Articles from 'Teacher's Buzz'
Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) :
May 2, 2007 02:24am
In the Teachers Buzz meeting last Monday, it turned out that quite a number of the 35 avatars in attendance are teaching or mentoring on the teen grid. The three presenters, KJ, Clare and Victoria are conducting their research at least in part on the teen grid, so this is perhaps not so surprising. [Please see the links to their blogs in the earlier post here.]
During the discussion, which touched on the immersive nature of students and teachers experiences in ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 24, 2007 04:02pm
We have a special session scheduled for NMC Campus Teachers Buzz on May 7 at 9:00am PDT. Hosts RuArt Semaphore and Magda Voss help us welcome Prof. Michael Connors and the virtual design team at University of Wisconsin-Madison to learn about work with Digital Printmaking students in Second Life.
Prof. Connors notes:
My primary interest at this time is to explore the possibilities that online technology brings to the critique - a core element in the art curriculum. A virtual environment ... 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 16, 2007 11:28pm
Due to some internal mixups on announcing times, we ended up posting a meeting time for today's Teacher Buzz session as both 9am and 6pm. Fortunately, we had enough people showup at both to have two rounds of great conversations.
Both took place at the Dreams Community, where currently there is a fair going on with all kinds of booths from educators and people working with helping agencies. It is well worth a visit!
In the morning a group of maybe 10-12 ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 13, 2007 12:44am
Coming up Monday, 9:00 am PDT, April 16, the next NMC Campus Teachers Buzz combines two aspects into one meeting -- a guest speaker and a field trip. We are taking the meeting location on the road, to the Dreams Community Fair, an event dedicated to teaching and community building, which takes place April 14-28. Our NMC colleague Ravanelle Z is setting up an NMC booth at this event, and has arrange a time and place we can hold ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 4, 2007 05:46pm
Thanks Totally Vavoom for doing a write-up for last night's NMC Campus Teachers Buzz session, where we aimed to provide some guidance to some educators new to Second Life participating with us via a pre-conference session of the TCC Online conference.
When we asked, the subjects being used by folks present included student design competitions plus classes in composition, British Literature, American Literature, Women's Studies, software engineering, game design and development, cultural studies, law, Instructional Media Design, Psychology, Genetics, and Human ... more » »
Totally Vavoom (aka Vidya Ananthanarayanan) :
Apr 4, 2007 02:12pm
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 » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 2, 2007 06:10pm
Last annoying reminder. Join us Tuesday, Apr 3, 6PM, to meet and greet some educators who are visiting as part of the TCC Online Conference -- they are part of a pre-conference workshop on Second Life. Come and share your lessons learned, tips, recommendations to some teachers interested in learning how to get started in Second Life.
We meet on the Quad at the NMC Sim, Teaching, and now you don't even need to join a group to visit here! ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Apr 1, 2007 09:59pm
We're nudging the next NMC Teacher's Buzz session one day later this week- we will meet at 6:00 PM PDT on Tuesday (not Monday - check your local time) this week only. Why? Well, we are going to welcome a group of educators who are likely entering Second Life for the first time-- these are participants in a pre-conference workshop for the TCC Online Conference.
As a discussion topic, we thought it would be helpful for those who have been participating ... more » »
Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) :
Mar 20, 2007 08:27pm
Gaming and learning is growing as more and more research is done on the subject and Second Life affords educators a basic gaming engine.Tonight we had a fun and educational NMC Teachers Buzz with Jeremy Koester (aka Jeremy Braver) leading a discussion on Gaming & Learning in Second Life using a small group math activity to get across the points he was making. He quickly got the participants to break out into small groups and follow instructions on a notecard. ... more » »
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