Tag Archives: worlds
Catching up after the Whirlwind
I’ve been really lax in posting of late. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference was AMAZING. As exploration stream lead, I used the conference to fulfill my internship hours for the IDD program here at South. In preparing for the tours and exploration, I signed up for, played around in, and created orientation [...]
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Posted in Conferences/Meetings, Cool Places/Tours, Other Virtual Worlds, Personal Experiences, Projects, Second Life
Tagged Aether, Aevalle, conference, FCVW, Inworldz, JokaydiaGrid, Moses, networking, tours, visiting, worlds
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First day wrapup at FCVW 2011
Even with the snagginess of my cable connection, I have to say I enjoyed the first day presentations at the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds. I did learn that I have a lot more to learn. But that’s a good thing! I’ve already written about the first keynote address, so I won’t go over [...]
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Tagged conference, education, FCVW, Moses, research, virtual, worlds
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SAESL Blog: Research Etiquette in SL
If you’ll allow me, I haven’t posted in a while here at the SAESL blog, but something’s been on my mind of late… This past week, I encountered two self-proclaimed researchers in Second Life that really made me take a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Virtual Experiences, Virtual Projects
Tagged Aevalle, education, etiquette, research, Second Life, virtual, worlds
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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
Posted in Virtual Cool Places/Tours, Virtual Projects
Tagged Aevalle, campuses, education, jaguarland, Second Life, tours, USA, virtual, visiting, worlds
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SAESL Blog: Visit to Inworldz Victoriana
I’ve been trying to visit multiple virtual worlds (at least one per week, outside of SL) to see how other grids are growing as potentials for educational hosts. Inworldz has been gaining a lot of attention lately–granted, not all of it … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual Cool Places/Tours, Virtual Experiences
Tagged Aevalle, Inworldz, tours, visiting, worlds
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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
Posted in Virtual Cool Places/Tours, Virtual Projects
Tagged campuses, jaguarland, Second Life, USA, virtual, worlds
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SAESL Blog: A couple of social networking groups that are actually good for you!
Hello SAESLers! This past week, I stumbled upon a report from the Association of Virtual Worlds–rather like a “state of the union” address, explaining how virtual worlds stand at this moment, what they’re being used for, and what the future … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual Conferences/Meetings, Virtual Projects
Tagged education, networking, Second Life, tools, virtual, worlds
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SAESL Blog: SLCC is coming up!
Second Life Community Convention is coming up, August 13-15, in Boston. For those of you who can’t or don’t want to take off to Boston for the event, it will be simulcast inworld. The main website can be found here. … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, Second Life, virtual, worlds
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SAESL Blog: Blue Mars coming along
I recently poked my head into Blue Mars again. While there’s still not a ton of content, it is a fun place to wander around in and explore. Caledonia’s growing again–Des and crew have been working on adding mesh content … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual Cool Places/Tours, Virtual Experiences
Tagged Aevalle, education, tours, virtual, visiting, worlds
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