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Welcome to RezEd (BETA), an online hub providing practitioners using virtual worlds with access to the highest quality resources and research in the field to establish a strong network of those using virtual worlds for learning.

New To Virtual Worlds?

Are you new to virtual worlds?

If so, don't fret. RezEd is the place for you. To get introduced to Virtual Worlds, please click on our Virtual Worlds 101 Guide and the Second Life Toolbox, currently under development.

Members

  • Dudley Turner
  • Fleep Tuque
  • John Lester (Pathfinder Linden)
  • Howard Vickers
  • Jonathon Richter / Wainbrave Bernal
  • Jeremy Kemp
  • Daniel Livingstone
  • Birdie Newborn
  • Jeremy Koester
  • Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin
  • BlueWings Hayek
  • Intellagirl
  • Cathy Arreguin / Mari Asturias
  • Stan Trevena
  • Mariel García M
  • Lori Bell

Blog Posts

Cindy Fallsen

educational game

Posted by Cindy Fallsen on November 6, 2009 at 5:17pm

cem balcikanli

students' comments

Posted by cem balcikanli on October 21, 2009 at 2:57pm

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New on RezEd...

In this week's RezEd Podcast Episode 43 Dr. James Paul Gee discusses his thoughts on assessment and opportunities for Learning in Virtual Worlds & Gaming. Professor Gee's most recent books deal with video games, language, and learning. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2003, Second Edition 2007) argues that good video games are designed to enhance learning through effective learning principles supported by research in the Learning Sciences. Situated Language and Learning (2004) places video games within an overall theory of learning and literacy and shows how they can help us in thinking about the reform of schools. His most recent book is Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays (2007).

This week's featured discussion, "Getting over the Cost Issue" is posted by Dave Hammers.


Smallworlds launches on RezEd!!! We are happy to announce that RezEd members can meet virtually at any time within the virtual world of Small Worlds, which starting today is officially partnering with Ning.
Every member of RezEd can easily join and log-in to the web-based Small Worlds environment from within the RezEd site.
We will be announcing soon other opportunities to meet up within Small Worlds for specific events and dialogues. In the meanwhile, check out our "RezEd Educator's Zone" in Small World, and explore the rest of the world!

RezEd named one of the Best Websites for Teaching and Learning!

RezEd is delighted to be recognized by the American Association of School Librarians as one of the top 25 "Best Websites for Teaching and Learning" and honored to be on a list which includes Facebook, Ning, Skype, Twitter, Wikispaces, and Second Life.

According to their site, "The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.
Read more here.

RezEd Report Volume 2: Now Available Online!

The 2nd RezEd Review is now available!
This review highlights the diverse perspectives of over two dozen experts who have spoken to the RezEd community in its bi-weekly podcast series.

The review gives insight in to the research, public policy, and educational change across virtual worlds. Interviews include experts covering a range of virtual worlds, including Quest Atlantis, Dizzywood, There.com, Panwapa, Club Penguin, Project Wonderland, River City, Google’s Lively, and BarbieGirls.

To download a pdf copy of the RezEd Review join the RezEd Review group.

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Our kids have been consumed with candy and video games. We need to make sure our Dental Plan is current :). I have been thinking about how we can tie into this interest. Satellite Internet Service Providers are beginning to think about how Interne...
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A place to discuss, challenge and explore virtual worlds for elementary learners from Kindergarten to Grade 8. Join the discussion or start your own! Share your thoughts and help shape these powerful spaces for youth.
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Group for all educators interested in sharing experiences and exploring language learning and teaching in virtual worlds
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This group is for educators interested in Teaching English as a foreign language in Second Life
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A meeting place for virtual adult education and e-learning based on andragogic learning strategies
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agreed Text - but then there is also a level of contextual maturity involved in many of those assessments made by users of VR worlds - those of us who have been around for a long time and have learnt what the subculture of any particular VR world ...
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A meeting place for virtual adult education and e-learning based on andragogic learning strategies
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A meeting place for virtual adult education and e-learning based on andragogic learning strategies
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New! Virtual Andragogic Language Learning Adult Education & Andragogy http://evovwll.ning.com/group/virtualandragogiclanguagelearning
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Hi, everyone! Thanks for allowing me to join this group. I manage the EUROCALL/CALICO HQ in SL in collaboration with my colleague Randall Sadler in the USA: http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/29/36/22 We have recently set up a joint EURO...
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Group for all educators interested in sharing experiences and exploring language learning and teaching in virtual worlds
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SmallWorlds a Ning Featured App 1 Reply

SmallWorlds a Ning Featured App Originally posted on Virtual World News. Smallworlds Social platform Ning yesterday launched an Apps Platform with SmallWorlds, a browser-based 3D virtual world tar...

Started by Global Kids in Aha Moments. Last reply by Leo A Oct 18.

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The First Statewide Rollout of a Virtual World Learning Environment: The University of Texas System in Second Life

Posted by Pathfinder Linden on Second Life Blog Second Life is full of pioneering educators and academics, and innovative growth in the use of Second Life for learning continues every day. It has ...

Started by Global Kids in Aha Moments Sep 17.

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EU-Wide Initiative Gives Students Avatars to Pursue Science Studies

Original article can be found here. As European enrollment in science classes continues to dip, an EU-funded project has been created with the intention of slowing this trend. DYNALEARN is a EU-w...

Started by Global Kids in News Sep 17.

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Gartner: Virtual Worlds, a Long-Term Play

Original article can be found on Virtual World News The researchers at Gartner Inc. released their 2009 Hype Cycle Special Report last week. The report, prepared by the organization since 1995, is...

Started by Global Kids in News Aug 26.

 
 

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Featured Aha Moment

This week's aha moment, "Avatars Enhance the Language Learning Experience" is written by Laura Jacob of McGuffey High School.

Featured Resource: Second Life Curriculum


Global Kids Second Life Curriculum contains over 160 lesson plans for teaching the basics of Second Life, whether in a classroom, a library, or at home.

The curriculum is available at no cost and is designed to be adaptable by practitioners for a variety of uses, from teaching science, to literature to global studies.
 

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