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Amarys Ayres Research on SL and Well-being

Hey all, I finally got my survey about second life and well being going on, but now there's one BIG concern: what are the best ways to distribute/spread the questionnaire among a specific group of second life participants (newbies of max. 4 days old) I included a reward for ppl who take the questionnaire, but it seems to take a lot of time to find all the channels where i can promote the research project. And i'm kinda working against a deadline :/ So does anyone has any tips or help on promot… Continue

Added by Amarys Ayres on June 18, 2009 at 9:15pm — 1 Comment

FootGamer Why Move and learn? Footgaming is FUN!

Our bodies are very much a part of all our learning and learning is not an isolated "brain" function. Every nerve and cell is a network contributing to our intelligence and our learning capability. Exercise triggers the release of BDNF a brain-derived neurotropic factor that enables one neuron to communicate with another. Students who sit for longer than twenty minutes experience a decrease in the flow of BDNF. FootGaming is one way students can trigger sharper learning skills. ExerLearning can… Continue

Added by FootGamer on June 18, 2009 at 10:14am — 1 Comment

FootGamer Physical Activity - games -Academic Success

http://exerlearning.blogspot.com/2009/06/canada-connects-physical-activity-to.html We understand the busy nature of life at school and at home. These days everyone seems overscheduled - and "screen time" rates a high priority for learning, leisure, fun and games. Meanwhile the team at Exerlearning is working hard to let everyone know that the FootPOWR peripheral is a plug and play strategy that lets everyone win! Here's more evidence that supports our ground-breaking work. According to the 200… Continue

Added by FootGamer on June 18, 2009 at 10:13am — No Comments

Kenneth Y T Lim advancing the debate: virtual environments and fictive worlds

it's 5:30 am as i write this, so please pardon me if i sound incoherent. it's just that i woke up with the following thoughts burning in my head and i want to get them down. educators who have spent some time thinking about (and talking about) virtual worlds with stakeholders who are less au fait with what they are, face the problem of being pooh-poohed. this happens for two main reasons, and both are equally important, so the order of precedence in which i present them here is no indicator o… Continue

Added by Kenneth Y T Lim on June 15, 2009 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Jorian Clarke Spoke at Kid Power conference about how The Tech Museum in San Jose taught kids about water conservation using virtual world at kidscom.com

The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose launched Polly Positron in the Idea Seeker Universe on www.kidscom.com to teach kids about water conservation. Using standards-based science programs and design challenge learning, avatar Polly showcased a lab based video, answered questions from kids on science and drove home the issues around water conservation using engaging interactivity and group discussion. The event was enthusiastically received by kids who have now asked Polly to come back and ta… Continue

Added by Jorian Clarke on June 15, 2009 at 4:36pm — 1 Comment

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin Blue Mars

and the growing galaxy of virtual worlds continues to expand: enters Blue Mars, currently in Beta. http://www.bluemarsonline.com/about/index.html The NMC-sponsored Metamonics will discuss Blue Mars this coming Wednesday, June 17: [inworld notice]: "Richer Worlds: A Look at Blue Mars Weds June 17 @ 1 PM SL Partner Hub: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle%20West/87/3… Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on June 15, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Joe Clark (SL: JS Saltwater) Space, Place, Mapping, and "Geography" in/of Second Life

I am working with a communication professor here to create an undergraduate course that will address something often called "cybergeography" from a communication perspective. We're hunting down syllabi and course activities/assignments and I'm hoping to get suggestions from some members. There are a lot of ways this concept plays out with regard to Second Life. One could look at the geographic distribution of SL users or servers in RL, for example, or use something like Slogbase to track avatar… Continue

Added by Joe Clark (SL: JS Saltwater) on June 11, 2009 at 12:10pm — 2 Comments

Tanya Manifold Second Life Innovation Contest - L$100,000

Say you could have land, money, and prims... what would you do with it? Project Innovate is a new contest in Second Life where we give you the resources to be innovative. We are looking for a creative building project by a small team of avatars that brings “something new” to Second Life and that attracts v… Continue

Added by Tanya Manifold on June 3, 2009 at 8:12pm — 3 Comments

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin SLED posts May 2006-2009

Gary Hayes just compiles his SLED-related mails. I can't believe that i rank 6th!

