Design and Conquer Conference

On August 17th, I had the pleasure of virtually presenting an updated version of "Kathy Dryburgh's Guide to Second Life for K-12 Educators" for the TIES Design and Conquer: A Day of Social Simulation conference held in Minnesota.

Presenting in and with Second Life just adds another layer of complexity to the process, but TIES' own Troy Cherry and I had done mutiple tests using Skype for audio and video for the introduction piece and follow-up discussion. But who would have figured that solid, dependable Skype would go down for more than 24 hours? Troy and I went to plan B, with me utilizing the Mac side of the iMac (which I rarely use!) and using iChat for the video and audio feed. The presentation was given in SL, with Troy as my SL audience and using his mouselook as the view for the teachers in the RL audience. (Hint: I have learned to log-in early and run through all of the slides before the show, which allows them to quickly clear up when it is time to do the presentation.)

The teachers in the audience asked great questions about the use of MUVE's with students, asked me to justify why I like this engaging format, and touched on many other topics. I so appreciated the ability to present and talk to them!

Here is the updated list of links to the sites I covered in the presentation.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

NOAA
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteroa/177/161/27/
Online video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8YX32GAyQ

Solar Eclipse Planetarium
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/94/76/27/

Second Life Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/129/208/25

Second Life Medical Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/178/202/25/

International Spaceflight Museum
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/23/51/22
Web: http://slispaceflightmuseum.org/

Global Kids
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cincta/89/95/23

Literature Alive
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/181/237/23

Commonspace for Progressive Organizations
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Commonwealth%20Island/193/84/315
Web: http://www.envirolink.org/

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ISTE
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/128/128/0
Web: http://iste.org/

Terra Incognita
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terra%20incognita/128/128/0
Web: http://profiles.slbuzz.com/decka-mah

Elven Institute
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/95/188/22

New Media Consortium Campus
http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/184/101/33
Web: http://www.nmc.org/campuswiki/
Online video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9VZKTT6gZ8

Angel Learning Isle
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ANGEL%20Learning%20Isle/128/128/0
Web:http://www.angellearning.com/secondlife/

Genome Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/127/129/49

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON EDUISLAND II

The Blogger's Cafe
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/234/146/22

Carl F. Spackler Hall
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/128/75/37

Discovery Educator Network
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/93/93/22

ISTE Emerging Technologies Task Force
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/159/146/23

Math Playground
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/31/88/22

Podcast Central
http://slurl.com/secondife/Eduisland%20II/129/76/47

Technospud
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/128/75/37
Web: http://technospud.com

Meg Writer
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/17/16/22
Web: http://techteachers.com

Teacher Networking Center (TNC)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/29/20/22

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISLAND

Lighthouse Learning Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lighthouse%20Learning%20Island/
Web: http://nausetschools.org/lighthouselearning/

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