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Teens Talk Virtual Worlds and Education "Like a Dream" - LInden Lab CEO, Mark Kingdon, on learning and Second Life
Jul 1
Barry Joseph decided to attend the event Games Learning and Society Conference Jun 28
Barry Joseph added the blog post 'What research question would you fund to generate data on learning and virtual worlds?' Jun 26
Barry Joseph joined the group Spor-ducators! Jun 25
Wayne Porter left a comment for Barry Joseph Jun 16
Barry Joseph replied to the discussion Social Presence Effects Jun 16
Barry Joseph replied to the discussion Virtual worlds and jails Jun 13

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What is your interest in virtual worlds?
Academic, Corporate, Blogger, Journalist, Foundation, Practitioner, K12, College, Parent, Library, Museum, Afterschool organization
What virtual worlds are you interested in?
Second Life, Whyville, Habbo Hotel, There.com, Activeworlds, World of Warcraft, Other, General
About Me:
I direct the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids.
Website:
http://globalkids.org

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What research question would you fund to generate data on learning and virtual worlds?

The University of Southern California’s Network Culture Project has invited Global Kids to participate in a small forum to discuss the compilation of an upcoming volume on virtual worlds, digital media and learning. The volume, supported by the MacArthur Foundation, is intended to define a collective vision for virtual worlds and to outline a multi-year research agenda. As we prepare for the meeting, I would like to invite members of the RezEd community to weigh in and contribute to what GK can… Continue

Posted on June 26th, 2008 at 5:14pm — 16 Comments (Add)

New To Virtual Worlds?

This is a section we created for those new to Virtual Worlds. We will periodically add new information to this section over time. Feel free use the comment section to ask questions as well.

Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 10:57pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Repost from MacArthur Spotlight Blog: Comparing Apples and Oranges in Virtual Worlds

This is reblogged from the MacArthur Foundation's Spotlight Blog on Digital Media and Learning

Barry Joseph: Comparing Apples and Oranges in Virtual Worlds

Global Kids reflects on lessons learned from a massively multiworld simulcast of Kofi Annan’s receipt of the MacArthur Award for International Justice.

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Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment (Add)

What Would You Say To Congress About Learning and Virtual Worlds?

On April 1st, 2008, four individuals were invited to travel to Washington, D.C. and testify before a Congressional subcommittee about the current state and future of virtual worlds. Inspired by the event, I decided to write my own testimony, asking Congress, in essence, to ask the virtual worlds industry the following:
  • How are children kept safe and empowered within virtual worlds?
  • What are
    • …
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Posted on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:34am — 2 Comments (Add)

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At 2:54am on July 3rd, 2008, peter mclaren said…
Hi Barry..many thanks for the welcome. As a tertiary educator downunder this is exciting new territory and holds heaps of potential for teacher educators

best wishes peter
At 1:12pm on June 27th, 2008, Josephine Dorado said…
oh yeah, an Art & Learning group would be a good idea!
At 4:22am on June 19th, 2008, Gary Motteram said…
Hi Barry, thanks for the welcome. I'm just in the processes of getting back into Virtual Worlds (in our case 2nd Life) with a view to using it for at least one module on our MA in Educational Technology and TESOL. We used to make quite a lot of use of MUDs/MOOs when we first set up the degree and it will be interesting to see how 3d worlds develop,

Cheers
Gary
At 12:20pm on June 17th, 2008, Cassandra Graham said…
Thank you. When we met and I mentioned that I had recently done a presentation on virtual learning and had sited Global Kids and the holymeatballs site as an example, you said perhaps I should put the powerpoint on the RexEd site. If I did, how would I?
At 6:58pm on June 16th, 2008, Rosmairta Kilara said…
Thank you for the welcome, Barry. I'm not directly involved in education (I'm a corporate librarian) but my work in SL brings me into contact with educators and educational support. I recently assisted with the "Stepping into History: Exploring the Past through Virtual Worlds" conference which explored the possibilities of using virtual worlds to teach history and to promote its appreciation.
At 2:47pm on June 16th, 2008, Jacques Macaire said…
Thank you to add me.. Very happy to be here.. ;)
Jacques
At 1:28pm on June 16th, 2008, Wayne Porter said…
Hi Barry, Thanks for the welcome. At this point I am just getting the word out. I am looking at how we can retro-fit some e-commerce tools we built for Second Life into tools for educators.
At 4:39pm on June 12th, 2008, Sabine Reljic / Willow Shenlin said…
Welcome to Social Presence in Virtual Worlds! I can't wait to hear everyone's questions and comments. :-)
S.
At 2:35pm on May 22nd, 2008, Selene Vega (SL: Ayla Nightfire) said…
Thanks, Barry. Looking forward to seeing what develops here!
At 5:55am on May 16th, 2008, Milton Broome said…
Welcome to the Virtual Psychology group Barry. Milton

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