About Totally Vavoom (aka Vidya Ananthanarayanan):
As Instructional Support Manager at Trinity University, I'm interested, heck,passionate about all things teaching and technology. I team teach a first year seminar class that explores digital communities and new media, and am the archetype geek, easily distracted by shiny, new things on the technology horizon ;-). web site:http://mapetite.wordpress.com contact:VIDYA.ANANTHANARAYANAN@Trinity.edu
Students in the virtual worlds promotions class at Trinity University have been hard at work this semester on SLeuth, a social networking service for Second Life. They will share their experiences and insights on Tuesday, May 8th, from 8:00 am to 9:15 am (PST) in the ampitheater on Metaversatility Island. Every one is welcome the presentation, so if you would like a spot saved for you, shoot an email to delwiche.trinity@gmail.com or send Carbonel Tigereye an IM in-world. Also, visit ... more » »
Thanks to conflicting schedules, I haven't had the chance to sit in on a Teacher's Buzz session in a while. So, getting back into the game yesterday for a special session that allowed seasoned Second Lifers, not-so-noob-anymore noobs, and educators from the TCC Online Conference to meet and greet was an absolute treat!
The conversation was fast and furious, both in the public forum, and in IM back channels - some of us caught up with each other ;-). Questions crowded ... more » »
Trinity University radio station KRTU certainly doesn't believe in baby steps. It's soft launch was a mixed reality event featuring Matt Daly, host of the popular show In Limbo, who interviewed local electronic musicians in the KRTU booth and simultaneously broadcast it into SL from the KRTU Studios at Metaversatility Island.
Despite minimal publicity, the crowd poured in including leading personalities Frog Marlowe, Moo Money, Prokofy Neva, and Ute Hicks, a Trinity alum herself. Calling into the program, she said: Calling ... more » »
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