See the complete list at Gary Hayes.doc Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on June 2, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Dave Menshew Tiz been a while

Yes, it has been a while since I have posted. . . my bad. . been busy. Some great things have come my way, my co-leader teacher (Carol Schutt) and I have had the chance to showcase the Forensic Biotech program here at Enochs High School in a variety of venues. For example, we traveled to Palm Springs and Garden Grove to give presentations which included our work in Second Life. I just got back from presenting at Georgia Tech where I was awarded the national Genzyme-Life Technologies for biotech… Continue

Added by Dave Menshew on May 30, 2009 at 12:04pm — 1 Comment

brock dubbels story about my games unit

Video games: Play and learn Write a school report about the latest Wii sensation? One Minneapolis teacher is using video games to teach middle schoolers a variety of skills. And other educators want in on the fun.

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Added by brock dubbels on May 29, 2009 at 11:32pm — 1 Comment

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin Center for Social Presence: taking a short break

repost from the SLED notice: Dear everyone, The Center is in need of a short break in order to come back with a stronger schedule workshops, themes and topics (http://socialpresence3d.wikispaces.com/SpeakerSchedule). I will email shortly with details and the conversation is open to everyone on the blog (http://www.rezed.org/group/socialpre… Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on May 28, 2009 at 7:46pm — 1 Comment

Yuedong Mok Learning Tibetan Language in Second Life

I am wondering how to deliver a Tibetan course in Second Life. Precisely, I am going to investigate the learning facilities and strategies that might extending the scopes of organizational learning and encouraging more users participating into virtual learning environment. Will it work probably ? Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Cheers! Continue

Added by Yuedong Mok on May 25, 2009 at 10:54pm — 1 Comment

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin Center for Social Presence: no workshop today

Memorial Day (USA calendar) I will see you all on Friday, 10:00SLT for our bi-monthly workshop (http://socialpresence3d.wikispaces.com/SpeakerSchedule). We'll continue on the topic of A/O. Please continue to input your info: -time zone: http://socialpresence3d.wikispaces.com/NEWS (please request access to wiki in order to be able to add your info in the 05/12/09 table) -USA:… Continue

Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on May 25, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Jori Clarke Virtual worlds and mainstream interest

I spoke at the E-metrics conference last week with Jim Bower from Whyville and we were amazed at how engagement as a measurement in virtual worlds isn't getting more attention from folks looking at analytics. Also in meeting with a school district librarian she stated how frustrated she was with educators needing to get more involved but not making time. We have a virtual reward system that educators can use in our virtual world at www.kidscom.com but we are having a hard time in figuring out h… Continue

Added by Jori Clarke on May 18, 2009 at 8:45pm — No Comments

Rob Theriault My blog

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Added by Rob Theriault on May 18, 2009 at 8:45pm — No Comments

Mark Cruthers Learning in a Virtual Classroom

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 18, 2009 at 8:38pm — No Comments

Mark Cruthers Learning in a Virtual Clasroom

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 18, 2009 at 4:25pm — No Comments

Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin Cafe 101 is at NISOD in Austin on May 26.

in-world group notice: [...] We're in the process of starting up our social networking site and YOU ARE INVITED! Come check us out and add your own ideas, photos and questions to Lone Wolf Virtual Partners site! Find us at http://lonewolfvp.ning.com today!" Go get your badge:
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Added by Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin on May 17, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Claus Nehmzow Can a virtual world help when schools close due to swine flu?

Most schools don't have contingency plans in place, other than sending homework via email. After children come back from their summer vacations a second wave of the (potentially mutated and more dangerous) H1N1 virus may hit. In such an event schools would close for several weeks or even months. Companies, schools, universities and military and government institutions in many countries have been using 3D immersive virtual worlds for training, education and collaboration. I have been personally… Continue

Added by Claus Nehmzow on May 15, 2009 at 9:27pm — No Comments

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