Second Classroom - Educators Learning in Virtual Worlds

Educators Learning in 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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Open Sim Based Worlds

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Second Life

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World of Warcraft

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Game-Based Learning

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Virtual Atom and Molecule

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Ask the Expert about Water Cycle

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Mars Rover

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Rainforest Collaboration

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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.

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Virtual Worlds in Primary Classrooms

Tags: schools, primary

Started by Sarah Elliott yesterday.

Blog Posts

Ten Considerations for bringing games into class

As always, my colleague Dean has some great insights into gaming for learning.

Snapped from his blog:-

"Before heading into using games in the classroom, there are a few considerations that are essential considerations. The biggest one surrounds…

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Posted by Judy O'Connell on January 25, 2012 at 1:28pm

Blended Delivery SL and F2F classrooms

I just thought I'd post a link to a paper presented at ASCILTE 2010 in Sydney recently - about Blended Learning using Second Life. You might find it of interest.

http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/Ascilite%20conference%20proceedings%202010/Bower-full.pdf

Posted by Dean Groom on February 1, 2011 at 10:27am

Creating Game-Like Engagement for Learning

Creating Game-like Engagement for Learning

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Posted by Judy O'Connell on January 22, 2011 at 7:00pm

Repeating myself

In trying to work out player motivation an emotion is MMOs, I think I've not managed to get a nice spread to characters in Warcraft between level 1 and 80 (the top level). In my first efforts to learn how the social structures worked, I just worked to level to the top. This time around, I've spend a quarter of the time to get to the same point in the game, but have a 'better' character. Obviously I know a lot more now than I did the first time about the game, but more importantly, I use the… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on December 22, 2010 at 9:10am

Jo Kay at ISTE SIGVE Speaker Session December 21!

At a blog post at Oh!VirtualLearning! I announced that we will experiment tomorrow night, Dec. 21, in Elluminate, sharing my desktop from my laptop in Nashville, TN while logged into Second Life as Scottmerrick Oh to benefit from spending an hour with Jo Kay. If that's not a run-on sentence I never read one.

Please join us if you can. It will be a memorable hour, and if all the technology cooperates we'll have…

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Posted by Scott Merrick on December 21, 2010 at 1:30am

OpenSim Welcomes The Ed Tech Crew!

Whilst being interviewed by the awesome Ed Tech Crew as part of their podcast, we joked about them conducting a future episode inworld. Before I knew it, preparations were underway for a "Christmas Special"! It was a fabulous way to end our first year in OpenSim and to further promote the wonderful work being done by schools around the world in virtual worlds.

You can click here to…

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Posted by Lucy Barrow on December 20, 2010 at 11:38pm

Light Immersive Platforms

Light Immersive Platforms ... an example

http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/lip/

This is a recording of an event that took place online in a

"Light Immersive Platform"

Virtual (online) Photography Event http://www.pdnvirtualevents.com

This one day online event (8 Dec 2010) was focussed on the Photography…

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Posted by Chris Smith on December 10, 2010 at 11:08pm

Infinity Blade comes to a device in your hand!

via Engadget App review: Infinity Blade

There's no denying that, as a game, Blade Infinity is limited. The storyline can be recited in a single sentence and the basic gameplay mechanic is one and the same throughout. However, it never feels like a trudge because of some spectacular presentation, RPG elements that have been woven in intelligently rather…

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Posted by Judy O'Connell on December 10, 2010 at 1:57pm

Sheep, jewellery and information literacy!

Posted by Judy O'Connell on December 10, 2010 at 10:01am

Warcraft - Learning how games make you think

As many may know - World of Warcraft (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com) has just released Cataclysm, the latest and greatest update to the massive multiplayer game, with over 12 million subscribers.

There is a lot to learn from Warcraft, if you are designing MUVEs for education. Inside the game, you'll find plenty of educators dressed as Priests, Warriors and Warlocks, so you might find it a strange place to think about learning more about… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on December 8, 2010 at 5:26pm — 1 Comment

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Are you keen to learn about the evolving literacy and information needs of 21st century learners in MUVEs, MMORPGs and 3D immersive worlds? Then Virtual worlds will provide the knowledge, inspiration and motivation to get you started. This short introductory guide written by us can be ordered direct from ACER publishing.

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Virtual Worlds in Primary Classrooms

Hi,I am a fairly new user of Second Life, and I love the endless possibilities that exist there. However, as a primary school teacher, I am wondering what options exist for children aged 7 -11 to engage in a virtual world similar to Second Life. There are so many amazing places to visit in Second Life that would be perfect for students studying certain themes etc, but of course, they are far too young to have accounts etc...What examples do people have of primary schools using virtual worlds -…See More

Discussion posted by Sarah Elliott yesterday

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Sarah Elliott is now a member of Second Classroom yesterday

Welcome Them!

Ten Considerations for bringing games into class

As always, my colleague Dean has some great insights into gaming for learning. Snapped from his blog:-"Before heading into using games in the classroom, there are a few considerations that are essential considerations. The biggest one surrounds understanding the culture of games, and…See More

Blog post by Judy O'Connell Jan 25

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