On July 7 and repeated on July 8, some graduate students from the Pepperdine University Online Masters of Educational Technology (OMET) program are convening an audience to talk in Second Life how to give education itself a second life (in the broader terms).

So they are asking us to ask all you to show up at NMC Campus on Teaching 2 (135,124,22) at either July 8 at 5pm SLT/PDT or July 9 at 8pm SLT/PDT for their 30 minute presentation including audi, video, and dialogue. See the press release below for details or visit http://secondlife4education.org/.

Given the timing, we have also decided to convene the NMC Campus Teachers Buzz at the time of the Monday session (8pm SLT/PDT) and invite our regular Buzz attendees to stick around for some follow-up discussion. Please show some support for this student driven project. Get involved, create something, and you might score an iPod!

Press Release: Give Education a Second Life

Look Around.
The world is changing.
Think of how you learned 10 years ago - are you still learning the same way now?

Look Around.
Humans are dynamic, ever changing, and growing - why isn’t education doing the same? Change starts with your voice. Do you want your voice to be heard? If you could give education a second life - what would it look like?

Join educators and other life-long learners to discuss how we can make a difference in education. Join us for a dynamic evening of discussion and reflection.

Meet in Second Life at the Research Park amphitheatre on the NMC Campus on July 8th, 5pm (PST) or July 9th 8pm (PST). Go to http://secondlife4education.org/ for event details.

Who are we? We are K12, Higher Ed and Corporate educators who want to give education a second life. Our focus is on learning. We want to empower educators of all ages to give learners meaningful experiences through choice.

Win an iPod.
We want you to help us create a vision for CHOICE in education. Explain an idea of best practices that you have used with learners in your environment to empower learners with CHOICE. You could change someone’s perspective of learning forever! (more details on ipod contest…)

Look Around.
There are other educators like you who care about education today. Our event will feature an interview between renowned ed tech blogger Steve Hargadon and distinguished learning theoristGary Stager, PhD.

Our goal is to start a conversation.
We need you.
It’s time for you to make a choice.

Give Education a Second Life.