CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 26, 2007 10:24pm
As the closing keynote for the Education Track at SLCC 2007, NMC CEO Larry Johnson presented an expanded version of his talk at the NMC Symposium on Creativity with his self-admitted optimistic view of "What Creativity Matters".
Via reports from in-world respondents, the audio stream was working (whew!), but we did manage to grab a recording -- see below (note that the house audio volume was very low). Thanks to our SL colleagues who shared the chat transcript from the folks ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 25, 2007 10:04pm
Sarah Robbins, ever effervescent Intellagirl, revved up the energy at SLCC 207 with her session on a A Futurist’s View of Second Life Education. She presenter her own matrix framework for looking at the attributes of virtual worlds and plotted were we are at... and encouraged educators to help drive where it will go.
Sadly, with hotel internet connectivity issues plaguing the conference, the live audio stream into Second Life did not make it. We understood that as pluck in world ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 23, 2007 11:04am
Just in time for this weekend's Second Life Community Convention, the proceedings (papers) for the sessions in the Education Track have just been made available. Kudos to Jeremy Kemp and Daniel Livingstone for what must have been some monumental editing.
Weighing in at 188 pages, this is one perhaps to read electronically, or at least, save a real tree and print a few select articles. Choosing "select" may be the hard part!
As noted in the introduction:
If by any chance you’ve seen ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 22, 2007 04:03pm
Are you missing out on being in Chicago this weekend for the 2007 Second Life Community Convention? Have no fear, as many are working hard to bring you the events in world the SLCC Education Track.
NMC Virtual Worlds is the lead sponsor for the track- and you will find the latest schedule at Simteach. In world, you will find the posters available on InfoIsland (152,121,33) and the live sessions at the Muriel Cooper Coliseum on ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 22, 2007 03:29pm
As a special event for the 2007 Second Life Community Convention, we are pleased to bring back to NMC Campus, an encore presentation of The Show Must Go On-- live vaudeville performed in world.
You can catch the show on Saturday, August 24, 2007, join us at 6:30 PM SLT/PDT (check local time). This show will take place at the theater on Learning (81, 63, 33)! if you have never visited NMC Campus before, you will need to first join ... more » »
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