Using Second Life for Educational applications

June 21, 2009

The 3rd part in a series of posts looking into the use of Virtual Worlds in Education After spending the last two weeks researching what’s going on with the use of Virtual Worlds in education related applications, I came away feeling that Second Life (abbreviated ‘SL’ from here forward) is by far the predominant tool in this [...]

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Cool insight into the future of virtual worlds & virtual reality

June 17, 2009

During my research over the last two weeks into Virtual Worlds and their use in education, I came across this incredible video demonstration of Lionhead Studio’s Project Natal. The gaming company has created a truly interactive virtual world environment, where people can interact with a very real seeming young boy named Milo. This is absolutely amazing - so much so that I simply had to mention it here, as my mid week post.

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Using Virtual Worlds in Education (Part 2)

June 14, 2009

Investigating VW alternatives to Second Life, for educational applications Last week, I focused on education related uses of the premier Virtual World application - Second Life. This week I am looking into other Virtual World environments that are being used for education and instructional applications. There are dozens of Virtual World applications in existence today, and some have areas devoted specifically to use [...]

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A couple articles about one professor’s use of Twitter in the classroom

June 10, 2009

University of Texas History Professor Monica Rankin has been getting some press lately about her use of Twitter in the classroom. I thought this made for an interesting brief mid week post, and it also serves as a nice follow up to my February post about educational application of Twitter.

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What’s going on with Virtual Worlds in Education today?

June 7, 2009

Exploring current uses of Virtual World tools in educational applications

Over the next few weeks I want to catch up with what’s been going on in the fascinating world of “virtual world” tools (like Second Life) and how these tools are being used in educational applications.

Second Life remains the “gold standard” in Virtual World applications, but there are many other VW tools available, and we will consider some of those in our exploration. When I first experimented with Second Life a year or so ago, the laptop I had at the time was pretty old, and it …

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Fun tool for the classroom - simple Crossword Puzzle maker!

June 3, 2009

This week’s mid week post is a little lighthearted - this is a fun little tool I came across (thanks to Buzz Garwood and his blog at thisweekinedtech.blogspot.com). This tool will allow you to create a simple crossword puzzle by plugging in a bunch of words and clues.

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Education Related Blogs & Blogging Resources

May 31, 2009

Last week we examined how blogs are being used in the classroom as a part of the instructional process. This week I am going to inform you about a great list of education related blogs, and provide examples of some of these. I will also provide some insight into subscribing to blogs (for those who might not be familiar with the process) and links to a couple popular tools for educational blogging.

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Another great example of blogging and other tech uses in the Classroom

May 27, 2009

Today’s “mid week update” is a follow up this week’s post about Blogging in (and out of) the Classroom. I just came across this web article about teacher Buzz Garwood, who is putting technology to great use in his 6th grade classroom, and I wanted to share it with my readers. Here is a link to the web post: http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_W_wbuzz24.4b88f7b.html, and here is a nice excerpt from it:

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Blogging in (and out of) the classroom

May 24, 2009

Teachers and students blogging as a part of their course work. This week we’re going to look at the use of Blogs in the classroom as a part of the educational process - blogging as a direct part of the course experience. Next week we’ll follow this up with a list of Blogs that educators may find useful. Let’s [...]

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Article “Why Web 2.0 is important to Higher Ed” (Mid Week Update)

May 20, 2009

Read this article by Trent Batson recently on CampusTechnology.com, and thought it made for an interesting mid week follow up to this week’s “5 Reasons Why Educators Need To Embrace Internet Technologies” post. Here is a excerpt from this article: “Culturally speaking, with the advent of Web 2.0, the “traditional classroom” with one speaker and many listeners [...]

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