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Terry Smith commented on Liam ODonnell's group K-8 Virtual Worlds
"Shawn, I agree with Sabine Reljic - There are many missions and units in Quest Atlantis specific to social studies. Mesa Verde is one excellent example, a unit on the cliff dwelling Puebloans. There are other missions on civics, economics and the…"
Feb 4
Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin commented on Liam ODonnell's group K-8 Virtual Worlds
"Hi Shawn, you can read more about Quest Atlantis at http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html and on their new website: http://atlantisremixed.org/ I know there are social studies missions. Quest Atlantis is research-based and has been validated…"
Feb 4
Shawn Banks commented on Liam ODonnell's group K-8 Virtual Worlds
"I am new to virtual worlds outside of SL and want to use MUVE in my middle school class.  I have heard of Quest Atlantis but don't know much about it.  Is there activities that pertain to social studies?  I am assuming not but,…"
Feb 4
Liam ODonnell commented on Lucas Gillispie's group Minecraft In School
"I'm about 3 weeks into using Minecraft with a small group of students for literacy support. So far, the kids are loving it and their enthusiasm for the class has gone through the roof. You can read about my first week using Minecraft in school…"
Jun 1, 2011
Liam ODonnell replied to Lucas Gillispie's discussion We've Moved to the Classroom! in the group WoW in Schools
"This sounds amazing Lucas! Congrats on taking wowinschools to the next level. I can't wait to see where it goes. Liam (aka Bansho/Deweybrew in CogDis.)"
Sep 29, 2010
Jesus De Leon commented on Liam ODonnell's group K-8 Virtual Worlds
"Learning about video game players ages 5-9 for future research. Please take a moment to fill out this survey- http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHpuM1RoTzE3ZnA0U2Vqbk1ZRmJnbWc6MQ"
Sep 11, 2010
Steven Caldwell commented on Liam ODonnell's group K-8 Virtual Worlds
"I'm coming to the US on a Churchill Fellowship and am keen to meet up with other virtual world educators. There from 22 Sept until early November. Please drop me a line."
Jul 25, 2010
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K-8 Virtual Worlds

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.See More
Jul 14, 2010

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What is your interest in virtual worlds?
Academic, Blogger, K12, Practitioner
What virtual worlds are you interested in?
Second Life, Whyville, Habbo Hotel, There.com, Activeworlds, World of Warcraft, Other, General
About Me:
Award-winning children's author and educator specializing in creating curriculum relevant media for young minds.

Follow me on twitter: @liamodonnell

Find me in Second Life as Smartlak Goodfellow.
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http://liamodonnell.com/feedingchange/
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MacArthur Foundation/ HASTAC
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What do you want from educational virtual worlds?

As I've posted before, virtual worlds for kids are here and more are on the way. Many are meant to be places where kids can have fun, hang out and not worry about "learning stuff" (even though I'd argue that there is still much to learn in these spaces.) While that's all well and good, I can't help but think about the potential… Continue

Posted on April 29, 2008 at 9:32pm — 7 Comments

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At 8:18pm on January 21, 2009, ShapingYouth said…
Liam, ping me when you get a chance, as I'd love to get some advice from you on a concept I'm playing out re: Virtual Nutrition. amy at shapingyouth dot org. 'k? Hope all's well...HNY, here's to a productive 2009 both real AND virtual! :-)
At 12:59pm on April 29, 2008, Global Kids said…
Awesome videos Liam! Thanks for posting these.
At 4:06pm on April 26, 2008, Scott Merrick said…
You're most welcome and great that we're here. Where ever you go, there you are!
At 11:32pm on April 24, 2008, Barry Joseph said…
Welcome Liam!
 
 
 

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