"Great post, audrey, about how challenging both the real and virtual Zambian fossil digs are!"
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Audrey_A's blog post was featuredWhyReef is live!!
The Field Museum's virtual coral reef is live! The reef learning environment, called WhyReef, just launched in Whyville.net You can access the reef directly (after an intro screen) at reef.whyville.netThe virtual reef project is funded by the MacFound DML and is our first major foray into VW education. We have done some smaller scale, pilot projects with Global Kids; including the fantastic "I Dig Tanzania!" pilot in Teen Second Life.We set a pretty insane timeline for ourselves and had only 90…See More
Audrey_A posted a blog postWhyReef is live!!
The Field Museum's virtual coral reef is live! The reef learning environment, called WhyReef, just launched in Whyville.net You can access the reef directly (after an intro screen) at reef.whyville.netThe virtual reef project is funded by the MacFound DML and is our first major foray into VW education. We have done some smaller scale, pilot projects with Global Kids; including the fantastic "I Dig Tanzania!" pilot in Teen Second Life.We set a pretty insane timeline for ourselves and had only 90…See More
Profile Information
- What is your interest in virtual worlds?
- Academic, Foundation, Museum
- What virtual worlds are you interested in?
- Second Life, Spore, Whyville, Other
- About Me:
- I work for the Encyclopedia of Life (a website for every species!). I am based at the Field Museum in Chicago. I am interested in getting science content into educational VW projects and am looking for those who want to collaborate.
- Website:
- http://synthesis.eol.org
- How did you hear about RezEd?
- SLED Mailing List, Global Kids
Audrey_A's Blog
I Dig Zambia: the fossil excavation begins....
I Dig Zambia continues in New York, Chicago, and Zambia. And so do our technical difficulties! I'll talk about those in a second, but first, our successes.
Its day 3 of IDZ and the teens are all getting to know each other better and finally met "their" scientists. They had a great call with the scientists and learned that some of the team has been trapped by a flooded river that they cannot cross. It will take several days to go… Continue
Posted on July 8, 2009 at 6:29pm — 1 Comment
I Dig Zambia begins..........
We just launched the I Dig Zambia summer workshop! IDZ is the second iteration of a digital learning collaboration with the amazing NYC non-profit and our BFFs, Global Kids.
Last year’s workshop, I Dig Tanzania, was an innovative program that used Teen Second Life as an online classroom where students in Chicago and New York City could work collaboratively to learn about biology and biodiversity, evolution and paleontology, and… Continue
Last year’s workshop, I Dig Tanzania, was an innovative program that used Teen Second Life as an online classroom where students in Chicago and New York City could work collaboratively to learn about biology and biodiversity, evolution and paleontology, and… Continue
Posted on July 8, 2009 at 4:30pm
WhyReef is live!!
The Field Museum's virtual coral reef is live! The reef learning environment, called WhyReef, just launched in Whyville.net You can access the reef directly (after an intro screen) at reef.whyville.net
The virtual reef project is funded by the MacFound DML and is our first major foray into VW education. We have done some smaller scale, pilot projects with Global Kids; including the fantastic "I Dig Tanzania!" pilot in Teen Second Life.
We set a pretty insane… Continue
The virtual reef project is funded by the MacFound DML and is our first major foray into VW education. We have done some smaller scale, pilot projects with Global Kids; including the fantastic "I Dig Tanzania!" pilot in Teen Second Life.
We set a pretty insane… Continue
Posted on March 30, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments
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