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Golgie ça devrait t´interesser. Conference pour educateurs SL:

Wednesday, March 25 from 12-1pm PST
"Educational Implications of Mixed-age Versus Age-segregated Virtual Worlds."
(Teleport link:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Foundations/121/241/36)

Golgie´celle ci est pour nous connaissances bien comme pour connaitre des gens. Je sus dejá inscrit, serait important que tu viennes:

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We’re gathering “In-World" and you are invited to join us!

Representatives from hundreds of educational institutions and related fields will gather in Second Life for a three-day global conference March 27-29 to demonstrate the potential that virtual worlds offer to transform education and how students of today and tomorrow can become active participants in their learning (see release below).

Many of the presenters in the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (http://wiki.vwbpe.org/index.php?title=Main_Page) are involved in existing education groups in Second Life and/or have established campuses, libraries and course-related projects for university and K-12 students in virtual world spaces.

This is the largest education conference of its kind organized to take place completely “in-world,” with more than 70 presentations planned over the course of three days. Presenters are from Canada, U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Portugal, France, UK, Spain, etc. Students from The Open University, Harvard, Texas State, and Stanford are just a few of the many universities and colleges that have virtual education environments on Second Life, where students can meet, attend classes, and create content together. (http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/education-use-virtual-world)

For additional information , please visit: (http://www.vwbpe.org)

For interviews and information on how you can participate in or cover this conference, please contact:

Marty Keltz, (SL: marty snowpaw) Vice-Chair Programming, VWBPE
1+416-587-3381
Marty.Keltz@gmail.com


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ARE VIRTUAL WORLDS THE CLASSROOMS OF THE FUTURE?



2009 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) Bringing together Educators from around the World in Second Life, March 27-29.

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March 17, 2009 -- Virtual world educational environments may not replace real classrooms (yet), but they are becoming integral to the future of education, say the organizers of the 2009 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (www.vwbpe.org) to be held in Second Life, March 27-29. Conference keynote speakers and panels will focus on how virtual world environments can help today’s learners become all they can be and build the work force of tomorrow.



“We are a global grass roots community that is collaborating and co-sharing knowledge about the role of virtual world environments in education today,” said, Marlene Brooks of Memorial University, CA (Zana Kohime, SL) program chair of the conference. “Our goal at the conference in Second Life is to use virtual worlds as the centerpiece for discussion of the questions that impact all of our futures: What is education? What is teaching? What is learning?”



The three-day conference will be an opportunity for virtual communities from around the world to showcase projects, courses, events, and present research that lead to best practices in education. From presentations on the architecture of designing a virtual classroom and campus to projects that engage middle school students with math, science and languages to the award-winning 3D-Wiki technology created in Second Life used to design a medical clinic in Nepal, the VWBPE conference is dedicated to furthering the creation of innovative, interactive and immersive environments.



Keynote speakers (see attached list) and panelists for the conference represent a wide range of institutions, leading universities as well as K-12 school systems that use Second Life as part of their educational programs.



The Virtual World Best Practices in Education (VWPBE) conference originated from the 2007 Second Life Best Practices in Education Conference. Educators are one of the most vibrant and growing groups in Second Life with an outreach to more than 6,000 SL residents.



For additional information and interviews, please contact;

Marty Keltz (Marty Snowpaw, SL, Vice-Chair, Program Committee)

1-416-587-3381

Email: marty.keltz@gmail.com



To register, please visit: http://vwbpe09.eventbrite.com Registration is free to all conference attendees.

This weekend Janita Collins (SL) and I will be visiting Wired Island. Guest tour guide Kestral Karas (SL) will lead us through a fascinating set of builds that make up the Shawnee State University's SL Campus and the OVITA (Ohio Valley Interactive Technology Alliance) Department of Labor funded WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) initiative.

This unique project combines higher education, industry, economic/ecological sustainability and immersive technology to support the Ohio Valley transform itself into a leader in the 21 century.

And there's some really cool educational stuff there!

Join us Sunday at ISTE Island Headquarters
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/93/83/30
Please arrive early to collect tour materials and prepare for a prompt 9 AM SLT departure.
The tour will take one hour.

