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This is a picture of Dearborn Public Schools’ Exhibitors Booth in the Second Life Educator’s Best Practices Conference which took place May 25 in the Second Life Virtual world. Presenter from all over the globe presented at this marathon 24 hour conference. Well known names from the U.S. included Kathy Schrock. (pictured below)
She reminded the audience of over 1000 educators about the importance of evaluating resources and teaching our students how to look for credible sources of information. For video archives of the major conference presentations, see the link below.
http://www.slcn.tv/best-practices-in-education
For live blog of the event including posts by yours truly under my SL name of Cyndi Uriza, See the link below.
http://slic2007.blogspot.com/
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May 30th, 2007
I have made the initial forray into the world of machinima. This is the art of making video from inside a virtual world. My Second Life machinima can be seem here:
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=815b7e38a9dad05ad42e
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April 30th, 2007
I have somehow managed to get myself involved up to my eyeballs in the Second Life Educators Best Practices Conference. It is a real conference with a call for proposals that are being vetted by real university professors. I am one of the K-12 program chairs and you could have knocked me over with a feather when one of Bernie Dodge’s assistants contacted me with regards to presenting. It appears that many of the big names in edtech would like a shot at this new form of conference in a 3-D virtual world. The line-up is shaping up to include the likes of Kathy Schrock, Peggy Sheehey and David Warlick. The event takes place entirely inside the virtual world Second Life on May 25 all day and evening long. The price is right. It is totally free. If you are not familiar with Second Life, you should register and take a look around. You cannot do it at school however, as it is blocked. It also needs a better graphics setup than most of the school computers and a fast Internet connection. Go to SecondLife.com and try it out. if you are interested in the conference, go to the link below for information and registration. I am also willing to do some personal mentoring in Second Life. My username is Cyndi Uriza. You can send me an IM after you register for Second Life.
http://slbestpractices2007.wikispaces.com/
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April 23rd, 2007