Students using Virtual Worlds

Blog Posts Across Second Classroom

Shakespeare - Machinima Unit of Work

Ive posted a short project based learning project for my 9th Grade students on TeenSecondClassroom, and they have begun work on developing a 2 minute flick, that ultimately they will post on Machinima.com. This is a 6 week project - (1 hour per week in class, plus one hour self-directed). I've posted the unit here, so anyone can use or modify it. It will be posted… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 28 July 2008 at 11:46pm — 2 Comments

AUGrid goes live !! Caters for Aussie interests

AUGrid is up with around 16 regions including dedicated hub for educators. Please feel free to drop by and if you wish to add some things your more than welcome. Show off your school, projects or other related materials. Space is being offered free for educators and medical research just contact me for details and i will show you where and when. http://augrid.org is the site, bit of a bumpy ride of late but the latest build seems quite stable. don't forget to check out the data center on norgan… Continue

Posted by Norgan on 26 July 2008 at 3:49am — 4 Comments

3rd & 4th grader on our Opensim based GreenbushGrid virtual world

Kids at Greenbush on the OpenSim GreenbushGrid Virtual World

The rest of the pics can be seen here Continue

Posted by Rich White on 24 July 2008 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Australian OS Grid

Innovation is all around. I've been talking to Nathan, who's been working on an Australian 'Open Simulator' grid. He's also been working up the API for user registration, which works pretty well. You can visit the Grid here. Its great to see someone pu… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 24 July 2008 at 12:53am — No Comments

jokaydia Unconference Planning Begins!

(Cross posted on the jokaydia Blog @ http://jokaydia.com/2008/07/20/jokaydia-unconference-planning-begins/) Planning has begun for the First Annual jokaydia Unconference, which we will be ho… Continue

Posted by jokay on 21 July 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Skoolaborate - Make Poverty History Concert

Alberto Rizzo from the Melbourne Grammar school has posted this on his blog.Part of his Youth Leadership Conference. It will be great to get some kids in there for this event from my school, and an opportunity to invite some of the staff to come along and see what is happening in Skoolaborate. Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 20 July 2008 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Open Sim on a Flash Drive

For those who've been following the development of Open Simulator, then I might suggest a powerful use for it in your classroom by students. In brief, OS runs a 'grid' much like the SL grid. But, you can also create your own 'grid' or islands in their own right. OS does not have all the bells and whistles of SL, but has some things that SL does not too - it is Open Source so like most projects of that ilk where there is a demand, it is growing fast. OS simply boots under the usual SL client -… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 20 July 2008 at 2:05pm — 10 Comments

The backstory of Second Italy, a new UTS project.

Backstory: I teach in a program called International Studies at UTS. It consists of some face to face subjects in contemporary cultures and societies and languages for three years and a fourth year when students go and study overseas in one of our partner universities. The idea is that our graduates will learn how to work and live cross and interculturally. I teach in the Italy Major. We use a variety of not very good tools like email and Blackboard to teach students OS. It seemed only logical t… Continue

Posted by Aleteia on 19 July 2008 at 3:10pm — 1 Comment

Open Grid - Mac OSX login instructions

This is the code : /Applications/Second\ Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second\ Life -loginuri http://osgrid.org:8002/ -loginpage http://osgrid.org/loginscreen.php -helperuri http://osgrid.org/?method=login Thanks to Sean for the link to Open Grid. For those Mac Users out there, the site instructions to amend you SL clients desire to connect to Linden - in favour of Open Grid, the instructions and code is missing (at the time of writing). Heres what you need to do.… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 17 July 2008 at 4:47pm — No Comments

Clarification

Just to clarify. Judy and I are both working with other schools in Skoolaborate. The images I've posted on for my build work in Teen Second Life are on the islands of Skoolaborate. Other images are largely in Jokaydia on the adult grid. Second Classroom does not have a Teen Second Life island. Several teachers in Skoolaborate are also part of this Ning Group. Any questions please message me. Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 4 July 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Watching a Jokaydian 'in world' and out!

We love inspiring each other! So those Jokaydians who are attending NECC were stoked to be able to meet up with Konrad Glogowski our fellow Jokaydian whose research and thinking provides the bedrock to educators working with online tools, and in-world tools. In true Jokaydian fashion we jumped on the opportunity to stream Konrad’s presentation into Jokaydia, for our SL friends.… Continue

Posted by Judy O'Connell on 2 July 2008 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Little Big Planet

PS3 - new release - Little Big Planet building and making your own games, then getting others to play it. Watch the video - this is awesome! The LittleBigPlanet experience starts with players learning about their character’s powers to interact physically with the environment. There are obstacles to explore, bits and pieces to collect and puzzles to solve – requiring a combination of brains and collaborative teamwork. As players begin to expl… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 16 June 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Quest Atlantis

Just a quick note. I've started the PD course for Quest Atlantis, and made a blog post about it.

I am sure that there are others using QA, so perhaps you might share some insights as to the benefits in learning… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 16 June 2008 at 6:08pm — 2 Comments

Cheat sheet never goes astray!