Esme

--
Esme Qunhua/Jane Wilde

> Hello,
>
> The SLOODLE team is thrilled to announce our latest release including a Quicktime presenter, a postcard blogging tool and refinements throughout which make this the most stable and thoroughly documented version yet.
>
> We are hosting demonstration sessions this Wednesday to explain the new features. Immediately afterward we will have an "install party" where experts will show how the tools function and how you can put them to work immediately.
>
> These meetings are:
>
> o) Wednesday April 8, during the afternoon and evening Second Life time
> - 2-3:30pm SLT (10-11:30pm GMT)
> - 8-9:30pm SLT (4-5:30am GMT)
>
> o) Located near the SLOODLE Island TP point:
> http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sloodle/128/128
> (greeters and signs will lead the way)
>
> To prepare for the interactive workshop portion of the event, you are welcome to register for the 0.4 launch demo course:
> http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=49
> (Click on "Create new account" on the bottom right of the login screen)
>
> Key features for 0.4:
>
> - Presenter: Uses the Quicktime channel to send images, video and web-pages to your audience. You build shows on the Web and control them in SL. Eliminates fees for uploading image textures and also allows for creative collaborations on the Web before the show begins. (new for 0.4)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVrd4V6KjHM
>
> - Postcard blogger: Students mail SL postcards to the LMS, which automatically converts the photos and text into blog posts. Great for scavenger hunt assignments. (new for 0.4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiXrXA1A_ok
>
> - WebIntercom: Synchronizes live chat in-world with the LMS chatroom and stores chat transcripts on the Web. Students may participate from the web with certified Section 508-compliant controls. Tested on iPhones!
>
> - Toolbar: Heads-up-display sends blog posts to the LMS, lets students animate their avatar and lists nearby authenticated classmates
>
> - Quiz Chair: Turns multi-choice quizzes into a fun physical simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqfBRfwkkrQ
>
> - Pile-on Quiz: A multi-user quiz game show for groups of students
>
> - Prim Drop: Accepts prim objects and logs transactions in the LMS
>
> - MetaGloss: Query the course glossary from in-world. Good for illustrating lectures with stored text descriptions
>
> - Choice: Give a survey and show results in 3D charts
>
> - Vending Machine: Place your handouts and objects in the tool and then distribute the objects remotely from the Web or students may collect objects with their avatar.
>
> - Administrative tools: Allow direct avatar-to-LMS account authentication. You will know who your students are and only they will have access to your tools. Enables graded activities and cuts down on confusion with avatar names and griefing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhXdUUVNiWI
>
> All of these tools are documented here:
> http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl/index.php/SloodleUserDocs
>
> What is SLOODLE?
>
> SLOODLE is an Open Source project which integrates the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life with the Moodle learning-management system.
>
> SLOODLE provides a range of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world; tools which are integrated with a tried and tested leading web-based learning management system.
>
> The SLOODLE project online home is at http://www.sloodle.org, where you'll find news and discussion forums, the blog, and many more resources.
>
> --The Sloodle team: Peter Bloomfield, Edmund Edgar, Jeremy Kemp, Daniel Livingstone, Paul G. Preibisch, Gia Rossini, Chris Surridge
>
> SLOODLE is funded and supported by Eduserv and hosted by SJSU School of Library & Information Science. All code is available for free and is licensed under GNU GPL.

> Hi folks, our weekly research discussion is on at the usual time and place, Monday 20th at 1400 SLT. This week Sharon Collingwood of Ohio State University will speak on 'When Second Life Hands You Lemons'. 'Abstract: Those of us teaching regular classes in Second Life have had the experience of having a planned activity derailed by a rolling restart, voice problems or lag issues. In this seminar we'll talk about how an open attitude to these inconveniences can result in a creative learning experience, for both teacher and student.'
>
> As always TP and details are at http://vwresearchersgroup.pbwiki.com/Meeting-Schedule-and-Transcripts and in SL search/events .. See you there, -Greg, http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/gwadley

Before you set out to create any new materials you might want to check theSecond Life blog where they have just launched a new Quickstart Guide

http://www.scribd.com/doc/14427744/Second-Life-Quickstart-Guide

Only seven pages long and seems to cover pretty much everything you'd needto get started.

> Let me translate Sabine's note about free Moodle hosting and offer a free tutorial on the topic:
>
> 1) It is now possible to setup a pretty powerful support tool for free that will let you structure interactive content from the Web for viewing inside Second Life.
>
> 2) These tools are very useful even if you are not at a Moodle institution.
>
> 3) With a free Moodle host like Freehostia combined with a Second Life tools plugin called "Sloodle" it is possible to:
> - Show hundreds of slides, videos and websites without paying texture upload fees
> - Capture SL chat to the web for live reading in a 508-accessible format
> - Accept student submissions of Prim objects and grade them on the Web
> - Have students blog from within SL to the classroom blog tool
> - Upload hundreds of quiz questions for fun practice inside SL
> - Access glossary definitions by keyword inside SL
> - Automatically translate avatar names to REAL student names inside SL
> - Animate avatars with a gestures toolbar
>
> 4) You can set this up in about 30 minutes with tools freely available using Free Hostia and documented here: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl/index.php/SLOODLE
>
> 5) We are offering a seminar this Friday night 8-9:30pm using Elluminate Web conferencing software:
> https://nexus.sjsu.edu:443/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1240297703123
> - The password is "password" without the quotes
>
> The session will cover SLOODLE basics (How does it work?!) as well as the steps necessary to have a free site up and running in about an hour.
>
> (Our work is supported by Eduserv Foundation in the UK and San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science.)
>
> --Jeremy Kemp

We are offering a seminar this Friday night 8-9:30pm using Elluminate Web conferencing software:
> https://nexus.sjsu.edu:443/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1240297703123
> - The password is "password" without the quotes
>
> The session will cover SLOODLE basics (How does it work?!) as well as the steps necessary to have a free site up and running in about an hour.

Hello,
>
> The Web seminar about free hosting with Sloodle is open to SLED subscribers, starts at 8pm SL time and will be recorded for later review.
>
> View this preview of the session: https://nexus.sjsu.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1240297703123_1240337210777
> Password is "password" without quotes.
>
> Friday, April 24 at 8pm SLT, access the session here:
> https://nexus.sjsu.edu:443/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1240297703123
> Password is "password" without quotes.
>
> --Jeremy Kemp
>
> (Play a Recording instructions)
>
> To play a recording, follow the steps below:
>
> 1. Click on the Recordings tab. The Recordings page will appear.
> 2. Click on the name of the desired recording in the Recording Name column.
> * If the recorded meeting had a password (and you are not currently logged in as the meeting creator), a Login page will appear. Enter the meeting password and click on the Play button. The Recording Details page will then appear and the recording download will begin.
> * If the meeting had no password, the Recording Details page will appear and the recording download will begin.
> 3. On some browsers, a File Download (meeting.jnlp) window may appear before the recording can begin downloading. Respond with Open or OK.
> 4. Your browser may also present you with a Java Security Warning window. Respond Yes to the dialog.
> 5. Wait a few seconds and you will be launched into the Elluminate Live! recording