Second+Life+Tours

=[|Second Life Learning Opportunities]=

by jzcolby (from Julia Zangl Colby's excellent blog - [|Technology in the Education Area])
Barnstable Public Schools and Plymouth Public Schools will be offering [|Second Life]learning opportunities. [|Beth Knittle](SL: Beth Kohnke) and myself (SL: JuliaAnn Mills) will be your hosts. If you are an educator and you wish to join us, meet us at the Lighthouse Learning Island **Teleport hub, near the calendar at the Lighthouse. Please IM Beth Kohnke or JuliaAnn Mills in Second Life if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing you there.** In this session we will tour various educational venues, as well as, some places of interest. We will learn how to make landmarks so you can easily return for further exploration. We will teleport, use the map, and search tools to help us get around in SL. Friday November 16 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern time (4:00 P.M. Second Life time) Repeat on Saturday, November 17 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern time (4:00 P.M. Second Life time) You will quickly find that your inventory can become very unorganized and it can slow you down. In this hands on learning session we will help you clean out and organize your inventory. We will learn to make folders and rename items for easy retrieval. Friday November 30 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern time (4:00 P.M. Second Life time) Repeat on Saturday December 1 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern time (4:00 P.M. Second Life time) We are members of a global network of educators and it is time we begin to share our expertise and experiences with others. In this learning experience we will look at the basics of how to present in SL and some of the options and tools to aid in presenting. We will also discuss how to find a venue to host a presentation and ways to advertise. Friday December 14 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern time (4:00 P.M. Second Life time) Repeat on Saturday December 15 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern time (4:00 P.M. Second Life time)
 * Getting around in Second Life**
 * Organization is Everything**
 * Presenting in SL**

Peggy Sheehy's Blog on Educational Applications of Second Life: http://www.storyofmysecondlife.com/?p=125

by: Lynn Reedy (Lyndsay Rhiano SL)** Ning site: http://virtualpioneers.ning.com/ The Virtual Pioneers is a group of teachers that meet, collaborate, share ideas, and tour social studies themed sims to develop their professional development to enhance education. They meet every other week in SL and visit various historical sites on SL. Spiff Whitfield presented on ISTE Island about the various places they visit Recommended places such as: Chatuex Versaille Antiquity Texas Olana History Museum Alhambra, Spain Holocaust Museum Land of Lincoln Virtual Harlem Replica Plymouth Capital Hill North SL Register of Historical Places http://nmsua.edu/tiopete/sl-register-of-historic-places/ Virtual Pioneers Teacher Tube Video http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b8bbe0dd72f9a2fd9b47
 * Virtual Pioneers