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SLedupotential: Educational Potential of Second Life and Virtual Worlds

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After a wild holiday break, visited by fire, flood, power outage due to falling trees, and illness-- blessed by visiting loved ones and their two golden retrievers who joined our own minor league menagerie of one big black dog and one odd little cat--we had a lovely on-demand (by the birthday boy) dinner last night. We started with a salad with baby leaf lettuce, goats' cheese, and apples. The

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Moose Nuggets Kicks off the MentalNomad Podcast Holiday Show

Hey, ya'll, I'm knee deep in family (literally) but I wanted to let you know that my "old non-standard" holiday tune, "Moose Nuggets for Christmas" has been featured on this month's MentalNomad Show podcast. Head on over and give it some love. There are a number of other great indie tunes in that 'cast, and Jason Tippitt, the show's host, throws down a challenge to donate to charity and in

Society 3.0, Savor It with your Egg Nog!

Checking out my Diigo weekly shareouts this morning I stumbled on this, and no, it's not the newest thing on the block, issuing from John Moravec from the University of Minnesota and EducationFutures, back in September, but (wow!) it was such a superior and interesting standalone presentation for me that I thunk I'd better share it out further. I can't imagine being there for the real thing, and

Plurk, Today'sMeet, and Twitter!

Clif Mims in Mahmphis plurked a sweet little application a while ago. True to the micro-blog creed, it's a short one: Useful Microblog-like platform for classrooms and presentations . I'll be using this lean little backchat tool, called "Today'sMeet," perhaps with my 4th graders tomorrow, the last full day of classes b4 winter holidays :) Sign up for Plurk here! You'll love it! It's Twitter

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SLedupotential is full in "rl" (Real Life) but wide open in SL (Second Life)

Just to note, the 3 hour, hands-on, 9-panelist (with additional guests) workshop "SLedupotential, Educational Potential of Second Life and Virtual Worlds" has been full-up in San Antonio for quite some time. That doesn't mean you're out of luck if you want to see it firsthand.

Log into Second Life and visit ISTE Island the day of (Monday June 30) and look for the little spheres that contain a "SLurl" that will take you to the ongoing workshop. The tie-dyed upholstered chairs are for the 30 real-world participants' avatars, but the floating office chairs up behind are for you. If we have to add seating we will!

My 8 co-presenters feature some real pioneers in Second Life and it's been a real treat getting to know them virtually whilst working up our 3 hours together. Just having them all in one real-life room will underscore the continuing value of real-world collaboration, as they help us all further understand the developing value of virtual collaboration. See you there (at least until the sim fills up, right Raven?)!!!

Here's a pic of the setting:

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At 2:28pm on July 11, 2008, Terra Sieberman said…: Hey boylyworly--

Did your giant flying avatar make it home safely?

:) Louise

At 5:39am on July 2, 2008, Scott Merrick said…: WOW! What freakin' fun this week has been! Posts on it at scottmerrick.net!

At 11:47pm on June 29, 2008, Mike McKay said…: Hi Scott. I'm looking forward to the meeting tomorrow. I hope I'll sound awake at 6:45AM. LOL. See you soon. :-)

At 3:32pm on June 26, 2008, Clif Mims said…: Looks like the 'stache is back in time for NECC. I hope to see you in San Antonio, Scott.

At 8:08am on June 26, 2008, Scott Merrick said…: Woowooooo! I've just printed my A group boarding pass for tomorrow a.m.'s flight to San Antonio. Lovin' it! All packed, but now I need to get my carry-on organized (LOL--as if).

Cheers!

At 2:57pm on June 25, 2008, Scott Merrick said…: I LOVE the "Latest Activity" sidebar feature. It's so heartening to refresh the page and see activity that I just added has disappeared in the course of minutes as new colleagues in teaching and learning add their own. This is a hoppin' place!

At 12:27pm on June 20, 2008, Laurie Korte said…: You should check out my book titled Moodle Magic: Make It Happen. I also have a session titled the same on Tuesday from 11-12. Join http://moodlemeet.ning.com
Use Global Classroom as your free hosting site for classroom creating, sharing, and swaping. I'll also be offering a year long Moodle Implementation course starting in July as a train the trainer idea.
I'd love to meet you at NECC.
Laurie

At 12:42pm on June 18, 2008, Teresa Hallam said…: Thanks Scott -- I'll do some exploring and look around for opportunities.

At 1:58pm on June 6, 2008, Scott Merrick said…: Thanks to anyone who friended me from recent requests. I sat in the dentist office yesterday and clicked through to add folks I know. If you don't want me as a friend, well, pooh. ;)

I'm sooooo looking forward to NECC, the Second Life activities surrounding it, and the friends I'll reconnect with and meet for the first time!

Cheers!

At 9:46pm on May 30, 2008, Dr. Larry Anderson said…: Thanks, Scott. You're always "the leader of the pack," so I know you'll have a lot of great stuff in store for us at NECC this year. You want to come UStream our podcasting panel Monday at 11:00 (Julene, Lucy Gray, Ted Lai, Tim Wilson, Steve Dembo, Dan Schmit, and me)? It's a Spotlight Session, so we're anticipating a big crowd (approx. 1600 1st year, then 1000 last year in Atlanta -- SRO).