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If so, don't fret. RezEd is the place for you. To get introduced to Virtual Worlds, please click on our Virtual Worlds 101 Guide and the Second Life Toolbox, currently under development.
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This week's podcast features Deborah Fields speaking on Whyville Learning Structures and Opportunities. Deborah Fields is a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Influenced by her gaming experiences, her main research interests include studying youths' identities and informal learning and teaching practices across spaces - including virtual, school, home, and informal spaces such as clubs and religious communities. Over the past two years she had spent innumerable hours in Whyville, a virtual world for tweens.This week's aha moment, Using River City to teach Scientific Method to At Risk Students is submitted by by David Callihan.
In this week's featured event, we were pleased to see so many of you at RezEd's first virtual conference in Second Life on November 17 at the Justice Commons sim. Over sixty virtual educators came together to hear from leaders in this field, talk about their work, and even do some virtual dancing!
RezEd Report Now Available Online!
In association with the release of the first RezEd Report, the special podcast explores the issue of Ethics and Virtual Worlds from the broad perspectives of the diverse RezEd community. The podcast includes an introduction by Sam Gilbert of the Good Play Project and audio excerpts from our RezEd podcast interviewees.
Download Report Here
Printed versions of the SL Curriculum Now Available to Order Online
Featured Resource: Second Life Curriculum
Global Kids is proud to announce the launch of the free Global Kids curriculum, under development for the past year and now finally available exclusively to RezEd members!Global Kids Second Life Curriculum contains over 160 lesson plans for teaching the basics of Second Life, whether in a classroom, a library, or at home.
The curriculum is available at no cost and is designed to be adaptable by practitioners for a variety of uses, from teaching science, to literature to global studies.
Events
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Seminar: "Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets"
November 22, 2008 at 10am – https://secure-web22.secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=2084493&date=1227340800
Dr. Knop Talks Astronomy Title: "Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets" Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time (SL Time) All are welcome. Feel free to ask questions or mak...
Organized by Troy McConaghy | Type: seminar
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Teaching "Things Fall Apart" in a Virtual World
November 22, 2008 at 11am – San Antonio, Texas
NCTE Annual Convention See http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/annual Session: H.16 - 11:00 am to 12:15 pm 11/22/2008 Format: Panel Room: Topic: Literature Level(s): Secondary (9-12) Title: TEACHING...
Organized by NCTE | Type: Symposium
December 1
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Living Game Worlds
December 1, 2008 at 8am to December 2, 2008 at 8pm – Georgia Institute of Technology
Living Game Worlds, presented by Georgia Tech’s GVU Center and the Graduate Program in Digital Media in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture,and the Experimental Game Lab, is an annu...
Organized by GA Tech | Type: Symposium
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Second Life Learning Experiences
December 4, 2008 at 4:15pm – Berlin
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2008 http://www.online-educa.com/en Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 16:15 - 17:30 WEB31 Title Second Life Learning Experiences Room Potsdam I Chairperson Graham Attwell, Pontydy...
Organized by Graham Attwell | Type: Panel, Discussion
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RezEd.org on MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Spotlight
The MacArthur Foundation featured RezEd.org on their Digital Media and Learning Spotlight Blog this week. The Spotlight discussion, entitled RezEd.org Releases First Seasonal Report on Ethics and ...
Started by Global Kids in Discussions Nov 20.
Lively No More
From the Official Google Blog comes news that Google's Virtual World will be closing. Lively no more 11/19/2008 In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to int...
Started by Global Kids in Discussions Nov 20.
Follow up Questions from the RezEd MiniConference
We had some great questions come up for our panelists on the educational uses of Whyville, Dizzywood, and Second Life a the RezEd MiniConference this past Monday November 17th. We would like to ask...
Started by Global Kids in Discussions Nov 19.
RezEd Podcast, Episode 20- Deborah Fields on Whyville Learning Structures and Opportunities
[SUMMARY—The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.] (WORLD) The twentieth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids. Barry Joseph (of Global Kids) interview Deborah...
Tagged: whyville
Started by Global Kids in Podcasts Nov 17.
Blog Posts
Report on RezEd's First Virtual Conference on November 17
On Monday, November 17, RezEd held its first virtual conference with 70-some participants from around the world in the virtual world of Second Life. Entitled "Dropping Knowledge: How Virtual Wor… Continue Posted by Rik Panganiban on November 19, 2008 at 2:00pm
The Serious Virtual Worlds report
Posted by Salty Saenz (Frank) on November 6, 2008 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment
Educator interviews. If only we could so easily replicate tranquility and reflective places in RL.
Posted by Salty Saenz (Frank) on November 3, 2008 at 5:13pm
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This week's podcast features Deborah Fields speaking on Whyville Learning Structures and Opportunities. Deborah Fields is a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Influenced by her gaming experiences, her main research interests include studying youths' identities and informal learning and teaching practices across spaces - including virtual, school, home, and informal spaces such as clubs and religious communities. Over the past two years she had spent innumerable hours in Whyville, a virtual world for tweens.
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