Gadgets Galore! That’s the Buzz!

Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) : Feb 6, 2008 03:30am

On Monday Feb 4 at the Teachers Buzz on the NMC Labs sim, we were treated to a fantastic selection of useful gadgets for learning and teaching in Second Life. Willow Shenlin got us off to a great start by sharing her bilingual dictionary modified from an SL Glossary. This is keyword searchable by typing in to chat and it also provides a link to an mp3 file so you can hear the word being spoken! The one she ... more » »

Next NMC Teachers Buzz 4pm PST/SLT Mon 26 Nov - Discussion: Millennial students and SL

Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) : Nov 19, 2007 09:34pm

Next Teachers Buzz 4pm PST/SLT Mon 26 Nov - Discussion: Millennial students and SL Location: Boracay http://tinyurl.com/yqj55o Your timezone: http://timeanddate.com/s/kga Join us on Mon 26 Nov at 4pm PST with Jatt Writer (aka Jan Morrison, Washoe County School District, Reno, Nevada State and Federal Programs Dept. Project Director) on the topic of milliennial students and SL. As teachers in SL are we optimizing the learning journey of our Millennial students? What relationship do the Millennial Generation's skills and attributes have to education on ... more » »

NOAA gets environmental in Second Life

Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) : Sep 5, 2007 03:20am

On Tue Sep 4, Hackshaven Harford gave a great tour of some of the new features of the NOAA sims in Second Life. Starting from the original Meteora sim, and after a brief intro to Hackshaven's NOAA and Maya Realities work we were treated to a tour of some the new exhibits and a great demo of the Maya Realities avatar heat map. We watched as large translucent, colored boxes (none of your wood variety here!) appeared. Different colors representing ... more » »

Life, the Universe and Everything - towels supplied!

Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) : Aug 21, 2007 07:23am

39 Teachers Buzz participants had a great tour of a student built exhibit courtesy of our guides, instructional designer Ourania Fizgig and student Alan Myhre. They led us through The History of Earth & Life on Earth Exhibit, which was created as part of a non-major undergraduate intro-astrobiology course, Exploring Life in the Universe. Students in the ASTR202 (spring 2007) class helped to design and build a scale model installation work on the timeline of Earth, 4.6 billion years ago ... more » »

Mon 20 Aug [6pm SLT] Teachers Buzz Goes Organic!

Corwin Carillon (aka Nick Noakes) : Aug 14, 2007 10:10pm

Not losing a stride from the fantastic NMC Symposium on Creativity in Second Life, Teachers Buzz kicks off next week with another not to missed session! Join Cosmo Priestman, Ourania Fizgig and ScubaChris Wollongong as they take use through The History of Earth & Life on Earth Exhibit which was created as part of a non-major undergraduate intro-astrobiology course, Exploring Life in the Universe.Students in the ASTR202 (spring 2007) class helped to design and build a scale model installation work ... more » »


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