education

Educational Machinima with Pooky Amsterdam of PookyMedia for July 27 Nonprofit Commons Meeting

Posted Wed, 07/25/2012 - 11:22 by Zinnia Zauber

Educational Machinima with Pooky Amsterdam of PookyMedia for July 27 Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
July 27, 2012, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

Universal Design for Learning Spaces in VW with Blu Heron / Wanda Hardy of ISTE for July 20 Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Posted Tue, 07/17/2012 - 11:13 by Zinnia Zauber

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
July 20, 2012, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

Transcript of the Nonprofit Commons Meeting with Valibrarian / Dr. Valerie Hill of LISD & Texas Woman’s University July 6, 2012

Posted Fri, 07/06/2012 - 11:07 by Zinnia Zauber

Libraries, Museums and Immersive Learning with Valibrarian / Dr. Valerie Hill of LISD & Texas Woman’s University for July 6 Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
July 6, 2012, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

AGENDA
8:30 AM Introductions
8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements
8:45 AM Mentors Central
9:55 Libraries, Museums and Immersive Learning with Valibrarian / Dr. Valerie Hill of Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Science

Positive Work Being Done in Second Life & Other Virtual Worlds

Posted Mon, 03/26/2012 - 09:06 by Jerry Buchko

One of the efforts the Mentors group has been focused on these last few weeks has been on this project of collecting news and other interesting items that would reflect the kinds of positive work being done in Second Life and other virtual worlds settings. The idea has been to then share this perspective with the world at large in order to help balance out the general image presented by popular media, which tends more often to focus on Second Life and virtual worlds as places for purely recreational gaming or which tends to take a perspective that perhaps highlights more potentially sensationalistic pursuits, like virtual sex.

So as part of this effort by the Mentors group over the last several weeks, I've been gathering items I thought were especially interesting from this standpoint to share. As I collected and began to study the items that caught my attention, I realized they were falling into three general categories for me...

Happy Holidays Update at NPC

Posted Thu, 12/23/2010 - 12:12 by InKenzo

Mixed Reality Learning Lab & more at the NCVS Conference in NYC next week

Posted Mon, 06/21/2010 - 14:35 by InKenzo

From Evonne Heyning with Claire Sale @techsoup:

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is June 28-30 in New York City. The NCVS conference is an opportunity for volunteer and service leaders to get together for in-person networking and learning. If you're going to be there we'd love for you to get in touch -- or if you cannot attend, join us in Second Life or on the web!

Here's a listing of live sessions and spaces hosted by TechSoup:

Mixed Reality Learning Lab
Susan Tenby from TechSoup Global along with Nonprofits in Second Life team members Evonne Heyning and Josephine Dorado

Resources for Education in Second Life

Posted Fri, 02/20/2009 - 08:26 by Beth J. Bates

There are a lot of great resources out there for conducting classes and furthering educational initiatives in Second Life. Here's a little Friday link luv for some helpful and hopefully interesting articles about education and Second Life.

"Dropping Knowledge: How Virtual World Educators are Changing Real Lives" This Monday, November 17

Posted Wed, 11/12/2008 - 09:12 by rikomatic

On Monday, November 17, from 3-5PM PST, come to the first virtual conference sponsored by RezEd.org, the social network for virtual world educators, taking place in the Justice Center (click here to teleport). The event will feature a panel discussion of leading educators and researchers working in virtual world education, a "birds of a feather" breakout session, and social mixer for letting our virtual hair down!

Global Kids Open House and Non-profit Career Fair tomorrow in SL

Posted Thu, 11/08/2007 - 11:19 by rikomatic

barry joseph of Global Kids

My friends at Global Kids, a New York City based youth empowerment non-profit organization, will be holding an open house and non-profit career fair tomorrow (November 9) within Second Life. This is part of their job search to fill a number of positions within their Online Leadership Program (OLP). Come by from 1-2PM PST to the Global Kids offices on the main grid at the NMC campus sim Teaching (teleport SLURL.) OLP Director Barry Joseph (pictured here) will be speaking on Global Kids programs and Teen Second Life.

These are really cool jobs with a great organization that is on the cutting-edge of virtual technology and education. Additional information about available positions can be found at http://globalkids.org/?id=73. The application deadline is November 15, so get that resume polished!

 

Many thanks to Brownrice Internet for hosting the NPSL site.

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