Digital Pioneers: The Movie - Great Video by Kathy Schrock

This is a great video by Kathy Schrock. She recently shared it on Facebook and I found it on Vimeo. It introduces the Digital Pioneer - http://www.vimeo.com/2673447

I personally love Kathy's term and would much rather be called a Digital Pioneer that a Digital Immigrant. After all, we all grew up with some kid of technology.

Dembe

Great Video of all the Virtual Worlds

Qwaq - A 3d Virtual World for Business

Qwaq - A 3d Virtual World for Business
This is new - it is a virtual world specifically designed for business. It is very interesting to see how this technology is emerging in the business sector. It is worth a look at for both business professionals and k-24 educators using Second Life or Active Worlds. This technology seems to be emerging as a 21st Century Skill for collaboration and as a business and industry tool.

http://www.qwaq.com/landing/sep2008a.php

and

http://www.qwaq.com/

Dembe

Bloom's Taxonomy in SL

Great find!

Blooms Taxonomy in SL.

http://pkab.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/model-3-dimensi-taksonomi-bloom/

Created by:

http://www.celt.iastate.edu/homepage.html

Educational Places to Visit in SL

SL Educational Places to check out:

EdTech Island, EdTech (125, 137, 24)

NASA eEducation Island, NASA eEducation (213, 201, 26)

Princeton University, Princeton University (143, 148, 24)

James Madison University, James Madison University (132, 142, 36) – They have a Halloween theme

University of Idaho, University of Idaho (135, 130, 36)

Warwick University Maths, Warwick University Maths (128, 128, 35)

New York University - NYU Welcom, Outreach (136, 194, 22)

College of Second Knowledge, Atlas (162, 184, 36)

Vassar Island, Vassar (110, 112, 27)

Marist College Island, Marist College Island (87, 130, 21)

Virtual Brain Science Center, Acorn Island (63, 167, 22)

Marlboro College Graduate Center, Marlboro Grad Center (66, 196, 25)

Imperial College London, Imperial College London (149, 85, 27)

Rutgers Stadium, RUCE 3 (145, 129, 28)

Empire State College -- Main Lan, Empire State College (129, 130, 25)

SUNY Cortland - Welcome Area, SUNY Cortland (129, 130, 25)

SUNY-Oswgo, SUNY Oswego (127, 128, 28) under development

· Corner store, SUNY Oswego (125, 106, 29)

· 42-seat auditorium, SUNY Oswego (11, 243, 372)

Monroe College, Teaching (153, 224, 22)

BYU-Hawaii SL Campus, Zarahemla (71, 162, 26)

Midstate College eLearning, Midstate College eLearning (60, 53, 48)

EICCD Virtual Campus, EICCD Virtual Campus (119, 68, 24) http://www.eicc.edu/

College of Staten Island, Fishermans Cove (239, 22, 21)

Texas State University - San Mar, Bobcat Village (128, 67, 26)

American Library Association - M, ALA Island (127, 115, 28)

UCLA Library, Cybrary City (231, 109, 24)

Ohio University Second Life Camp, Ohio University (20, 38, 24)

Education UK Island, Education UK (229, 37, 21)

Penn State World Campus, PSU World Campus (211, 175, 27)

Dembe's New Home in Active Worlds

Active Worlds

http://www.scicentr.org
http://wiki.activeworlds.com

Google Maps in SL

Hospital of the Future

A Second Life on Second Life

Second Life for Education PPT

Came across this on http://www.slideshare.net.

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Code Name Reynard?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7274377.stm

The above is a news article from the BBC on Marcg 3rd, 2008.

"The US government has begun a project to develop ways to spot terrorists who are using virtual worlds." To read more about this go to the above web links. :-) It personally sounds a little far fetched to Dembe. :-)

So, I this too much? SL Music Videos?

Hospital Takes Its Grand Opening To Second Life

http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206801783

Above is an article in information week that is a must read. It was published on 2/25/08.

A new state-of-the art medical center due to open in San Diego in 2011 had its virtual grand opening three years early on the Internet-based Second Life.

Looks like a great SL place to visit. :-)

Regards,
Dembe

Penn State Gaming Commons

http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/gaming/taxonomy/term/5?page=5

Above is the link to the Penn State Gaming Commons. This is a very cool site and a must check out for anyone interested in virtual worlds.

