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Fall ’12 Semester Kick-off in SL

The past few months have been a mixed bag for the few of us from USA working in SL and other virtual worlds.  With the loss of Jaguarland, yours truly had to regroup and decide whether or not to keep up the tours and the groups, etc.  Through lurking and semi-participating through various MOOCs hosted [...] Continue reading Continue reading

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Winter Comes to Jaguarland

Well, I promised it last week, but snow has finally arrived at Jaguarland. Holiday trees abound in various parts of the island (including palm trees in lights up Dauphin Island way), there’s a big hungry snowman near the Fountain of Knowledge, free holiday plants in Jag Village, and for those of you who are itching for a snowball [...] Continue reading Continue reading

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USA in SL Visitor Numbers for May 2011

I’ve been dragging my feet on putting these together, but I finally tallied the numbers from the visitor counters for all USA-related locations in SL for the month of May 2011. Not surprisingly, the beginning of the month was stronger than the end.  The last of our Spring semester tours was held at the beginning [...] Continue reading Continue reading

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SAESL Blog: New Tour Guides in Training

I’m really excited to announce that the Innovation in Learning Center will have two new crew members leading their first tours ever next week!  Nirupama (nakella2) will be leading a tour to a handful of virtual libraries and Fred (Fredrick … Continue reading

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SAESL Blog: A few changes…

Last week, I finally figured out the perms problem that has been keeping us from having home point areas for Jag Islanders.  It took a bit of doing (as SL has been rife with issues of late), but Jag Islanders … Continue reading

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SAESL Blog: This week’s tour

This week’s tour–Tutorials for Educators–will kick off the Spring 2011 Jaguarland tour dates.  This isn’t a training session, but rather a tour of a handful of various SL orientation and training areas.  By knowing what’s available, educators and trainers who … Continue reading

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SAESL Blog: Spring is coming!

On this first week of the spring semester here at USA, there are some changes that will be occurring at Jaguarland. We may see an uptake in visitors to our Swampbox as Oxbridge makes it’s transition from full sim to … Continue reading

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SAESL Blog: A New Year at Jaguarland

It’s now 2011 and it’s  hard to believe that USA and SAESL has just started our third year in Second Life.  (Our first official office went “live” on October 31, 2008 at Cybrary Square–it’s still there!)  Since it’s traditional for … Continue reading

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SAESL Blog: Winter comes to Jaguarland

It seems like just yesterday, autumn leaves were falling gently from the trees but now a crisp cold front has hit Jaguarland and we have–wait for it–SNOW!  Okay, so maybe it’s an extreme rarity that we get snow on our … Continue reading

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SAESL Blog: USA Learning Center at EduNation dismantled

Last week, the changeover of EduNation officially occurred.  For those of you who had visited the USA Learning Center there, you may know about the modern classrooms and information about podcasting, blogs, wikis, etc. that we had there.  Last spring, … Continue reading

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