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Cindy Fallsen 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 — 1 Comment

Graham Davies 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

Daniel Livingstone 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

cem balcikanli 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 R Wright 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

Erik Nauman 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

Dave Hammers 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

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin 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

Rik Panganiban 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

Rik Panganiban 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

Rik Panganiban 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

Erik Nauman 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

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin 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

Rik Panganiban Creating a RezEd Space in Small Worlds

RezEd 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

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin 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

dominic rima World of Innovation - Virtual Company

Source: Link A virtual company is what I have always had in mind to build up and run - I believe putting bunch of people in a building adds nothing to the company's value and will make work less efficient. Some people will probably want to shoot me now - but I don't care. I want nothing to do with old-fashioned thinking. If you run a factory, you're excused, obviously.… Continue

Added by dominic rima on September 8, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

KerryJ Wanted: guest educators

Have an interest in using immersive learning environments and have ten minutes or so to spare? TAFE SA’s Jacinta Ryan and Ruth Fraser are taking a group of students into Second Life to practice their customer service skills - and are looking for volunteer guest educators to come in world and role play as customers on the day. For more info, visit:http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2009/0… Continue

Added by KerryJ on August 31, 2009 at 1:22am — 1 Comment

Bing Shao Babbling about Battlegrounds

There is nothing as thrilling as hearing the collective cries of summons for mounts as players line up by the entrance getting ready to head out and fight it out in a battleground in the World of Warcraft. The anticipation is created by the engagement with players on both allegiances meeting head on in the battle arena. At the core of World of Warcraft is the long-lasting tension between the Hordes and the Alliance. While one cannot ever kill another of the same allegiance, the cursor is colored… Continue

Added by Bing Shao on August 28, 2009 at 2:39am — No Comments

Global Kids Videos from the RezEd Conference!

Day 1 - Opening Presentation Barry Joseph and Amira Fouad presented on the enormous growth of RezEd in its first year, highlights to look forward to in the RezEd conference, and the official launch of RezEd scheduled for the Fall of 2009. Day 1 - Keynote Presentation Robin Harper looks at what makes virtual worlds, particularly those supporting user generated content, ideally suited for education. In particular, Robin looks at two recent examples from Second Li… Continue

Added by Global Kids on August 18, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

quadrapop Lane Robert Rice - Curious raven - Augmented reality

Augmented reality - Open or Closed? and a kind of definition Continue

Added by quadrapop Lane on August 17, 2009 at 1:38am — No Comments

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