So, I thought only technical problems could occur in Maine (see week five post). Not true. Here in my hometown the internet failed me. Luckily after some frantic struggling I was able to get online. No wonder they call it the “bleeding edge.” After the technical difficulties, the class took a wonderful tour of Virtual […]
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Leave a Comment (12) →Over at Money.com, they have a great article called Real $3.1M mansion causes a virtual stir. To quote the beginning of the article “Flipping through the real estate section is so yesterday — touring an exact replica of a home for sale in Second Life is what’s in store tomorrow.” Is your training so yesterday? […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Here is the video of my Keynote address from the 2007 NCTT Annual Summer Conference. The topic is Games and the Gamer Generation. It provides information and some facts about the boomer/gamer knowledge gap and what can be done to bridge that gap. It is conveniently broken into four learning chunks for your viewing enjoyment. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Ok, so one assumes that technology is easy to use and that it is everywhere. I was going to Maine for a few days, check out internet cafe’s and places to get online. I found one, scouted it out the day before, scouted it our 2 hours before class in teh parking lot to make […]
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Leave a Comment (21) →Christy Tucker over at Experiencing E-learning has tagged me for another meme. First I will refer to the last meme in which I was tagged for 5 exciting facts about me. Then I will add three additional facts for the required total of eight random facts. Enjoy these little known tidbits… Here is a link […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Over at Learning Simulations, Phil Charron has written an entry about Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. You can read what he has to say in his entry by the same title of the book, Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. I do some work with his company from time-to-time and so I sent him […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some thoughts I have about designing a 3D learning event…please add other thoughts…I am working on a paper about designing learning events for 3D worlds and welcome input from others concerning the proper design for these types of learning events. Prior to Class Make sure everyone can access the 3D world prior to […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Erika, our guide for ProtoSphere, talks to the group. This week’s class proved to be exciting as we got a guided tour of ProtoSphere from Erika of ProtonMedia, used the VOIP in Second Life and had a group challenge where teams of students (dressed as fire fighters) cleaned up make believe chemical spills in teams […]
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Leave a Comment (19) →Part of learning is expanding your mind and understanding different perspectives or points of view. One extremely effective way of doing that is to “walk a mile in the other person’s shoes” in other words…experience life as the other person does. This is sometimes much easier said than done since adopting another’s view point can […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →If you have been following the Second Life class I have been conducting this summer you know that one of the assignments is to create a Machinimia Project explaining some part of Second Life. The complete assignment can be found on the Assignment Page of the MSIT Second Life wiki. One student has already completed […]
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