Congratulations Vita Demain for facilitating tonight’s (that’s right….I’m posting right after I logged out of SL) workshop. This Newbie 102 workshop was filled with tips and tricks that even I wasn’t aware of. If you weren’t able to make it tonight, perhaps Vita will be willing to host this workshop again in the (very) near future.
By the way, did you ever notice those double arrows at the top right of your chat window before? I hadn’t. And if I did, I’m not sure I would have known what they would do. Well, Vita shared that little gem, and others this evening. Oh, so you want to know what it does, do you? Well, you should have been there with us tonight! LOL Otherwise I guess you’ll have to wait until Vita facilitates another Newbie 102. OR, if you’re REALLY, REALLY lucky, Vita will e-mail me the PowerPoint (hint, hint Vita! LOL) so that I can upload it to Slideshare and post it here.
In the meantime, here are some ‘teasers’ from tonights workshop:
I ran across this today and felt compelled to share it with the rest of you in a post. If you’ve sat in on one of Steve Dembo’s sessions (or Hall Davidson’s for that matter) you’ve heard of Vimeo. Whether or not you’ve explored it beyond initially bookmarking it, well, that’s another story.
You ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY MUST check out Lainy Voom’s, ‘Postcard (Documenting SL)’. Steve, I don’t know how it was done, but you need to find out and share with the rest of us!
OK…off to SL for a little Halloween Hunting….
As always, the DEN in SL knows how to ‘deck the halls’…oh…wait…that would refer to a winter holiday!LOL And though some of us in the NorthEast did enjoy a substantial snowfall, the weather in SL has been hauntingly crispy! Sunday saw the 2nd Halloween Hoop-la (for lack of a better term…and for lack of caffeine) with music, dancing, bobbing for apples, a pumpkin shaped hottub (you have to see it to believe it!), and a fortune telling arcade-style game.
The shots below attest to the fact that our guests know how to dress for the occasion. We had Cleo (sans asp I might add…and also lacking ‘Anthony’), we had a witch, and if you were thirsty we even had a pitcher of Kool-Aid (oh wait….that was Steve!), and a new DEN member (Edword Waffle) dressed as a pizza, and I believe at one point we even had a bottle of beer to go with that (no, I won’t mention WHO!!!! LOL), and even our Island Manager (Fleet) managed to make an appearance!
Well, we’ve closed out this month’s Book Talk on ‘Brain Rules’. Will there be other Book Talks? Absolutely! In fact, if you would like to recommend a book, please list it in the comment area below. Who knows, perhaps you could faciliatate the Book Talk!
Please visit Beth’s blog, ‘Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom’, where she shares her views from each of the ‘Brain Rules’ chapters.
As a presenter and someone who has a passion for visual literacy, it only makes sense that I’m a great fan of Garr Reynold and his ‘Presentation Zen’ philosophy. Surprise, surprise (or maybe not) I come to find that he has not only read John Medina’s ‘Brain Rules’, but has also created a powerful presentation on it.
To continue enjoying the musings of John Medina, please be sure to read his blog.
So you’ve been in-world for a while. You feel pretty comfortable walking and talking. You land gracefully from flying at least 2 out of 7 times and you’re ready for more.
So come and join us for ‘Newbie 102′ this Wednesday.
So you feel comfortable communicating using chat and voice, you know how to teleport to various locations in-world, you’ve even learned how to open a box filled with your purchases, but now what? Want to get to that next level of comfort? Join us for an evening where you’ll learn how to ‘tweak’ your menus and master some of the tools to make your SL experience all that more enjoyable!
Please be sure to click on the ‘Places to Visit’ tab. I’ve uploaded some code that will scroll through unusual places to visit in SL. Hope you enjoy it!
Always wanted to attend a Book Group, but just were never able to find the time, location, group? Here’s an opportunity for you to join this virtual Book Group from the comfort of your own home!
Join Beth and Laelia for ‘Book Talk: Brain Rules’, a weekly (every Monday) gathering for the month of October as we discuss, share, and debate the merits of John Medina’s ‘Brain Rules’. This evening we will cover chapters 10 - 12. Taken from the Brain Rules website (www.brainrules.net): “Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge?” Join us as we explore in depth the concepts in each chapter and how we can change what we do in our schools and in our classes to enable our students to learn better.
This is the final of four sessions on John Medina’s book, ‘Brain Rules’.
That’s right…’BOO!’ DEN in SL is once again hosting a Halloween Extravaganza. We hope you’ll be able to join us, tomorrow, 12 p.m. SLT (2 p.m. CST, 3 p.m. EST). For those of you who are in need of a last minute costume, there’s a box of goodies over at the DEN in SL. You can also check out Awesome Designs for more inspiration.
Between now and next Friday I would STRONGLY encourage you to head over to Octoberville. This is the 4th year the sim has put together an amazing Halloween affair, and one I would not want to miss!
If you have any additional places you would like to recommend for costumes, please post them in the ‘Comments’ section below. Thanks.
Need a couple of Lindens? Looking for a cool costume for the upcoming DEN in SL Halloween Party? Look no further! Come test your knowledge about murder, mayhem, & mystery! Riptide will once again MC our popular Trivia Evening.
This is a pretty fast-paced event where typing skills are key to winning. You just might want to brush up on your typing speed (as well as your movie knowledge) so you can walk away with lotsa-Lindens!
Posted on October 22, 2008 in
Events by Nancy Sharoff
We are having a trivia contest and you get to write the questions. We want to know what you know about Halloween and scary things. Use this form to enter your questions for this Wednesdays events.
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