Hi Guys!
One of our STARs from Alabama, Sue Schwoebel, has asked to for our help in filling out a survey. Since it’s about Second Life I’m posting it on this blog. I hope you’ll take a moment to click on the link. Remember, the deadline is March 20th!
“I am in need of help, and who better to help than the wonderful DEN community! I am a first year instructional technology specialist at a brand new middle school. Currently, I am working on my Ed. S. in technology in education. (an Education Specialist degree is between a Masters and a Ph. D.) For my thesis I am looking into the possibilities of using SL for professional development. I have created a survey for educators who use or are thinking about using SL. The survey is anonymous; I just need the data for my paper. I will be happy to share the results with you when I finish analyzing it. (That is if I survive the thesis.) Thanks for your help!!
Please take the survey by March 20, 2009.
Link to survey.“
If you’ve been with the DEN for only a month, or if you’ve been with the DEN for only a year, or if you’ve been with the DEN for longer, chances are you know or have heard of Jennifer Dorman. She’s posted a ‘call for assistance’ on the Pennsylvania state blog and the DEN in SL is passing the word along. Check out the full story here.
Remember, we are our own best resources — now is the time to show that! Head over to the post and contribute if you can!
Thank you.
» 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 to Steve Dembo at Teach42. If it wasn’t for his blogs here in the DEN and at Teach42 I would not have a PLN. Without him and his blogs we wouldn’t have a DEN in Second Life (also up for an Edublog Award by the way). So head over there and vote!
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Crossposted from AKA Riptide Furse
» 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 person who clicks the link. Scan the list and look for The Cool Cat Teacher. Also share this list with your colleagues that might not read blogs. It’s a great list to learn from.
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This is crossposted from AKA Riptide Furse.
» 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. It’s a great list to learn from.
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Crossposted from AKA Riptide Furse
» 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 the list for Cliotech. Also share this list with your colleagues that might not read blogs. It’s a great list to learn from.
Technorati Tags: awards, edublogs, blogs, education
This has been crossposted from AKA Riptide Furse
If you don’t have Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom on your blog reader, you should. I know Beth Knittle through our work together as part of the Leadership Council for the DEN in SL. We met for the first time in real life at NECC 2008 and I was thrilled to be able to cement a friendship in real life that had been taking place virtually. Beth is currently a K-12 Technology Integration Specialist after having spent close to 20 years as a Science teacher. Her blog covers topics of interest to her, such as, technology (of course! LOL), education, instruction, and Universal Design for Learning.
Her recent post, Growing the Den in SL is insightful and informative, but don’t just take my word for it, check it out for yourself!
Before you read further please note that this is NOT an April Fool’s Joke! LOL
Although a virtual being, I sometimes do make connections to RL (hmmm…wonder if I’m going to have to register or trademark that one! LOL) and this is such a case.
The DEN Spring Training 2008 promotion has several strands to it and all the details are explained on the National blog For the ‘Cliff Notes’ version read on…
STAR DEs who report at least 3 events by June 6, 2008 will get a DEN water bottle. The events must be from this school year (September 1, 2007 through June 6, 2008).
Any STAR DE who recruits a new STAR DE by June 6, 2008 will get a DEN baseball shirt. The STARs that are recruited must be official by June 6 in order for their “mentor” to get the shirt.
The DEN Managers will be competing by Region (for fun) and the winning manager will get a DEN Louisville Slugger to take to events.
The STATE (not LC) that has the most new STARs during spring training will win a Day of Discovery featuring Hall Davidson. (Side Note: Has anyone seen Hall since he was last reported missing from a conference???)
On a separate note: Next Wednesday (April 9) at 11 a.m. EST there will be a webinar for teachers and students featuring America’s Army and the Rise of the Video Games. It will be a really exciting webinar for everyone, especially students, so please spread the word. Read more about it here.
Now back to my virtual world…..
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