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DROPPING KNOWLEDGE: How Virtual World Educators Change Lives

Event Details

Time: November 17, 2008 from 3pm to 5pm
Location: Justice Commons Amphitheater
Website or Map: http://slurl.com/secondlife...
Event Type: conference
Organized By: Rik Panganiban
Latest Activity: Nov. 19, 2008

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Event Description

On November 17, RezEd will be sponsoring a mini-conference in the virtual world of Second Life. We will feature a panel discussion with leading practitioners and researchers studying virtual worlds and learning, including :

* Lori Bell, Alliance Library System / Info Island
* Ryan Clemmens, Arizona State
* Patty Purcell, Bel Aire Elementary School
* Barry Joseph, Global Kids (moderator)

We will also host a "birds of a feather" breakout session and a social mixer.

The event will take place from 3-5pm PST on The Justice Commons sim in Second Life.

See a report on this conference here: http://www.rezed.org/profiles/blogs/report-on-rezeds-first-virtual

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Rik Panganiban Comment by Rik Panganiban on November 19, 2008 at 2:15pm
Sorry you were not able to make it Sus. You can see a report on this event here: http://www.rezed.org/profiles/blogs/report-on-rezeds-first-virtual
Eleanor Ramsay Comment by Eleanor Ramsay on November 17, 2008 at 1:16pm
My Avi will be there! Thanks for organizing this.
Sus Nyrop Comment by Sus Nyrop on November 17, 2008 at 6:51am
It is very late for me, around midnight in Denmark, so although I am a late night owl, I might just come arouind eariler and explore, as well as follow your footprints :-)

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Joyce Bettencourt Jackie Gerstein Hope Botterbusch Eleanor Ramsay Ed B Kae Barry Joseph Rik Panganiban

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