Regards,
Dembe

CBS SL News Video - New Life in CyberSpace

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3547970n

Visit the above link to watch a great video on how SL has changed disabled adults lifes.

" New Life In Cyberspace Tracy Smith visits a woman with multiple sclerosis and a group of disabled adults who have created new lives in the online virtual world called Second Life."

Regards,
Dembe

The Second Life Cable Network

The Second Life Cable Network has arrived. To view SL shows got to http://slcn.tv/ for your daily listing of shows and times. :-) Hum, I wonder if there is be a SLED Cable Network? Sure knows the talent is out there for one.

Regards,
Dembe

The EduBLog - Best Use of Virtual World 2007

http://edublogawards.com/2007/best-educational-use-of-a-virtual-world-2007/

Use the above link to cast your vote for this one. :-) It is not an easy decision.

Regards,

Dembe :-)

Update from Dembe

Hello,

I have been working on a lot of technology projects and quiet for about a month on this blog, but am currently compiling information and resources to post regarding SL.

For research and SL site information and those of you whom can not wait for the post, please visit my delicious account: http://del.icio.us/dembe01/sl It has almost all my SL weblinks.

Many of you have been trying to contact Dembe in-world, she has been using her alt the past month to get her work done. Those of you that know her alt are welcome to contact me that way for the next month.

Regarding posting comments on this blog, this is the best way to reach her. It is a moderated blog. Nothing posts automatically. I do this because I will not post anything against another persons blog or information or research I list as a resource. I also do not delete it, but I never post it out of respect for others work. So, if you wish to reach me, then you must post in the comments and give a way for me to get back to you. I had a hotmail account set up especially for Dembe, it is maxed out with messages in a couple of months and it was deleted by hotmail months ago.

In addition, since this is a blog - definition a web log. This is my notes and log for educational benefits of SL. Other educators are free to use it as a resource or as they wish. The same goes for my Wiki and other democratic resources. If it was copyrighted, I would post it on a website that I own and copyright it, not place it on a blog or a wiki. My work is reporting of locations and information about educational uses for SL to get it out in a quick way to mass amounts of people, especially those that I work with in the k-24 population. You have my permission to reprint anything of the information I post and find on the internet regards to SL resources. There is no reason to contact me for permission. However, if it is explicit information about another site, you need to contact those site individuals. Dembe is in SL for educational possibilities for educators, professional development and learning. However, not all educators are in SL for no money benefit. Some people view it as a way to make money, which seems to contradict education. Therefore, check with them for permission if you use their materials explicitly and in detail when you can determine who is the original author. Which is not always easy.


Finally, since this is a blog and my notes, I do not cite in APA, nor am I required to since it is a web log or journal for SL of mine. I follow the guidelines and requests set by the SLED Educators Network and Second Life Rules. I will not post real names or SL names of any projects, websites, blogs or wikis on my Puritans Guide Blog (PG-SL). The only reference will be to web pages as a reference to respect other educators hard work and also to respect the wishes expresed by SLED and Linden Labs. The only exception I make is for educators in SL I personally know in RL, have worked with and can prove who they are and have their explicit permission regarding who they are and to post their names. I hope you all respect this and understand this. It is not to share who you are, but to protect identity over the vulnerable internet. If you choose to share who you are over your internet site, then they can find out who you are from your site through my link. Please be assured Dembe will always give credit by posting for information obtained, websites of great locations for educational uses, as well as highlight these websites monthly on the blog, but only through posting a weblink to the resource - no real or SL names.

Regards till my next post,
Dembe

CNN To Launch Bureau in Second Life Virtual World

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003664297

AN October 29th article in Media Week announced CNN's plan to launch a bureau in SL. "In the week of Nov. 5, the news giant is set to open a news-gathering outpost in Second Life. And unlike news service Reuters, which embedded a real reporter in the online virtual world last year, CNN will rely on Second Life “residents” to do all the legwork."

For more on this story go to the above link.

Regards till my next post,
Dembe;-)

The First PHD totally Inworld????

Check out Derek's September 21st posting - this means that there is now a PhD program that is offered totally in world from Victoria University!

http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/

Regards,
Dembe