Articles from 'Studio NMC'

NMC Teachers Buzz: Check Out Student Art Projects at Otis Island

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Feb 17, 2008 09:25pm

It's time for another NMC Campus Teachers Buzz field trip! On Monday, join us at Otis Island, home of Otis College of Art & Design, as Mags Writer (a.k.a Otis faculty member Michael Wright) will show us the projects his students recently completed in Second Life. Mags Writer is hosting the next NMC Campus Teachers Buzz- a trip to Otis Island As he describes it: Otis College of Art and Design associate professor Michael Wright took three Classes of Otis digital sophomore ... more » »

Interview with Ann Enigma

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Aug 10, 2007 05:51pm

Today I met up with Ann Enigma, or in real life, Hilary Mason from Johnson and Wales University. We chatted on NMC Campus at Research Park, enjoying the peaceful serenity inside the Biosphere dome. Listen to our audio recorded interview (we talked using the new Voice Chat, which was flawless!). Interview with Ann Enigma Ann chatted a bit about her background and her early interest in computers (a self proclaimed and proud "geek"). The we talked about her entry into Second Life ... more » »

Interview with UMUC on Simulations for Online Learning

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jul 20, 2007 05:30pm

At today's Posters on the Green Session we took advantage of one group of presenters from University of Maryland University College (UMUC) who were ready with their audio equipped Second Life clients and recorded this audio interview with Julie Commons (RL Gilliam), Kathleen Maloney (RL Puckett), LaTonya Carter (RL Dyer), and Joanna Foden (RL Zhang). Their poster is on "Using Simulations To Enhance Online Learning" and provides an overview of three different online simulations created at UMUC for online programs: ... more » »

Not Your Ordinary English Teacher: Interview with Desideria Stockton

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 2, 2007 09:01pm

A few days ago I had the fortune to catch up and chat with one of the real forces in education in Second Life, the dashing Desideria Stockton, or as she prefers to be called, "Desi". In real life, she is Beth Ritter-Guth, Women's Studies and English Faculty at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Pennsylvania. We were able to meet up for this audio interview over in one of the studio spaces inside the Machinima Studio on NMC Campus at ... more » »

Teachers Buzz with Blogsar Lumpen

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : May 10, 2007 11:29am

The name does not exactly roll easily off the tongue.. but it will be worthy joining Blogsar Monday, 9:00 AM PDT (check your local time) for our next NMC Teachers Buzz Session. Better known in the education technology as the RL avatar Will Richardson, Blogsar is relatively new to Second Life, and looking to probe it more by talking with other educators. Interview with Blogsar Lumpen Blogsar has recently "set up shop" on EduIsland-- and like many of us, feels more at ... more » »

8th Grade Math, Game Theory, Machinima, Second Life: Interview With Jeremy Braver

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Feb 27, 2007 09:11am

Last night we interviewed for the NMC Studio One series, Jeremy Braver, who has a Real Life avatar named Jeremy Koester, an 8th grade math teacher from San Antonio Texas. As we had planned to talk a bit about the potential of machinima in Second Life, we had planned to meet on NMC Campus at the new Machinima Studio on Learning. Interview with Jeremy Braver As it turns out, Jeremy arrived on time, but the grid was acting goofy, and I could ... more » »

Interview With Alpine Tendaze: SL from Dubai

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Feb 22, 2007 01:16pm

We are long overdue to pick up the microphones and do another NMC Campus Studio One interview. Today, I talked (via Skype for audio) with Alpine Tendaze, a.k.a. Brent McConnell, who is an teacher with the Dubai American Academy. For me, it was 10:00 am while Brent was calling at 9:00 pm at night, but it was a nice sunny spot where we chatted on NMC Campus. Interview with Alpine Tendaze Alpine Tendaze a.k.a. Brent McConnell We first had contact when Brent ... more » »

SL & Digital Storytelling- Interview with Gudand Hao

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jan 24, 2007 11:47pm

It's been a while since we've conducted a Studio NMC audio interview. Serendipity was working for us as we had an opportunity to be working with the Real Life representation of avatar Gudand Hao, who is scheduled to be our guest for the February 5 meeting of the NMC Campus Teachers Buzz. Studio NMC Interview With Gudand Hao Gudand Hao ponders digital storytelling So we chatted a bit about Gudand's work in real life for the Center for Digital Storytelling. He shared some ... more » »

Heart Murmur Sim, Assessment of Learning in SL- Interview with a Man in a Surgical Mask

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Sep 25, 2006 07:07pm

Today, our Studio NMC took its audio equipment on the road, and we visited with Jeremy Kemp (Jeremy Kabumpo in SL) over at his Heart Murmur Simulation site, located in the Waterhead region of Second Life (find it via a slurl), which turns out to be some prime real estate, near Welcome Island and Path Finder Linden's neighborhood. Jeremy "Kabumpo" Kemp... maybe his tag line is, 'I'm not a Doctor and I don't play one in Second Life' In our audio ... more » »

Doctors and Avatars- Interview with Lorenzo Stork

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Aug 24, 2006 12:18pm

Today's Studio NMC interview was with Lorenzo Stork (a.k.a Larry Miller, form University of Tennessee). We met up this morning in Second Life, and when I asked him for a favorite spot I could take a photo, his reply was, "You know, I really like to fly!" In the audio interview below, Lorenzo share his obvious excitement for Second Life, and some of the places he has discovered on his explorations. He was especially intrigued by the Idaho Bioterrorism simulation. We ... more » »

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