Second Classroom - Students using Virtual Worlds

Students using Virtual Worlds

Second Classroom is a project to explore ways in which educators can use MUVES, Game and MMO in learning

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Second Classroom is the initiative of Dean Groom and Judy O'Connell. Please join and participate in this collaborative venture. Let us know what you are doing and share your ideas with us all.

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Reaction Grid - A Few Random Sims

Added by Judy O'Connell

Why Second Classroom?

We know that the academic and social well being of our students is enhanced when the learning environment provides spaces where students can learn in different ways, at different speeds, and where they feel safe and valued. We also know that the changes that 21st century learning has brought to the ways our teachers teach and students learn are momentous.

Join in the discussions and reflections to help take learning and teaching to the new frontiers of virtual learning. The Second Classroom aims to support students and teachers with opportunities to strive for creativity, knowledge, citizenship, global awareness and personal success in virtual learning environments.

Forum

Kidz on the Gridz - Kids events in Reaction Grid 3 Replies

Started by Dean Groom. Last reply by Mary Del Bianco Dec. 4, 2009.

A minute post on the critical point in Edu-MUVEs 10 Replies

Started by Dean Groom. Last reply by David Warlick Apr. 11, 2009.

Blog Posts

2010 Best Practice in Virtual Worlds Conference

Greetings!

Here at TVWSP we are always looking for new, creative, and thought provoking ways to connect, share ideas, and collaborate with other educators working in virtual environments. One of the most effective ways we've found to do that is via the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education International Conference held each year in Second Life. This year's conference is entitled, "Imagination Around the World," and promises to be quite special. We're including the press release for the eve… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on January 29, 2010 at 1:32pm

Collecting Academic Resarch ... and sharing

I'm often asked about resources and references for Second Life/Game in Education. Some are specific, but most are people looking for academic references and research in to the past, present and future.

It strikes me that MUVE/MMORPG stands head and shoulders above "Web2.0" when it comes to evidence based research into social interaction, co-operation and collaborative learning. Much of the Web2.0 is based upon market research, and in any regard is very immature in comparison with the thirty yea… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on January 14, 2010 at 12:07pm

new age of education

It is cool to see student learning from this new technology. It is going to be neat to see how the innovation of IP PBX and Satelite Internet affect international involvement. As these technologies bring high speed connections to third world and rural areas, there will be few who will… Continue

Posted by Cindy Fallsen on January 8, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

KZero - virtual world predictions and trends ... to 2013

" ‘Tis the season to release forecasts’. Well, we tend to do this all year round, but seeing as we’re fast approaching 2010, here’s some charts we usually keep wrapped up for special occasions – our active user forecast for the virtual worlds sector."

Well worth a read to see the epic nature of virtual world growth in the next few years ... click here

Posted by Dean Groom on January 3, 2010 at 2:30pm

Wanted: clothing and hair designers for OpenSim project

Hi everyone

I am looking for leads on clothing and hair creators/designers for a project I am getting up and running in Open Sim. I am in need of a range of clothing for women including autumn and summer casual, neat/business casual, business, food service and construction site and for men autumn and summer casual, neat/business casual, food service and construction site. Hair along the same lines - very casual, neat casual, food service, business, construction. Must be able to be coloured (hai… Continue

Posted by KerryJ on December 15, 2009 at 12:09pm

Reaction Grid: A few random Sims

Just a fast HD fly-through of some random Sims in ReactionGrid. Thankz to Botgirl Questi.

Reaction Grid from Botgirl Questi on Vimeo.

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Posted by Judy O'Connell on December 10, 2009 at 7:34pm

Kidz on the Gridz

Following a short burst of chatter today -- an idea emerged that I liked. Putting together some virtual build project for a bunch of kids -- outside of school. This is going to have to be on Reaction Grid ... but I guess we should start thinking about some bogus-missing thing we could run to get kidz connecting with virtual space ... not like school - perhaps get them just o build something ... or probably just fly about.

Anyway ... I like the idea of a rogue band of kidz on reaction grid.

Posted by Dean Groom on November 30, 2009 at 9:00pm

Larry Johnson - UTS Public Lecture Update

And location is the tower building, entrance level room 06.

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Public Lecture on Second Life, 26/11/09, 6.00pm
As part of the UTS Communities of Practice/Learning Communities in Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning grant No Place Like Home Point: Creating a Community in Second Life, Larry Johnson, New Media Consortium CEO, will deliver a public lecture at UTS on the use of virtual worlds in higher education.

Posted by Dean Groom on November 25, 2009 at 11:02pm

Imprudence Viewer

http://imprudenceviewer.org/ is another entry into the multi-viewer space. I've been using Meercat with Second Inventory on Reaction Grid and found it to be great for building, and as I write this, I've only just spend an hour with Imprudence. I'm using mostly OSX, and to be honest found Hippo to be frustratingly un-reliable on OSX Snow.

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Posted by Dean Groom on November 19, 2009 at 9:22pm — 2 Comments

Online communities - are now a culture or counter-culture depending on your ideology. Community, c…

Online communities - are now a culture or counter-culture depending on your ideology. Community, culture, churn, sift and drift are the reagents of motivation and at the center of learning anything online.

Communities need culture to operate. Anyone talking about communities in an online wo

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Posted by Dean Groom on November 8, 2009 at 12:08pm

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