Yesterday, Tony O'Driscoll , Matthew Monahan and I gave an ASTD Webinar on the topic of Second Life. We talked about ... webinar called Simple vs Complex Spaces . Tom has written a great deal on Second Life and innovative learning content ... WebEx (not ideal but it worked) and about 15 or so people attending within Second Life. The two different platforms and not using Voice in Second Life made it a little unfair for the SL attendees, I am hoping they were listening via WebEx ... Administration's island in Second Life and experienced a full blown Tsunami (virtually). If you attended, please let me ...

... checking out our island and looking at all the educational benefits of a 3D world like Second Life. You can read a little more about the tour in TechSpectives:Second Life in Education blog entry. During the tour I "took some pictures" and ... A few days ago, I presented a webinar titled " Second Life in Education " for NETWORKS which is is a National Science Foundation Resource Center that is focused on the advancement of semiconductor, automated manufacturing, and electronics education. NETWORKS has a Digital Repository that contains classroom ready resources that are current, relevant, ...

... test their students can use Second Life in a number of ways. Blogs and Websites --Turn to these blogs for tips, services and tools when setting up a learning space in Second Life. Examples of Second Life in Education --Follow these real-life Second Life projects from Stanford, Harvard Law School and even a New York middle school to start your own studies or get students of all ages involved in Second Life. More Tips and Ideas-- From Campus: Second Life to designing ... and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life . Actually, it is really a listing of great SL resources and ...

See my post today over at the Training Day blog . The post is titled Second Life: It's Everywhere. Please feel free to leave a comment on the blog explaining how you use technology to extend your classes. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Recently, I received a some really good questions related specifically to Second Life but primarily are about virtual ... many educators have related to the social networks and Second Life. 1) Kids use these "places" like Second Life ... : Students Actually Use the Internet for Education. 2) Currently, it seems that much of the Second Life work is more ... starting to publish some research articles and case studies about Second Life but it is still relatively new. Although, I ... and then study the results. One school doing a lot of "actual work" in the area of Second Life is Ohio State. Check ...

Scott Merrick (also check out Scott's SecondLife Blog ) runs the ISTE's Blogger's Hut in Second Life. Scott's ... before I got Scott's email telling me I'd been nominated as Blog-O'-the-Month. How kind! If you spend any time in Second Life, all November visiting avatars will have the opportunity to click on the polling object in the Hut and vote for a blog to be featured throughout the next month in the RSS feed located within the hut. Stop by the Blogger's Hut at http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/6/129/22, to vote! The Blog-o'-the-Month for November is Dr.

... simulation hosted within Second Life. He's also working in collaboration with the nursing school at nearby Centralia ... which reproduce life-threatening conditions in a safe ‘virtual' environment. I've written about Second Life before and it seems to me with the work of simulation pioneers like John Miller, the potential of Second Life as a simulator are being slowly unveiled. I contacted John Miller in Second Life (his avatar's name is JS Vavoom) and he let me ... out John Miller's nursing simulator but you don't have a Second Life account? No worries! John has made a video tour ...

The i-web Singularity Redux that at Virtual Worlds III this week the announcement was made that Second Life has worked out a deal with IBM to move Second Life behind the IBM corporate firewall. If this can be a standard business practice for Second Life (living behind corporate firewalls) it is a removal of a huge obstacle for entry into 3D worlds for many ... been interest in using Second Life for business. For most corporations, though, it's been too insecure, lacking the ... its own sections of the Second Life Grid behind a firewall, allowing the company's users to come and go between ...

... interesting article 'Another Life' of both Jay and Tony in eLearn magazine. With an added bonus to the Second Life - Moodle ... is involved in education with developing countries, Second Life seems far off. On the other hand new technologies get ... of 'scouts' within the institute to try out the Second Life environment, make a network and brainstorm about educational ... Jay Cross walsed me to an corporate blog entry of Tony O'Driscoll . The podcast of Thomas Malone (June 2007) talks about the important shift to more freedom for future workers. Tony O'D is comparing it to the shift towards ...

If you were running a business and your clientele rose from 3 million to 11 million in just one year, then people would be buzzing about you too. That's what has occurred on Second Life (SL) in the 2007 calendar year . Maybe there's been some buzz about Second Life (SL) in distance education circles for awhile now but the massive increase in users is fueling some new excitement. If anyone is clueless about SL, a quick read of the wikipedia article on the subject would be useful before continuing on with this blog post. I have been a casual SL user for the last couple ...

