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Profile Information
- 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.
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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My understanding is that Teen Second Life is only open to students from 13 years of age to 17. From 18 they can use the main Second Life grid.
We looked carefully into this option for a project at our school and have been very impressed with the a...
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...
I work at a school where there is quite a conservative approach to curriculum. I am the “Staff ICT Trainer” and, unfortunately, I do not have classes of my own. When a great idea or opportunity presents itself, I have to find teachers who might be...
Hi Dean,
Yes, I'm definitely planning to attend the jokaydia unconference :) As a SL newbie, I'm really looking forward to attending for the first time and am keen to learn as much as I can about using virtual worlds in education.
Lucy :)
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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 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
By going to a Dabbleboard page in your browser, you can type, draw, i… Continue
Posted on October 24, 2009 at 6:13pm —
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 2:19pm 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 3:58pm 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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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...
Hi Everyone,
Just a quick reminder that we have two very exclusive workshops with the StoryQuest team this week... PLUS join us on Sunday for a ReactionGrid Q&A with KyleG.
For further details see: http://www.facebook.com/l/a2584;jokaydia.com/20...
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. Any...
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...
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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