Articles from 'People, Places, Things'
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 1, 2007 04:37pm
Three educators are going to Chicago for the Second Life Community Convention.
As you know, the NMC is sponsoring three registrations from bona fide educators to attend SLCC by covering their $185 registration fee with an NMC Fellowship. Each of the awardees sent a statement explaining how attending SLCC will help further his or her professional goals in the coming year. Any bona fide educator was eligible.
It is August 1st, and as promised, we have selected the recipients of ... more » »
Larry Pixel (aka Larry Johnson) :
Jul 25, 2007 11:29pm
The New Media Consortium (NMC) and its Second Life unit NMC Virtual Worlds have agreed to serve as the lead sponsor for the Education Track at the Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) in Chicago this year, as an expression of gratitude for all the support we have received this year from the education community in Second Life.
As part of our sponsorship, we plan to sponsor three registrations from educators active in Second Life who would like to ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 31, 2007 09:55am
Little Green Man
Originally uploaded by NMC Second Life.
Note- the photo above is not an actual photo of today's mystery alien, just another random one from our archives!
On May 31, 2007, at 2:00 PM PDT/SLT, a special alien visiting from a planet unknown to us, is expected to land in the Teen Grid somewhere near the volcano on Glbal Kids Island, and this friendly so-called alien will be looking for an appropriate avatar outfit to "fit into" as he/she explores ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
May 30, 2007 05:38pm
Next week, June 6-9 is the NMC's 2007 Summer Conference in Indianapolis. For those at the conference, there will be a good number of sessions of interest to those engaged in Second Life, and as best we can, we are aiming to bring a number of these into SL via video, audio, and a few dual sessions.
If you are coming to the conference, we have set up a number of optional times and places where you can meet up with ... more » »
Totally Vavoom (aka Vidya Ananthanarayanan) :
May 4, 2007 08:19am
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 » »
Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) :
Apr 24, 2007 12:23am
Please join us on the NMC's Teaching 3 island on Mon 30 Apr at 6pm PDT / SLT for a discussion facilitated by three researchers working actively in-world: KJ Hax, Victoria Gloucester (Catherine Parsons in RL) and Clare Lane.
KJ (aka Kevin Jarrett) received a grant from Walden University to research best teaching and learning practices in SL with former MSEd student, Clare. Victoria has been working in SL since the fall of 2006 and is currently doing her doctoral ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 18, 2007 10:54am
On April 27-30, you are invited to join us here on NMC Campus in the Gonick Amphitheater for live videos from the Media in Transition 5 Conference. Thanks to support from our MIT colleagues, we are able to bring the videos of the plenary sessions into Second Life.
See below for an agenda of the sessions and times when you can catch these sessions. Join us at the Gonick Amphitheater on NMC Campus (113,100,26) or use the map url. If ... more » »
JS Saltwater (aka Joe Clark) :
Mar 29, 2007 09:56pm
One of the more memorable moments from the conference was during the session put on by Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins & company. They had a roomful of newbs traipsing around Middletown (where Sarah teaches) in short order, and it was really something to see -- in both worlds. Lots of energy and laughter.
For fun, I switched to an Ent avatar and was promptly asked by Ourania Fizgig if she could snap my photo. Turns out I'd met her ... more » »
JS Saltwater (aka Joe Clark) :
Mar 28, 2007 07:18am
Raleigh is just coming alive with azaleas and dogwoods surrounding the Friday Institute (whose airy structure would be right at home in SL) where the ELI spring focus session is being held. I managed to meet up with CDB/Alan early on and briefly discuss logistics, and he helped me locate a tech support guy when we discovered that the guest wireless at UNC wasn't open to SL. There was a nice mix of people at my table: from ... more » »
JS Saltwater (aka Joe Clark) :
Mar 26, 2007 09:05pm
CDB was kind enough to invite me to blog my experiences in the EDUCAUSE ELI session on Immersive Learning Environments that begins tomorrow in Raleigh, so I thought I'd introduce myself.
I work at a large state university in Florida, in a center devoted to instructional design and instructional technology for f2f and online learning. It's diverse work, everything from individualized consulting to workshop development & delivery. I've been doing it for the past seven years; before that I ... more » »
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