The Second Life wiki of the NMC campus Second Life, and virtual worlds in general, are high on the hype curve this ... it has a place for e-Learning. Second Life is an easy target for shoot-from-the-hip media articles, and it's proponents ... participants will share the experiences and lessons learned from the New Media Consortium's activities in Second Life, starting in ... Life education landowner (50+ sims). In this session, you will learn: * An inside look at Second Life culture and ... interaction and creativity in Second Life * How an organization can effectively conduct meetings and events in ...

... shooting. Art Galleries of Second Life - there are 92 galleries listed here. I'm expecting some are real life photos/art some are second life photos/art Fotohacker - "a one stop shop for all the cool stuff happening in the rapidly ... last long weekend of the summer was full of heat and sun. That's been rare here this year in Ontario. For Blog Day this year I thought I would find other blogs that match (and surpass) my other blog's focus - Photography. I'm no expert by any means. I just enjoy taking photos. Here are 5 new blogs I've come across where the photos and the ...

... mostly because I'm much more focused on my personal life and the many transitions I'm handling there. If I were to blog it ... of like Second Life in how open the environment is, but there are challenges and a bit of a story woven into that keep it a game. Plus, swimming around with whales is really cool. So. This is me trying to get my blogging energy back. ... who don't interject their personal lives into their blogs (ala Cathy Moore as reported to Michelle Martin ), then I don't think I'll make that list. Which is fine. Really. Blogging's not a contest... But personally, I like ...

Today, I came across a posting by David Holloway known in Second Life as Lowell Cremorne (Pictured below.) David is the Founder and Editor of The Metaverse Journal . David/Lowell took some time and expanded on my recent blog entry Questions About Second Life . Check out his take on the questions at Study: Students' Social Systems Support Successes . I think you'll find the answers interesting and it is always good to get multiple perspectives when seeking knowledge. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

The line between real life and the virtual world of Second Life just keeps getting blurrier and blurrier. This article on the Rolling Stone blog titled "Second Life" Bluesman Gets Record Deal in Real Life describes how a ... performances on alternate computer universe Second Life. Von Johin is believed to be the first artist signed to a contract ... Johin also plays a weekly virtual concert on Second Life, which brought him to the attention of scouts from Reality ... signing at Second Life Bluesman Gets First-Life Recording Contract Here are a couple videos of his work. Have a look ...

... great blog posting from the Business Communicators of Second Life Blog : Virtual/RealWorld Custom Manufacturing ... issue of APICS Magazine ... There is a Second Life factory called the Double Happiness Jeans factory. The factory ... Second Life and has no physical assets or inventory. The only place the factory exists is in a virtual, three-dimensional world known as Second Life. The virtual factory creates real-world products using Second Life to design and customize ... jeans enter the real world through a printing process. The data gathered in the Second Life software production ...

Tony O'Driscoll explaining his "Seven Sensibilities of 3D Worlds" in Second Life class on MSIT Island . If one of your New Year's Resolutions is to learn more about 3D worlds, check out the workshop being done by Tony O'Driscoll who recently joint the ranks of academia. You can learn more about Tony's workshop on his blog at Save the Date: Feb 2 and 3 Workshop at Training . If you are planning on being there, I suggest you take the time to attend his workshop, it will be excellent and informative and give you an entirely new perspective on 3D learning. Here is a brief description ...

... presentation or Upload your own. (tags: second life ) 2) Bart took some great notes on the presentation. You can see them at his blog entry Karl Kapp Visit . 3) I presented virtually at the Eduverse symposium held in De ... One of the things that I love about the Internet (Cue the violins) is the life that presentations and information after the live presentation is over and begins to fade from memory. Because we now have blogs, wikis, podcasting and Web 2.0 ... longer shelf-life is exciting and reminds me of an old saying. If I have a penny and you have a penny and we ...

... flipping virtual switches in the virtual world of Second Life. The University of Maryland simulated a highway emergency ... after the person watches them being manufactured in the virtual world of Second Life. (see Virtual Jeans=Real Jeans ... Calling a meeting to order...sort of. The other day, a blog reader sent me an email asking about Immersive Learning and wanted some information about what it meant and how it is being used. So, here are some interesting facts ... €œsecond life", but not necessarily in Second Life." The use of virtual worlds as learning platforms is hitting the ...

