Articles from 'What's Happening'
Larry Pixel (aka Larry Johnson) :
May 15, 2008 11:30pm
The New Media Consortium (NMC) announced today the call for proposals for the 2008-09 NMC Virtual Learning Prize, a $100,000 competitive program of awards intended to create a collection of innovative open-source learning experiences that make use of the unique attributes of a virtual learning environment. (See the press release.)
As many as 20 NMC Virtual Learning Prizes will be awarded in 2008. Each of the US$5,000 awards will provide a cash incentive paid to the awardee of ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 15, 2008 09:54pm
A stunning new Second Life art show will be opening this Saturday on NMC Campus. "Kiss the Sky" is the definitive exhibition of Hyperformalism in the world of Second Life®, and is a brand new collection of Second Life art curated by DC Spensley (aka DanCoyote Antonelli).
Virtual worlds are a place for discovering new territories and exploring meaning outside the context of the material world. Even in virtual worlds there is an avant garde, a native artform spawned from ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 15, 2008 08:46pm
Look for two events coming up tied to the International Day for Sharing Life Stories, which is Friday, May 16, 2008. During the day, you can be in a Second Life story circle! Any group in SL can get self-organized and participate.
In each story circle, each teller will prompt the next teller the American Indian way, by handing him/her a talking stick.
Organize a group! Make sure at least one member has the talking stick, which anyone can ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 11, 2008 06:26pm
Come on over to the Babbage Amphitheater this Wednesday, May 14, as we have a live video screening of the videos created by students from University of Pennsylvania's 2008 Mashup Contest. Join me and my co-host Ninmah Ash, along with Anu Vella from UPenn, as we show all of this year's student mashup video entries, and hopefully have on hand a few of the students who created the videos so they can share their thoughts behind the movies.
At the ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 6, 2008 01:37pm
This Friday May 9, Global Kids is hosting a live event on NMC Campus at Teaching. The new Joan Ganz Cooney Center will be streaming their inaugural, invite-only symposium on “Logging into the Playground: How Digital Media are Shaping Children’s Learning.”
As children everywhere tap into the new digital playground through gaming, mobile devices and the Internet, educators, researchers, policymakers and high-tech industry leaders are joining forces to examine how these latest technologies are shaping the education of today's children. Galvanizing ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 04:44pm
Join us on at 1:00 PM PT on Wednesday, May 7, for the opening of the new Second Life campus for the University of the Pacific. Meet at U Pacific (166,141,22) under the iconic replica of Burns Tower.
"U Pacific" is a based on the real campus area around Burns Tower. For those at the university, you can meet at Pacific Theater for a live demonstration and virtual ribbon cutting of the Pacific campus. Elizabeth Griego will officiate the ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 09:19am
Please join us in Second Life for a simulcast of Case Western Reserve University’s Collaboration Technology and Engaging the Campus 2008 Conference. They will be streaming live presentations, including a keynote address by Anthony Williams, co-author of Wikinomics.
Mass Collaboration and the Future of Higher Education
keynote by Anthony Williams
When: May 8, 2008 8:45am SLT/PDT (check local time).
Where: Kelvin Smith Library Amphitheater in ClevelandPlus (184,107,24)
These other sessions will also be live streamed (see the full program for more detail) - times here are ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 5, 2008 06:17am
The weekly Metanomics show has been on a 35 week sprint marathon, with live shows each of the last 35 weeks, and is taking a breather in May.. but there are still things you can tune into. Every Monday and Tuesday, they will be showing rebroadcasts of the top interviews and as a live audience, you can tune in and discuss the topics with other people.
Monday May 5, 2008, 11am PST: Gene Yoon, VP of Business Affairs and architect of ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 23, 2008 08:37pm
This Friday, April 25, will be a special Metanomics interview featuring the NMC's own, our CEO Larry Johnson (who is the real real avatar of Larry Pixel). Like all Metanomics sessions, this takes place somewhere in Second Life, but is live video streamed to the NMC location on Outreach.
Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics will host a special event as part of Clever Zebra's vBusiness Expo. Rob will interview Dr. Larry Johnson, CEO of New Media Consortium, who recently testified to ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 22, 2008 11:20pm
The real life avatar of Larry Pixel, known there as "Larry Johnson" was interviewed by the folks from Global Kids, as the first podcast for their new RezEd site, a site devoted being a hub for teaching and learning in virtual worlds.
In the interview, Larry talks about his testimony to Congress including his observations how the House Subcomittee took in the information about virtual worlds. He also talks about the NMC's Horizon Project and some future plans of NMC in ... more » »
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