Second Classroom - Students using Virtual Worlds

Students using Virtual Worlds

Second Classroom is a project to explore ways in which educators can create projects for students using immersive media such as Second Life, MMORPG and social networks to create authentic learning.

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Second Classroom and Teen Second Classroom are 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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eGovernment in Virtual Worlds

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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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Started by Stacy O'Bleness. Last reply by Stacy O'Bleness 1 day ago.

Jokaydias Edumeet and Story Quest - 18th October

Started by Judy O'Connell Oct 15.

First EduMeet@jokaydia this Sunday!

Started by jokay Oct 8.

Blog Posts

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 10:08am

Texture Time

I've added some images of the 'feel' I'm trying to achieve with Judy in a transmedia story we've decided to work on. Currently lost somewhere in Photoshop and Google Documents ... and liking the flexible lighting modes in Meerkat more and more ... just sayin'

Posted by Dean Groom on November 4, 2009 at 10:44pm

Larry Johnson, New Media Consortium CEO, Public Lecture @ UTS 26 November 2009, 4.00pm: Down the Rabbit Hole … …or how the NMC took the red pill, got a Second Life, and found love on the 3D web

Dear Colleagues

I would like to invite you to Larry Johnson's lecture Down the Rabbit Hole … …or how the NMC took the red pill, got a Second Life, and found love on the 3D web, on 26 November 2009 at 4.00pm at UTS. (I apologise I do not have a lecture theatre number as yet, but I will post an update).

The lecture is part of a grant project I have been carrying out with colleagues from the School of Software in IT, Nursing and the Institute for Interactive Media Learning at UTS to find o… Continue

Posted by Aleteia Infinity on November 4, 2009 at 6:55pm

Transmedia Approach to learning

I've been looking at the idea of developing sequences of work using a transmedia strategy. The idea that there are a series of modules of work, each taking place in different media. Typically, this is a tried and tested method for advertising - the target people's attention in multiple places, leading to an outcome that is desired.
I wonder if an

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Posted by Dean Groom on October 31, 2009 at 8:49pm

Go!Animate: Interactive Books & Libraries in Second Life

GoAnimate.com: Second Life Tour 1: Interactive Books & Libraries by gwyneth

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
a Go!Animate vid i made for a presentation at the AASL conference (American Association of School Librarians)… Continue

Posted by gwyneth jones on October 31, 2009 at 12:31am — 5 Comments

Mixed Reality Presentations

I've just picked up some information about Mixed Reality Presentations that might be worth checking out.
The [Zone] Touch Screen Media Television with Searchable YouTube and Flickr is worth testing.

What's special about this in-world media… Continue

Posted by Judy O'Connell on October 26, 2009 at 11:11am

Ninja Physics on ReactionGrid

Science is definitely not my strong point, so when I saw Kyle G's tweet about Ninja Physics on ReactionGrid, I assumed it would be completely beyond me!

I attended Kyle's class on the Ninja sim where I spent about 30 minutes playing, learning and creating. The Ninja Physics concept allows users to create objects that move in the same way that they would in real life. At the momen… Continue

Posted by Lucy Barrow on October 24, 2009 at 6:35pm — 1 Comment

Exploring the Dabbleboard Tool by Kindlelab

After watching the movie posted by Judy O'Connell by Rich White, I visited his Smithsonian space on ReactionGrid to test Dabbleboard, a Kindlelab project.

By going to a Dabbleboard page in your browser, you can type, draw, i… Continue

Posted by Lucy Barrow on October 24, 2009 at 6:13pm

Virtually Debating Healthcare

Our senior debate class took the medical insurance/citizen insurance debate online in a virtual world. The point was to simulate different plans and how they would affect the families finances.. It was really interesting to see how opinions changed as the simulation worked through the scenarios. This is a great tool… Continue

Posted by Pat Jewett on October 18, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

What do teachers need in their backpack?

What is in the EdTech backpack? Is it a mobile phone, laptop, 3G dongle or a bag of virtual dirty tricks, magical potions and comforters – part operations, part strategy, part performance art.

With hind-sight, I’d have created a persona online from the outset. I’d be Victor Gloucester. He’d feel confident to throw dynamite-ideas into rooms where people sit with arms folded staring into the vortex of techno-denial. He’d tell you “technology, when given to adults, presents a distinct chance that… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on October 18, 2009 at 9:30am

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The Islands of Jokaydia in Second Life provide us with professional collaboration and meeting spaces, and support for our virtual worlds projects. Visit the jokaydia.com website for more information.

Virtual Worlds Research

The Journal of Virtual Environments

LIS SIM Journals - A-M - SLIS Second Life Wiki

Research : Kzero

ARVEL special interest group at AERA approaches

The SLENZ Update - No 41, January 23, 2009 « Second Life Education in New Zealand

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Educator Tools

Mixed Reality Presentations - [ZONE] Touch Screen Media Television with Searchable YouTube and Flickr - Second Life® Tool Ranking

Is Apple Going to Support Augmented Reality, After All?

EduNation II Happy Hour For Newbies - Second Life Tool Ranking

Second Life Blogs: The Support Team: Wanted: Second Life community experts for hire

e-i-consulting and Training: EduNation II Happy Hour For Newbies

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Dean Groom added a blog post

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Kae is now a member of Second Classroom

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Stacy O'Bleness replied to Stacy O'Bleness's discussion 'Hello'

Unfortunately I didn't pick Second Life. My teacher picked this program for us to research and it just so happens to be an Elementary based class, but I am going to make due! Thank you for all the helpful links and information! They are really goi...

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Dean Groom replied to Stacy O'Bleness's discussion 'Hello'

You need to look at something other than Second Life Stacy. Teen Grid is 13-18 - I suggest you look at Quest Atlantis for that age range, if you don't have resources/program to teach yet. Alternatively you might look at a game - as at that age the...

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