Though we ain’t foolin’ — Riptide Furse will be presenting, ‘Newbie 201 Shopping in Second Life’. We’ll briefly cover the ins and outs of shopping in Second Life. What’s the difference between shape and skin? Know that a fat pack is something to find not lose. How to open the boxes or shopping bags and get [...]
This is a first. I’m speechless and I don’t know where to begin. Should I start with the fact that half the amphitheater was missing? Nah. We told everyone we were going for the ‘Open Air’ look since Spring had sprung on Friday. Should I start with the fact that the presenter kept crashing for the [...]
Let’s just put it this way, when it involves Apophene Singh ( Hall Davidson in Real Life) we JUST KNOW it’s gonna be interesting! LOL And this time it’s no different. The date of the workshop has changed from Wednesday, March 25th to Monday, March 23rd. The time has changed back to normal, that would [...]
We had a great group of educators present for the Wednesday Workshop March 18 entitled “Virtually Real? Reflections of an Online Teacher”. Celestia Cazalet talked about the things she has learned during her first year of being an online educator. She also gave information about how to find opportunities to become online teachers (there is [...]
Please join us on Wednesday, March 25th as Hall Davidson presents, “Ten Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Video Clips–and Two You Did”. Hall will present on Web 2.0 sites, webcams, and media libraries mean you can make and remix meaningful media for the classroom. Avatars wink, Mt. Rushmore speaks, markers circle, long [...]
Please consider joining us this Wednesday, March 18th, as Celestia Cazalet hosts a Workshop on ‘Virtual Instruction: The Real Deal?’ Celestia will reflect on her experiences as a first-year virtual instructor. Comparisons between face-to-face classroom interactions and virtual classroom interactions will be explored. Much of this session will be facilitated dialogue. Anyone who is interested in [...]
Please consider joining us this Wednesday, March 11th for a Workshop on ‘Introducing the New VSTE Island’ hosted by the following panel: Alfredo Bedrodian (SL) Al Doss (RL); Jazmemo Zimminy (SL) Lisa Alconcel (RL); Mandie Mimulus (SL) Marie Booz (RL); Thunder Insippo (SL) Kim Harrison (RL). Four Virgnia Beach teachers will share the new Virginia Society [...]
Join us this Wednesday for another Newbie Workshop, this one focusing on ‘Finding Educational Events’. If you were at ICE are at the GCT Reload in NYC you’ll want to head in for this one. Beth Kohnke will be facilitating this workshop and will be looking for participants to add to the content. This is [...]
Geekybird presented ‘Digital Storytelling in a Web 2.0 World’ to a full house yesterday evening. It was great to see so many new faces in the crowd. In case you couldn’t make last night’s event, be sure to check out Geekybird’s information here.
Please join us on Wednesday, February 25th as Geekybird Fanbridge (RL – Matt Monjan) presents on ‘Digital Storytelling in a Web 2.0 World’. During this session we’ll learn the elements to crafting a good story and examine free movie editing software that you can use to integrate images, narration, and sound to build authentic stories. [...]
In my entire time with the DEN in SL, I have NEVER, and I mean NEVER been as entertained as I was by Kevinski Braveheart (Kevin Honeycutt – RL). Even though the workshop wasn’t scheduled to begin until 5 p.m. SLT, Kevinski was set up and ready to go by 4:30 p.m. Before I knew [...]
WOOHOO!!! This Sunday, February 15th you’ll have the opportunity to join Riptide Furse has he offers a repeate of his ‘The Crowd Goes Wild – Basic Gestures’ workshop NOTE THE TIME!!! SLT TIME: 3 p.m. SLT ( 5 p.m. CST, 6 p.m. EST)
If you weren’t able to get inworld on Wednesday, here’s you chance to catch a repeat of Riptide’s FABULOUS workshop, ’The Crowd Goes Wild – The Basics of Gestures’. Gestures are a way to add emotion and more presence with your avatar in Second Life. We’ll look at not only using gestures but also how you [...]
Here are some pictures of the gestures workshop. I’m afraid it doesn’t do it justice. Wish I had a videographer on hand to film the going-ons. Hmmmmm, wonder what’s happening here? Since I wasn’t there, perhaps someone can fill me in (just leave a comment below) as to what the heck JessieMarie is doing?! ROFL
Gestures are a way to add emotion and more presence with your avatar in Second Life. Stop on by and join us for ‘The Crowd Goes Wild – The Basics of Gestures’ with our very own Riptide Furse. If you haven’t yet had a chance to take a workshop with Riptide, what are you waiting [...]
Wanting to join the DENinSL12/2009 Flickr group (a take off on the 365 groups) but not sure you have photographic know-how? Well have we got just the workshop for you! We have a well-known SL photographer among the LC – Riptide Furse. Betcha didn’t know that did ya? He would never admit it himself, but [...]
It keeps getting bigger and better (hence the larger 2nd image!). Smellslike Magic (Mike Bryant – RL) started us off with the first of a three part series on ‘Getting Digitally Fit’. 2009 has just begun, we all set New Year’s resolutions, yet we tend to break them. The DEN wants to help support you [...]
It’s odd to do a ‘wrap up’ of your own presentation, but here it goes. One of my new passions is ‘Visual Literacy’ so I offered to do an overview workshop on the topic. I had so much to cover and so little time — as it was I went into ‘overtime’ (thanks to those [...]
Did you know? Research has shown that one retains about 20% of new information that is transmitted in an auditory manner, but one retains between 50-70% if that new information is transmitted via both visual and auditory channels. Combine that with the fact that unless new information is reviewed in some way, shape, or form [...]
The ‘under wraps’ has now been unveiled! On January 21st Smellslike Magic (our RL Mike Bryant) will be presenting ‘Checking Your Digital Pulse’. The first few days of a workout can be the hardest. Many quit, because they’ve set unrealistic or poorly timed goals. It’s much easier to reach a goal when you have support. Join [...]
Whether you’ve created a New Year’s Resolution to learn more, or not (I’m of the ‘not’ category — in terms of New Year’s Resolutions, NOT about learning more! LOL) I hope that you’ll mark your calendars to join us this month as we start off 2009 with our continuing Wednesday Workshop series. First up, on [...]
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 [...]
Tonight was a first at the DEN in SL. We FINALLY got JessieMarie Flanagan (Anne Truger in RL) to present at a Wednesday Workshop. Tonight’s topic was ‘Google School’. And an appropriate topic it was for JessieMarie who is a recent graduate of the Google Teacher Academy. JM shared her top 10 favorite Google Tools: [...]
Join us this Wednesday as JessieMarie Flanagan (aka Anne Truger, RL) presents on Google Schools. School is in session! We know that Google is an amazing search engine, but it does so much more than that. Come and explore the Google Labs and more. As always, we’ll be meeting at 5 p.m. SLT (7 p.m. [...]
HOT OFF THE PRESS! Just got out of Second Life to post this. What’s a collaborative tool? OneNote!!! What’s an organizing tool? OneNote!!! What’s a screen capturing tool? OneNote!!! What’s an audio capturing tool? OneNote!!! What’s a video capturing tool? OneNote!!! What’s a drawing tool? OneNote!!! What’s a web clipping tool? One Note!!! …and I’m [...]
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