Via RSSIs there really one in every crowd?
This question goes out to the other Leadership Councils. Do you also have to put up with someone like this in your DEN?
Word Wonder
Just arrived and IMMEDIATELY tp.ed Riptide in….Can’t wait to see what else this sim has to offer. This is DEFINITELY worth a trip!
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Tour Guides Wanted
Got a some places in S/L you would like to share with others? Southern started our Tour Series with a tour of lighthouses in S/L and we’d like YOU to become a DEN in SL Tour Guide! It’s really VERY simple to do. Contact one of the LC members with your idea and we’ll help you put it together, advertise the tour, and join you as a ‘guide on the side’ (no pun intended!LOL).
Help others explore S/L beyond the confines of the education sims and explore all that S/L has to offer.
Mark Your Calendars - April Events
Since April is ONLY two days away, I thought I’d better post our line-up so you can schedule some time in-world and make an necessary arrangements. Keep in mind that we’ve always got things popping up, so be sure to check back in to see if anything has been added.
DATE: April 2, 2008
TIME: 5:00 p.m. SLT (8:00 p.m. EST)
WORKSHOP: Newbie 101
PRESENTER: Lor Fredriksson and Laelia Laval
This is a workshop for new arrivals in S/L. We will look over the menu functions, Search, Inventory, Maps. We will take a look at editing your avatars appearance. We will also share some landmarks and helpful hints for getting involved in S/L. The presenter will use voice. Please arrive 15 minutes early if you would like some help setting up and testing voice before the session begins. (AND DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS POST WHERE I SHARED SOME FABULOUS VIDEOS FROM TORLEY LINDEN ON USING VOICE.) If interested there may be a shopping trip at the end.
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DATE: April 9, 2008
TIME: 5:00 p.m. SLT (8:00 p.m. EST)
WORKSHOP: Inside Moodle
PRESENTER: Cal Kjeller
DESCRIPTION: Are you still not sure whether that Course Management System everyone is talking about is called Moodle or Noodle? If so, then this presentation is just for you!
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DATE: April 16, 2008
TIME: 5:00 p.m. SLT (8:00 p.m. EST)
WORKSHOP: PhotoStory - Making Movies
PRESENTER: JuliaAnn Mills
DESCRIPTION: Learn about Photo Story – a free software tool from Microsoft. This presentation is a spin-off from RL Joe Brennan’s January session on Makin’ Movies. We will focus on how to put together a movie using digital images, adding audio, background music, and text. We will also view a finished movie that was converted to a QuickTime movie for viewing on a media player in Second Life to use for professional development.
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DATE: April 23, 2008
TIME: 5:00 p.m. SLT (8:00 p.m. EST)
WORKSHOP: Work With Me Here!
PRESENTER: Celestia Cazalet
DESCRIPTION: VoiceThread is a free Web 2.0 tool with so many uses. Join us for this workshop where we will discover how to use it in our classroom, in our personal learning network, and in our personal lives. Experienced and inexperienced VT users are welcome, as Celestia will hold to her usual style and welcome audience members to share their tips and ideas!
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DATE: April 30, 2008
TIME: 5:00 p.m. SLT (8:00 p.m. EST)
WORKSHOP: Get Creative with Images! Online Photo Editing for Education and Fun!
PRESENTER: Geekie Kidd
DESCRIPTION: Geekie will share ideas for editing, annotating and/or enhancing digital photos — either from your camera, or from the thousands of images available at Discovery Streaming! We will explore free web tools such as Flickr Toys, Picnik, Phixr, and Scrapblog.
Looking forward to seeing you in-world!
How-To: Voice Chat
Blog reading this a.m. and came across a series of fabulous video tutorials on Voice so I thought I’d share out with everyone:
All of these have to do with voice chat and were created by Torley Linden:
Disabling Chat for Yourself and On Your Land
The heads up for these videos came from the blog, The Grid Live.
It’s a Wrap - Bridging SL and RL…the Norwegian Way
This was too good to pass up….check out this Norwegian blogpost about the Wednesday Workshop conducted by Demb Oh. This has got to be a FIRST for Demb Oh!
Come on a Tour of Lighthouses this Saturday
Southern Georgia, a proud member of DEN, invites you to explore lighthouses on different sims here in Second Life. Get ready for a wonderful experience!
Notecards will be passed out which have all the landmarks (LMs) in order from start to finish. In the notecards are more notecards the owner/creator has shared with Southern. They describe the house and sims. Southern will be voice enabled and will be conducting the tour using voice. We will be spending approximately 5-10 minutes at each lighthouse sim. The purpose of the tour is to introduce you to the sims, but we will not have time to explore all it has to offer. Each sim will be explored for about 10 minutes after which time Sourthern will let tour members know that the tour will be leaving the sim. You can click on the LM to teleport (TP) yourself to the next sim.
So please come and join the tour group at the DEN in SL this Saturday, 11:00 am SLT, 2:00 p.m. EST).
While touring please take LOADS of photographs and send them to me at laelia.laval@gmail.com, subject line: Lighthouse Pics and I’ll include them in a follow-up post.
Gentle Reminder — Wednesday Workshop on March 26th
Don’t forget! ESPECIALLY those of you who attended the ‘Your Inventory is NOT Your Junk Closet’ workshop! Tomorrow evening we’ll be taking the next step with our inventory control (are you reading this Riptide?!?!? LOL) and learning how to ‘Build It and Box It’. You’ll learn how to build a container to ’store’ all your seasonal/non-essential/clutter from your Inventory to reduce its size and speed up the loading of your objects into your inventory.
The notecard and notice that was sent out stated that there would be a shopping spree prior to the evening’s workshop, however, that will not be happening. Meet up is in the sandbox (since we need to ‘build’) outside of DEN in SL’s HQs.
See ya then!
It’s a Wrap! Building Bridges Between RL and SL
The DEN in S
L Wednesday Workshop series continued this evening with a hugely popular and very informative session presented by Discovery Education’s own Steve Dembo (Demb Oh in SL).
A large crowd gathered in the amphitheater set up for the occasion and learned about several ways to bridge communications between real life and Second Life. Participants even learned a little bit of building and the workshop progressed to the sandbox for a little practice.
If you’d like to view the Powerpoint used in tonight’s presentation, click HERE.
