Exploring New Learning Spaces

Preparation for the beginning of a new semester has preventing me from contributing as much as I would like to my blog but I thought I would share a Wordpress plug that I am also testing in this post.  Hopefully (fingers crossed) a social book mark bar will appear with this post.  If it works […]

I finally got a chance to visit Aura Lily’s ancient Egypt sim in Second Life.  Pathfinder sent a link to the SLED listserve awhile back but I got busy and forgot about it until tonight when I was preparing a presentation on Virtual Worlds for tomorrow.  It was a real treat to meet Aura - […]

What a day crazy day!! Tomorrow starts three days of non-stop faculty workshops but luckily I had some time to join the NMC Teachers’ Buzz Session. I give CDB and Corwin a lot of credit - it is not easy to manage a large crowd with many threads of conservations going at once. Their goal […]

SLATENight Launch Party
SLATENIGHT is now available for download in a beautiful PDF format (available through my server until I see a link for it on the main site).  I am very proud to see that my article appears on page 3 - be sure to check it out!!  I am already hard at owrk on […]

Appalachian State University & Purdue University were awarded the 2006 Campus Technology Innovators award for their creation of a 3D virtual space using Active Worlds technology.  Appalachian state describes their students as “a mid-career educator who is not familiar with immersive learning environments, has only a basic understanding of traditional web-based learning systems, and has […]

 The end of the summer is always a tough time - lots to do at work, prep for teaching and dusting off that pesky literature review.  I have been making a big effort to try to keep up with the SLED list especially since the weekly meetings seem to be on a break (although NMC […]

Is it possible that I could go on vacation in SL and stay at a swanky hotel? :)  The article Second Lifers get first look at new hotel chain describes the project undertaken by Starwood Resorts to build a 3D replica of the real-world Aloft Inn scheduled to open in real-life in 2008.  The SL version […]

I was so excited to see a post regarding a training environment on the SLED list today especially after my unsuccessful campaign to gain access to Masie’s LearnLand for my students.  It would be ashame to only use SL for one unit in my organizational psychology class especially when so much preparation and training involved […]

 Its funny, there is no TV in our room but I was able to get a faint wireless signal.  We are having a wonderful time on Block Island - the weather is beautiful!  This is our last vacation before the summer ends and I am glad that we got a chance to get away one more […]

Comics in SL???  Yes, its true.  I have to admit that I thought it was a quirky idea when Anya first told me that Jokay created a comic book for the slatenight.com magazine but I am absolutely in love with the idea.  I have to credit Heidi with bringing the comic back to our attention […]