Posted by dmirliss | Nov 29th, 2006

eSchool News Article

Recently I was highlighted in an eSchool News article regarding the use of SL in my class.  It was especially fun when one of my best friends who is a faculty member at Kent State (Lin Lin) and my Director found the article as well   You can read the entire article here: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6713&page=1 Many colleges have begun to incorporate Second Life into some of their...

Posted by dmirliss | Oct 12th, 2006

It’s a Small World (SL that is…)

In real lile I would describe myself as shy, maybe those who know me would disagree but it really does take a lot for me to approach someone new.  I just realized that I have turned into a shameless networker in Second Life – begging for access to restricted sims, emailing people that I find on blogs to be guest speakers, etc – pretty much anything that will help the students in my organizational...

Posted by dmirliss | Sep 30th, 2006

Semester of Conferences

Its been a crazy semester with lots of travel (2 trips to Texas still to come).  Just yesterday I gave a presentation on the electronic portfolio projects that I have been involved with at work.  Thanks to the recommendation of a friend, I was asked to speak to a small group of representatives from various NJ colleges at Centenary College  – their efforts are funded by a UPS Venture grant supporting the...

Posted by dmirliss | Sep 24th, 2006

A Visit at Play2Train

A special thanks must go to Ramesh for taking the time to show me the biohazard simulation that he has built in Second Life.  The Play2Train project is part of the Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness program.  The program is described as: The program’s objective is to enhance the knowledge and skills of health care professionals to meet the public health preparedness and emergency response demands...