I just read through a great post by Rich Hoeg which talks about his learning around Second Life. A few of the things he points you to: Wikipedia article on Second Life Harvard Course that uses Second Life (prior post ) Overview of course and link to intro Second Life Video Lectures Course Wiki A Second Education - A blog dedicated to education in a Second Life Educational Opportunities of Second Life - Educause How Not to Teach in Second Life - An interview with the Second Life founder These are great resources and will likely open your eyes a bit. I ...

... versions of real life. For a complete review of the product check out the review by Jose C Gomez in his blog entry Google Lively Review on his blog josecgomez.com Rather than a platform for 3D training and adventure, the product ...

ID Stadium which is used for in-world presentations. Today I am presenting a webinar titled " Second Life in ... basics of Second Life and how it can be used in educational settings effectively. To help emphasize my point, here are ... Second Life created by students. Interactive science lab created by a team at Ohio State through NSF funding. To really get immersed in Second Life, attend this U2inSL Concert...not the real thing but close. Here are some links to other information and resources: Here is the video for the Second Life office ...

Second Life and training here Kevin Shadix - Shady Learning Blog Kapp Notes: Think Virtual Worlds: Not Second ... This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is: Second Life Training? More ... within Second Life? If you were to develop a training island in Second Life, what kind of environment and artifacts would ... - Virtual Worldly Second Life et al Bill Brantley - Using Second Life for Online Classes 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life Mick Leyden - Can we possibly use Second Life? G-Cube - e-Learning ...

Second Life and training here Kevin Shadix - Shady Learning Blog Kapp Notes: Think Virtual Worlds: Not Second ... This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is: Second Life Training? More ... within Second Life? If you were to develop a training island in Second Life, what kind of environment and artifacts would ... - Virtual Worldly Second Life et al Bill Brantley - Using Second Life for Online Classes 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life Mick Leyden - Can we possibly use Second Life? G-Cube - e-Learning ...

Linden Labs (the company behind Second Life.) For example an island is analogous to a server. Bart mentioned that many people are doing prototyping and product development in Second Life, people are doing education and training ... supporting Bart's presentation at his blog called Talk at Bloomsburg University . __ Recommended Games and ...

I still don't have a real purpose for Second Life yet. But I'm getting asked more questions about it. Interestingly, as soon as I sent my boss an invite to meander through Second Life with me, my feed reader explodes with stuff on Lively, Google's Second Life style ap. There are a couple of features I like right off the bat. - I can build my own ... nearly as much memory as the Second Life download. Navigation is also more intuitive than second life (though I'll admit ... evil kitty? - We can use meaningful names for our avatars. - I can embed the room into my web page (or blog).

And here are some helpful links for those who attended the webinar and anyone else who may be interested. Second Life Session (list of links to blog entries I've done about Second Life and 3D Worlds) Learning Archetypes for 3D Worlds ... consuming. So using the video of Skype on one computer and the world of Second Life on another, I gave a tour of MSIT ... .) Second Life for Your Health __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets ... This morning, I had a great time giving a presentation to a group over in the UK via a mash up of Skype and Second ...

Learning Gets a Second Life Presenter: Anders Gronstedt, Gronstedt Group Digital natives spend more time playing video ... (Cisco for example) Weekly meetings in Second Life. - Sound now available in second life!!!! Can express self through ... figure it out. - Have seen emergency responder training in 2nd life. Second Life and Training - 1200 educational ... helping instructors do this. - Second life has own scripting language - Most of this is one-time development. A ... where we all learn from everyone. (Web 2.0) - See in wikis, blogs and podcasts Podcasting on the go - there is ...

... search his blog archives, as he writes about Second Life often. I know I have readers with a lot more experience in ... Elena at Lively Learning posted some comments about Second Life for education in response to my liveblogging of the TCC Keynote Why do we need a Second Life? (Her original post is in Russian; the Google translation gave me enough ... ’ve mentioned about last year’s introduction to second life - is possible to find it somewhere? Second Life is ... , there seem to be lots of free online tools available. I’ve bookmarked a few Second Life resources ...

In the corporate learning conference organised by George Siemens, Steve Mahaley was second to give a presentation on using virtual worlds for education. Education was defined in this presentation as a corporate business strategy to optimize work. Steve gave some examples of education in virtual worlds (he used the Second Life environment). One of his examples was on having a teaming exercise in SL. He looked at possible benefits of virtual world education. Based on his ... mentioned that they could not blog or go to virtual environments from their office. Which meant that most of them were ...