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Used Car Prices

People desiring to purchase a new auto may need to approach the cheapest autowithout sacrificing the quality. It is ordinary for folks to approach a used car dealer, but many do this without having done much preparation and research. One would need to shop around for a very long time before they decide on the kind of car they want to buy. But before all of this you need to establish a budget for your automobile, how much are you prepared to spend and did you know what you have entitlement to o… Continue

Added by Benjamin Lucas on November 24, 2009 at 6:05pm — No Comments

teens and golf

A group of Indiana Heart Physicians traveled to Augusta, Georgia last year after purchasing Masters Golf Tickets. They took their children who developed an interest in golf video games. I wonder if golf is a dying sport among teens. Perhaps video game will increase interest in this spo… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on November 22, 2009 at 2:31pm — No Comments

ARVEL SIG 2010 Program

The officers of the Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning (ARVEL) SIG are pleased to announce the final program for this spring's annual meeting at AERA. Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals, to our reviewers, session chairs, and SIG officers for all your hard work. Our acceptance rate was 67% this year, representing the work of over 65 educational researchers studyi… Continue

Added by Lisa Dawley/Mali Young on November 14, 2009 at 3:16pm — No Comments

WE WON! TOPYX was named "Best of Elearning 2009"

I am very happy to share with you TOPYX won “Best of Elearning 2009”! For more information please visit our website: http://www.interactyx.com/interactyx-limiteds-topyx-is-named-best-of-elearning-2009-award-winner Please let me know if I can answer any questions or send you more details. Best wishes! Jodi Continue

Added by Jodi Harrison on November 13, 2009 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Visiting EdTech 36,219,21

EdTech commissioned a beautiful tropical garden for their teacher education in virtual worlds plot. The nature noises are very relaxing. They include birds, monkeys and water as well as human noise such as the discreet church chime in the fareway.

Channeling your inner Goodall… Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on November 12, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

educational game

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 Internet games can reach into the classroom. Do any of you guys have a r… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on November 6, 2009 at 5:17pm — 2 Comments

EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group

Hi, everyone! EUROCALL (Europe) and CALICO (USA) have joined forces and set up a joint Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group. Our Ning is here - new members welcomed: http://virtualworldssig.ning.com Our combined base in SL can be found here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/29/36/22 Come and visit us sometime! Graham Davies (Groovy Win… Continue

Added by Graham Davies on November 4, 2009 at 5:42am — No Comments

Opening Up Education in Games, Simulations and Virtual Worlds

I recently gave a colloquia talk at San Jose State, on Open Education with Games, Sims and Virtual Worlds. You can view the slides below - though there are additional notes available if you view on SlideShare.net, and a video version of the talk should be available soon. Finally, I discuss the talk a little on my blog over at http://learninggames.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/oer-in-games-sims-and-virtual-wo… Continue

Added by Daniel Livingstone on October 29, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

students' comments

Hi all, I am currently doing a lot of sessions on second life, and I would like to give a kind of what students think about second life in general. Would you like to share with me what you have observed about your student using second life? That'd be great to hear!! Many thanks Cem Continue

Added by cem balcikanli on October 21, 2009 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Michael Wright: A re-print from the “Corsair” of Santa Monica College 10/4/09

Michael Wright: Legendary Virtual Artist Speaks Peter Yoon Issue date: 10/4/09 Section: A&E Imagine if you will, the majestic seascape of Santa Cruz. Its swirling currents licking at the heels of surfers that brave the waters. The clash of each frothing wave captured in the heavy brush strokes of German expressionism. The unique tints and hues merging together to display the harmony of man and nature. As you sit and watch in awe, you are overwhelmed with the knowledge that you are witnessi… Continue

Added by Michael R Wright on October 18, 2009 at 11:20am — No Comments

Using OpenSim? Try Diva Distribution

OpenSimulator developer Diva has released a binary distribution of the OpenSim software that incorporates recent innovations like megaregions, default ODE physics, better inventory management, and several bug fixes. The good documentation is a welcome development. The best feature is an update.exe that incorporates recent developments more easily. Whether you're just starting with OpenSim or upgrading, it's a great alternative… Continue

Added by Erik Nauman on October 18, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Getting over the Cost Issue

Hi everyone, I am trying to get approval to start using Teen Second Life in my Middle School, as part of the curriculum. My district seems very open to trying it, but is very slow in giving me the ok because of the issue of cost. Right now I am trying to find a cheaper, or even free alternative to Second Life, that would allow us the same range of world creation tools. The project we have lined up includes the students building their own city, so having the building and design options is an abs… Continue

Added by Dave Hammers on October 14, 2009 at 5:30am — 7 Comments

Haunted Sims, etc. Great Timing for Oct.

RezLibris releases October 2009 Issue   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mucaro India DATE: October 4, 2009   EMAIL: rezlibris@gmail.com RezLibris Magazine releases October 2009 Issue RezLibris is proud to announce the release of a new issue available at: http://www.rezlibris.com ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: • AVL Announces Plans to Form Non-Profit Community Virtual Library in 2010 • Innovation Island's Grand Opening • The Sky's the Limit for Sky Stories at the Sci Fic Portal • Bentham Manor and Bentham F… Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on October 8, 2009 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Explore the Wonders of Ancient Egypt in the Heritage Key OpenSim

I perhaps should have known about this months and months ago, but renowned virtual developer Rezabble has created what appears to be a very impressive OpenSim-based virtual world devoted to ancient archeological sites called… Continue

Added by Rik Panganiban on October 6, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

MacArthur Spotlight Blog Focuses on Global Kids' Work with Incarcerated Teens in Virtual Worlds

The MacArthur Foundation's Spotlight Blog posted yesterday a story about… Continue

Added by Rik Panganiban on October 6, 2009 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Webwatch: Museum Virtual Worlds site

The Museum Virtual Worlds website is "a place for sharing information and resources for museum and other educational web developers about online virtual worlds." The site includes a blog with news about developments in the museum virt… Continue

Added by Rik Panganiban on October 6, 2009 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Anyone using OpenSim in the classroom?

I've been stretching OpenSim to the limit on our school's LAN, even over wireless, though I've ditched that in favor of wires, and I'd love to connect with anyone else using it in this context. I'm particularly interested in improving voice chat and inventory storage and accessibility, general latency issues. And scripting! There's so much to learn and the students are really excited. I just want to get it running as well as I can so other teachers catch the enthusiasm. Continue

Added by Erik Nauman on October 2, 2009 at 12:43am — 1 Comment

to add a url to your smallworlds desktop PC

You have to program the item: 1-click on the wrench 2-click on interactions 3-Under "Actions", add button 4-Write its label [for example, go to arvelning website] and set as default action 5-Then go to "REactions" 6-choose "Show a message" under reaction item 7-The url link window will open. 8-copy your url to "link to URL" 9-save all 10-et voila. Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on September 24, 2009 at 2:54pm — No Comments

Creating a RezEd Space in Small Worlds

I just created in less than an hour a room in the virtual world of Small Worlds devoted to RezEd that is accessible here

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Added by Rik Panganiban on September 17, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

ARVEL ning gets a new forum

IRB and Other Research Protocols forum. Since the Virtual Worlds Research Discussion group no longer meets, it would be a shame not to archive those discussions. So I am hoping that SLEDers and SLRLers will come to the forum and add their wisdom there. Once the ARVEL wiki opens, we'll transfer the gold nuggets of those discussions from the ning forum to the wiki. http://arvelsig.ning.com/ Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on September 14, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments