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- Your Institution:
- K-12 Independent School in Regional Victoria
- About Me:
- I am a Staff ICT Trainer and love Web 2.0 technologies and Virtual Worlds. Currently using Quest Atlantis with students and a Second Life & OpenSim newbie.
- Website:
- http://lucybarrow.edublogs.org/
- My Avatar
- My avatar is actually my daughter in Quest Atlantis :)
My Interest in Virtual Worlds in Education
Our school's Quest Atlantis blog can be found at http://myquestatlantis.edublogs.org/
The success of Quest Atlantis led me to look further into other virtual worlds, especially those suitable for our older students in the 13 and over age group. After exploring a number of different options, including Teen Second Life, I am currently conducting more detailed research into the possibility of a public space on ReactionGrid and also a private space managed by ReactionGrid. This space actually uses the OpenSim platform and will offer us great flexibility with our virtual worlds program.
A introductory post about the beginning of this project can be found on my blog.
We have a new blog, that will be used to document our Begonia Island OpenSim Project, located at http://begoniaisland.edublogs.org/
I am *loving* exploring virtual worlds like Second Life for staff and student use. Participating in "in world" Professional Development such as sessions offered by ISTE, have been an exciting and worthwhile experiences.
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Dean, this is such an exciting idea! My daughter is almost 9 years old and has *loved* using Quest Atlantis for over a year now. However, she has only been able to do this because of my involvement with QA. She would currently have to wait another...
It certainly is a beautiful space! (Nothing wrong with "too pretty"! ;)
There are so many books available - thank you so much for the work that you do and in being so generous to share.
I'm still a little new to virtual worlds and especially the b...
Wow Lucy, how fabulous that you dropped in and learnt some new things. I must see if I can drop by some time too! Cheers, Judy
Thanks for sharing this Judy, I hadn't seen DabbleBoard before and was keen to explore it!
After watching the movie that you posted by Rich White, I visited his Smithsonian space on ReactionGrid to test the board. By going to a DabbleBoard page...
Lucy Barrow's Blog
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
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 on October 24, 2009 at 7:35pm — 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
By going to a Dabbleboard page in your browser, you can type, draw, i… Continue
Posted on October 24, 2009 at 7:13pm —
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 4:19pm on November 4, 2009,
gwyneth jones said…
- hi! i went in world and did a search for Quest Atlantis so i could gift you with one of the Caledon Bookcases....but nothing came up! if you go to my build in-world, Red's Revenge Pub & Steampunk Factory...here's the SLURL you can click on the bookcase in question and take a copy! cheers!
~Capt. Red
aka Redgrrl Llewellyn of New Babbage
- At 4:58pm on October 20, 2009,
Judy O'Connell said…
- What fabulous feedback Lucy. I think it's worth doing as a seperate blog post...so that people don't miss this!! What do you think? Judy
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I am fairly new to immersive environments, but I love the idea of building with kids. I teach middle school so I could bring some of my own students. or work with others. I am on the east coast in the US as fair as time goes. I have more open time...
Dean, this is such an exciting idea! My daughter is almost 9 years old and has *loved* using Quest Atlantis for over a year now. However, she has only been able to do this because of my involvement with QA. She would currently have to wait another...
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