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Here’s the Events Listing for DEN in SL for October. 

October 13th, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. SLT

Education Fair on EduIsland II  (see the previous post for more details)

October 17th, 5 p.m. EST (NOTE:  THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME ZONE!!!)

Webinar with Claudia Linden.  “Claudia L’Amoreaux, aka Claudia Linden, is a Community Developer at Linden Lab, creators of the trailblazing virtual world, Second Life.  She supports education initiatives in Second Life and will share success storeis and best practies from exemplary K-12 and higher education projects in Second Life. Check it all out HERE.

October 20th, 4 p.m. SLT

Differentiating Instruction and Discovery Streaming at the DEN in SL Headquarters

October 28th, 1 p.m. SLT

Costume Party at DEN in SL HeadquartersJoin us for an afternoon of dance, chat, and contests. 

Join us for a wonderful, informative, and entertaining afternoon at EduIsland II.  On October 13th, from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. SLT EduIsland II is hosting an Education Fair and you’re NOT gonna want to miss it!

Here’s the agenda (all locations are on EduIsland II): 

1:00 – 3:30 pm SLT
Open Houses you may stop by and visit:
–  TNC with Tek Zeno
 – ISTE - ET  with Hodjazz Edman
–  MathPlayground with Kristy Flanagan

Many of the following sessions have a limit. Please pre-register for the session(s) you would like to attend.
IM Pia Klaar to pre-register for a session(s).  If you need help with registration, just leave a comment below.

1:00 pm SLT — 1st Session
1. Location at DEN = Celestia Cazalet
” Digital Storytelling”
In this session, Celestia Cazalet will give a brief overview of the different types of digital storytelling, explore its uses in the
classroom, share examples and reveal some of the many resources available to assist every digital sage.  15 people max.

2.  Location  at TNC =  Pia Klaar
“Things I Would Like to Learn: Tools and Resources for Teaching in Second Life”
This session will provide you with some of the necessary tools, resources and information needed to effectively teach or present in Second Life. As well as being given a list of items and landmarks, you will be able to find out about some of the interactive tools people are using in SL (what it is, how to get it, how it is being used). This is a hands-on workshop in which you will be able to explore teaching methods, presentation tools, and how to create visual aids . 10 people max.

3. Location  at Slolar Central = Laelia Laval
“Your Inventory IS NOT Your Junk Closet”
Do you dread clicking on ^Inventory^ when you’re in SL?  Can’t find those shoes that went with your ‘Look At Me’ outfit?  Remember getting an educational tool, but don’t remember what it was called or where you put it?  Then this workshop is for you.  Learn some tips and tricks to manage your ^Inventory^ and actually start to organize all those objects.  This will be a ‘working’ workshop, so come prepared to dig in and get dirty!

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1:50 pm SLT — 2nd Session
1. Location at DEN = Celestia Cazalet
“Digital Storytelling”
In this session, Celestia Cazalet will give a brief overview of the different types of digital storytelling, explore its uses in the
classroom, share examples and reveal some of the many resources available to assist every digital sage.  15 people max.

2. Location at Bit by Bit = LillyoftheSea Starr
“Podcasting In Education”
Using Podcast People, you can learn the steps of setting up, recording, and hosting your own podcast online. We’ll explore the what, why and how to use a podcast in an educational setting.  10 people max.

3. Location at Eduisland II Project Theater = Knowclue Kidd
“Multimedia Works”
Multimedia is proving a great way to engage students and enhance curriculum. Come see and discuss a variety of projects being created in elementary and middle school classrooms.

4. Location at Occupational Therapy Center = Zsuzsa Tomsen
“Promoting Your Profession/Your Programs in Second Life”
This session covers how set up an educational center and promote a project on Second Life. This includes how to create and set up informational displays, how to create and run video, and how to build and modify objects that will enhance your center. We will also discuss ideas for “getting the word out” in Second Life.  20 people max.

3:00 pm SLT —  3:30 pm SLT
Dance
Fireworks: Macsmom Alcott

To Pre-register for a session IM Pia Klaar.
Include:
1. Your name.
2. Name of Session(s)

Any questions - please contact Lor Fredriksson or Pia Klaar.

REMEMBER:  Sign up for DEN in SL Google Groups by going to http://groups.google.com/group/den-in-sl to get important reminders and locate files and pages that will help make your stay SL an enjoyable one.

I’d like to use this post to thank those who were generous with their time and designs: 

Deborah Defarge and Don Bricklin of Paradise Pets & Aquatics - designed the pet meerkats, both shoulder and large. Also created the Meerkat Puzzle and Meerkat Trivia Machine.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hibdon/39/242/25

Gellan Glenelg - created the ‘Find The Meerkats’ exclusively for us.

PaulC Beck of Hyperstring.net - designed the ‘Follow Me Meerkat’ that was given out to those who completed
the ‘Find the Meerkats’ game.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zabawa/194/165/22

Vjjujub Singh found the meerkat sound that went into the pets.

And of course it couldn’t have been made possible without the INCREDIBLE teamwork of the DEN in SL Leadership Council.  We are one HELLUVA team and I am PROUD to be a part of it!!!  Here’s a ‘finger’ to the DEN in SL LC!!!

Well it’s been a great run…Three Meerkat Mondays in DEN in SL.  Trivia games and raffled walking and shoulder meerkats were among some of the highlights of these gatherings.  This evening the raffle had the added bonus of a couple of costumes being raffled off (in anticipation of the upcoming Costume/Halloween Party being hosted at none other than DEN in SL on October 28th — so MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!!!).

Winners of the Costumes:

Peyton Merlin and Thonalon Umarov

Winner of large, walking, talking meerkats:

Veta Demina, Clare Lane, and Bloodsong Termagant

Winners of shoulder talking meerkats:

Smokster Whitfield, Faythe Fouroux, and Enob Mills

Awaiting the start of the Trivia Game:

Bloodsong Termagant rakes in the answers…and the L$!!!

Contestants eagerly awaiting the next trivia question

And I’d like to do a final ’shout out’ to John Leach for allowing me to use his image of a meerkat on the t-shirts we created for this special event!

Just had to add this Animoto slideshow with photos from Riptide Furse:

CLICK HERE

[This post is ‘cross-posted’.]

O.K.  So I’ve been thinking about this for a while and finally decided to put my thoughts to blog. 

You know how the web is considered by most to be the ‘read/write’ web?  I don’t think that is applicable any more and would like to offer a new paradigm.  I think we need to view the web as ‘cubed’.  Instead of ‘read’, we should look at ‘consume’, because, let’s face it we don’t only ‘read’ on the web anymore since ‘read’ implies text.  As for ‘write’, we should look at ‘contribute’, since again, ‘write’ implies text and we now have the ability to ‘write’ images, videos, audio, etc.  And we have a new component — ‘collaborate’, since so many of the new applications are social in nature and provide the ability to work with others.

So here’s my new slogan:  ‘Web ‘Cubed’ — consume, contribute, collaborate’.  [And if anyone can figure out how to get the exponent ‘3′ onto a blog, PLEASE let me know!] [Actually I would like to see it ‘Web’, then the letter ‘C’, then the exponent ‘3′.  Help!]

What are your thoughts on this?