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!
Cross-posted from the National Blog:
Discovery Education is excited to announce many new GREAT additions coming your way to streaming! This includes the long awaited and asked for Student Center where your students will have ability to log on and download media, better correlation with your state standards, more refined search, an update builders and my content, not to mention that the base package has increased to 5,000 titles!
STAR Streaming Update
11:30 am, PDT or 2:30 EDT
Click here to join. No registration or password required: https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=556861250&t=a
STAR Streaming Update
12:30 pm, PDT or 3:30 EDT
Click here to join. No registration or password required: https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/onstage/g.php?d=556636663&t=a
STAR Streaming Update
3:30 pm, PDT or 6:30 EDT
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Put on your photography gear and join Celestia Cazlet at 5 p.m. SLT (7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST) for ’Your Camera: It isn’t Just for Taking Pictures Anymore!’
See you there!
Please join Celestia Cazalet and the rest of the crew for ‘Your Camera: It isn’t Just for Taking Pictures Anymore!’ She will show you how to go all over without ever leaving DEN in SL HQs (sounds a little like Dorothy to me!LOL) Unlock the potential of your camera controls and come away with cool tips and tricks.
For those of you looking to get badges for NECC and need a picture of yourself in SL, there will be a photobooth set up so you can do your own ‘Project Runway’ photoshoot!
So put on your best hair, dig through that inventory of yours to find something cool and colorful to wear, and we’ll see you on Wednesday at 5 p.m. SLT (7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST).
SLT TIME: 5:00 P.M. SLT ( 7 PM CDT, 8 PM EST)
The one, the ONLY Demb Oh will be the presenter at this week’s Wednesday Workshop.
The Topic: iStream, uStream, Live Streaming In SecondLife
The Place: DEN in SL of course!
The Time: 5 p.m. SLT (8 p.m. EST)
One of the biggest trends in Web 2.0 is live video streaming. From uStream to Operator 11 to Seesmic to Qik, it is becoming easier and easier to broadcast yourself live to the masses. So what about Second Life? How can Live Video streaming be incorporated into SL and what can it be used for? First learn practical ways to bring live video in-world and then let’s see just how far along the cutting edge we can surf! Come find out from Demb Oh!
Hope to see everyone there!
That’s right folks! DEN in SL has been mentioned in yet another podcast. As part of the Second Life ™ blog, the post is entitled Inside the Lab Podcast, a Discussion on Education in Second Life. Pathfinder and Claudia (don’t you just love her headpiece?LOL) Linden discuss some of the exciting things happening in education in SL. Scroll down to get a copy of the transcript, or you can now download the podcast from iTunes as of yesterday.
Next time you visit the DEN in SL and see a DEN Guide, thank them for all that they do. They volunteer their time to make sure that if educators stop by there is someone there to greet them, or answer their question, or provide direction and they are on hand to help out during our workshop session. These guides are friendly and outgoing and the DEN in SL LC is VERY lucky to have them make DEN in SL an even better place to go to in Second Life. Now mind you, there are times when things are a little slow, but you can count on the DEN Guides to make the best of it….and I thought I’d share some of the antics these DEN Guides can get themselves into…..
I think it all began when Unklar created a box that distributes notecards. I happened on it one evening, Unklar happened to be hanging (uh….yup, I believe he was ’sleeping’ — AGAIN!LOL) around, and some unsuspecting soul was checking out EduIsland II. I thought it would be fun to ’sit’ on the box. That is until I realized I could be IN the box….well, you can only imagine what happened next!LOL I called Unklar over to join me, and then I relentlessly IMed the unsuspecting avatar to do the same (and good sport that he was he joined us). Below is a snapshot I took.
Guess Unklar decided to break some sort of SL record for cramming a box with avatars and here are some shots of Unklar’s attempt to break the record.
I count six avatars in the box….So, next time you’re at the DEN in SL, if you happen to see Unklar’s box, grab some avatars and see how many of you can fit in the box, take a snapshot, and send me a copy….Let’s see if you can break the record!
Oh, and if you think you’d like to be a DEN Guide (and let’s face it, after seeing the fun that they have, why wouldn’t you?), please either IM Beth Kohnke in-world or e-mail Beth at bknittle@gmail.com
And if you’re trying to break the record, do me a favor…send me an IM so I can join you!
Well, Riptide was at his peak on Wednesday night. His questions are becoming more and more challenging and it wasn’t simply a matter of typing like a maniac to answer the question correctly — you actually had to ‘think’! LOL Vita and DocL both tied as the winners, with Valaina a close second. Congrats to all who managed to answer one of Riptide’s questions correctly! I for one, was happy to have been unable to play because I was on the Leadership Council (I think that out of all the questions, which I believe numbered 50, I only was able to ‘answer’ one correctly!).
Valaina upon learning that she answered a question correctly!
Following the hour of Trivia, we were pleased to host the Senior Project as they shared their project with us. “Incorporating traditional and performance based teaching and curricula strategies that merge with a foundation of strong basic knowledge and skills requiring a real world application, Senior Project is a challenging student driven, teacher-guided culminating program. Senior Project High Schools require seniors competently to complete each of the following related 4 P’s - Paper, Product, Portfolio, Presentation.” You can visit them in-world here. They are located on EduIsland II right above SLolar Central.
During Teacher Appreciation Week, the DEN in SL had an automatic raffle ball going. Requirements were that there be a minimum of 4 avatars on the EduIsland II and the raffle ball randomly chose avatars every 15 minutes. We managed to get a picture of one of the lucky winners, Penelope Drucker — CONGRATS Penelope!
Good Morning! Yes, I’m in a ‘chipper’ mood this morning….the sun is (finally!) shining, the forecast is for increasingly warmer temps over the next three days, there’s NO SCHOOL on Monday, I don’t have any ‘looming’ deadlines in front of me this weekend, and life is good!
Want to remind you of our upcoming Wednesday Workshop, ‘Spring Training Trivia’. The DEN in SL is giving away Linden dollars again — well, not exactly ‘giving’ them away, you do have to earn them by being the first to get the answer to one of the trivia questions correct! This is going to be a mixed bag of trivia so everyone can have a chance of winning some money. The only thing is the fastest typer with the correct answer gets the money. So practice over at Typer Shark
or TypeRacer. AND REMEMBER!!! WE ARE MEETING AT 4 P.M. SLT (6 p.m. CST, 7 p.m. EST).
And plan on staying for Part II - the ‘Senior Project’, immediately following the trivia event. DEN in SL will be playing host to Aspen Alexandria (SL)/Carleen Osher (RL), CEO/ Executive Director for the Senior Project Center Senior Project. Here’s a summary of the Senior Project from their website: “Incorporating traditional and performance based teaching and curricula strategies that merge with a foundation of strong basic knowledge and skills requiring a real world application, Senior Project is a challenging student driven, teacher-guided culminating program. Senior Project High Schools require seniors competently to complete each of the following related 4 P’s:Paper, Product, Portfolio, Presentation.”
You can learn more at: http://www.seniorproject.net
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