DATE: Aug 26 WORKSHOP: Pack your Curiosity and GO! Part 2 PRESENTER: Demb Oh DESCRIPTION: 3 trips, 9 teachers, 36 students, and the adventure of a lifetime! From Cape Town to Johannesburg, and then on to the African bush, come see what happened to STAR Discovery Educators as they journeyed around the world and used [...]
Image by krossbow via Flickr Last night we gave an introduction to hunts in Second Life. These hunts are great for several reasons: Gives you a reason to explore more of the creative sims and builds in Second Life. You get free things from different designers. These can include clothing, hair, shapes, skin, furniture and [...]
Image via Wikipedia You become the predator, the hunter/huntress. You’re goal is to stalk your prey by using your eyes and your wits. You follow your prey clue after clue with each one comes a little reward but you want more. Team up to make it easier and more fun or go the hunt alone [...]
Image by Sue Waters via Flickr On Wednesday, July 8 we invited educators to come reflect and share their NECC 09 experiences. Below you will find snippets of the very active conversation. If any of these items trigger a response or you want add to any of the conversation, please leave a comment. Valaina Shepherd: [...]
Image by krossbow via Flickr On behalf of the DEN in SL, I want to thank everyone that came by and said hi throughout the conference. Also thank you to everyone that attended our Bring Your Own Laptop session. It was great fun. We had the following winners at our session. Each of these people [...]
Hair Fair Landmarks Yes sometimes it all boils down to great hair. The link above takes you to a blog I read and the author has gracioulsy made it easy to visit many if not all of the hair designers present at the Hair Fair. If you find the links useful make sure you comment [...]
Image by krossbow via Flickr This post is to let everyone know that with the recent Leadership Council election process we have had some changes to the Discovery Educator Network in Second Life Leadership Council (DEN in SL LC). Our blog chair – Laelia Laval will be taking a much needed breather and becoming a [...]
Last night at the 2DP auditorium DEN members were treated to a review and preview of changes to Discovery Education products by Smellslike Magic (Mike Bryant). Here is a brief list what all you missed. Siemens Agents of Change winners have been announced but this program is expanding and you can start right now getting [...]
We took a little shopping trip in Second Life. Here are the stops we made. The Freebie Dungeon http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ello/127/191/82 The Gnubie Store at Powder Mill http://slurl.com/secondlife/Powder%20Mill/121/142/35 Grendel’s Children http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avaria%20Tor/147/137/301 Style Starts Here http://slurl.com/secondlife/Style%20Starts%20Here/119/130/29 Redgrave http://slurl.com/secondlife/REDGRAVE%20Womens%20Fashion/242/208/24 Blaze http://slurl.com/secondlife/Blaze/68/118/23 Naughty Beach Mall http://slurl.com/secondlife/Naughty/78/154/24 Do [...]
The Discovery Educator Network had great time with the Dog Sled Race at the Winter Wonderland provided by dAlliez Estates. Thunder Insippo was the big winner with the fastest time. Apophene Singh showed off some of his winter finery. This was all made possible by the DEN in SL’s JessieMarie Flanagan. Thank you all for [...]
Remember today is the Edublog Award Ceremony. So put on your best clothes and come for the awards show and stay for the party after! The event is scheduled for: * GMT/UTC: 11pm, Saturday 20 Dec 2008 * AEST: 10am, Sunday 21 Dec 2008 * SLT: 3pm, Saturday 20 Dec 2008 Find out more info [...]
» Best Educational Tech Support Edublog 2008 The Edublog Awards I’ll admit that this category, Best Education Tech Support Edublog 2008, LOADED with great blogs. But just in case any of the nominees in this category actually read anything that I write, I owe literally my entire experience with my professional and personal learning network [...]
» Best Teacher Edublog 2008 The Edublog Awards It is with pleasure that I encourage you to to head over to the Edublog Awards and place a vote for DEN member Vicki Davis’ blog “The Cool Cat Teacher” in the category of Best Teacher Edublog 2008. This list is massive and it randomizes for each [...]
Last night was filled with information. So much so it was hard to fit it in to just 1 hour. Clio Jacobus , Jennifer Dorman in real life, gave us an evening of lots of great information that was helpful to people just starting out in building their network and also some great management tools [...]
» Best Class Edublog 2008 The Edublog Awards It is with pleasure that I encourage you to to head over to the Edublog Awards and place a vote for Dave Kootman’s blog “Mr. Kootman’s Class” in the category of Best Class Edublog 2008. Also share this list with your colleagues that might not read blogs. [...]
» Best Individual Edublog 2008 The Edublog Awards It is with pleasure that I encourage you to to head over to the Edublog Awards and place a vote for Jennifer Dorman’s blog Cliotech in the category of Best Individual Edublog 2008. It’s quite a list and the names randomize with each click so search through [...]
OH! The possibilities! Last night it was our extreme pleasure to have Macsmom Alcott (Jennifer Wagner, RL) present at the DEN in SL. Macsmom covered so much territory let me try to hit the points that I took away from the presentation and conversation. Be a joiner. Projects can take as little time or as [...]
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Wowie kazowie! If you weren’t able to join us last night, you missed a great presentation that included field trips to places in Second Life that I have never seen before. Spiff Whitfield introduced many of us to The Virtual Pioneers. They are a group located on sim Lighthouse Learning in the Wnyric building. They [...]
Splash for Trash: International Cleanup Day Get your diving gear and wet suits out because the DEN in SL is going back to DIVE WORLD. To help raise awareness of Splash for Trash on September 20th in REAL LIFE, the DEN in SL along with PADI are going to host a virtual world cleanup on [...]
DATE: SUNDAY September 7, 2008 WORKSHOP:Wild and Wonderful Second Life Photos PRESENTER: Riptide Furse DESCRIPTION: This is not a beginners workshop. Meet right on time so you can be whisked away to a place to show off your SL picture-taking skills. During this time you will learn how to easily get the best colors and [...]
We have quite a bit going on for Shark Week. Our raffle ball is back! This time it is loaded with stuff. We have 5 different tshirts specially designed for the DEN in SL Shark Week event. Collect all 5. Remember the raffle ball goes off every 11 minutes and awards a random prize to [...]
Take a bite out of Shark Week. Don’t miss an episode! We are very excited about Shark Week and have planned several activities at the DEN in SL. http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/sharkweek.html What do Whale Sharks, Hammerheads, Mako Sharks and teachers have in common? They can all be seen at the DEN in Second Life “Swim with Sharks [...]
Congratulations to those of you who have participated in our DEN at NECC 2008 Raffle. We’ve given away almost L$500 in just two days and you still have another day of chances. Keep in mind that the more people that are there, the more money that can be won. The prize goes for each avatar [...]
As a lead up to NECC ISTE and TCEA hosted a social with line dancing and bull riding. It was great fun with many of the top spots for the bull riding being held by DEN members.
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