Thanks to Peregrine Salon at Second Blogger, I have picked up a nice 'cheat sheet' that I can hand out to any newbies working in SL. You might like to grab a copy too - and it come in two different qualities, depending on your printing needs.

LOW QUALITY:… Continue

Posted by Judy O'Connell on 14 June 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Joining Second Classroom

Today I explored SL even further. I visited many new places and started to get more of feel of the virtual worlds. I have written a blog post on my very first experience in SL, "Moving to a Second Life" on my blog. Continue

Posted by Helen Otway on 10 June 2008 at 12:29am — No Comments

Watching Jokay build...with MissieZ Moonites

Jokaydia III was a completely empty island when I first arrived and I was certain someone would have to fill it. Once again, I arrived in Second Life at the perfect time. Whenever, I go to Second Life, I always check Jokaydia. It is where I spend a large amount of my time because it is where I have met the most helpful people. My wife Joanie and our two boys went on a road trip this weekend, so I lucked out in the amount of time I could spend cavorting around with new friends in my new world. An… Continue

Posted by Jeff Agamenoni on 1 June 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

SecondClassroom OpenSim

After talking to Gnu Curry, I've been busy working with Dave Webber (uber network guru) to develop a strategy to provide a workable Open Sim for SecondClassroom. There are so many opportunities for OpenSim in Education, though my strategy is to use it as part of an overall school scaffold for educators to deliver immersive worlds in the closed LAN environment as a primary goal. To this end, we are working to develop a model by which you can extract-install a sim in a LAN environment. Link: Pic… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 31 May 2008 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

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Posted by Judy O'Connell on 15 May 2008 at 8:09pm — No Comments

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Posted by Judy O'Connell on 14 May 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Stepping into a Second World - Part 1

I was a little unsure of what I was supposed to write in this blog or any blog for that matter. So, I did what kids would do in a similar situation and I searched the site and I found a link to Judy O'Connell's page which contained a Lee Lefever, Blogs in Plain English video. Basically what the video said was that there was a small audience with great interest in whatever it was that I had to say. So I will try to describe what has happened to me over… Continue

Posted by Jeff Agamenoni on 13 May 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

The difference between 'wired' kids and their teachers

In a couple of weeks our students will begin to work and play in Skoolaborate, our entry point into Teen Second Life. This week we set up all our machines, and tested the avatars that were created. Paul, a keen student, ensured that the avatars all logged in correctly. He was allowed just 5 minutes to actually see what it is like to maneuver with an avatar. This is where I was so struck by the difference between wired kids and their teachers. I have had… Continue

Posted by Judy O'Connell on 3 May 2008 at 2:15pm — 1 Comment

Slowly, but a long way to go

Unlike Dean and his excellent troupe of students, we are at the very early stages of implementing Teen Second Life. Today I created some avatars for our students who are joining Skoolaborate, and we are having our first 'meeting' tomorrow. In our school we are running Teen Second Life as a co-curricular program. The idea is to run a small project to investigate the learning opportunities for our students - and to provide some concrete informatio… Continue

Posted by Judy O'Connell on 29 April 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Project launched to students

Briefed the students on the PBL 'Digital Behaviour' project today. A brief introduction and discussion as to the possible ways they might explore the question, followed by a walk-through of what is expected. Have to say, they were quite shocked at what they are being asked to day, as for most (but not all), it takes them out of their comfort zone again. All students easily joined the Teen Ning, and selected our schools group. This is where they… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 29 April 2008 at 5:44pm — No Comments

ISTE's event with Konrad March

This morning I attended a fabulous ISTE presentation by Konrad Glogowski aka Konrad March at the ISTE Second Life auditorium. He spoke so well about blogging and the creation of student collaborative ventures, with teachers fostering the creation of student blogging that is personal, flexible, and not overshadowed by a 'teacherly voice'. More on this later. Jo Kay and I will put together a bit of a presentation to capture the essence of Konrad's message… Continue

Posted by Judy O'Connell on 23 April 2008 at 3:06pm — 1 Comment

SL Shakespeare Company Event

I attended the SL Globe Theatre Event, which was and Act from Hamlet. This kind of live performance is ideal for students to produce 'drama' of any kind. Obviously this is a big SL build, however it is very possible to create simple objects and backdrops to support any kind of production. This was recorded LIVE with iShowYou, but with a little more time and effort the production quality can be improved, as can the range of camera views. A little post editing - and you have Machinima movie happe… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 23 April 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Do video games and the internet influence childrens behaviour - a project

This project is designed for delivery within a Project Based Learning framework. It has been influenced heavily by the work of some of our Jokaydian friends, and so is a first step into putting a range of conversations we have had into a localised project. We hope to take this project into Skoolaborate, if we can accommodate it in the already busy agenda. In designing this project, we are using Teen Second Life f… Continue

Posted by Dean Groom on 21 April 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Welcome to our Project

The Second Classroom is a project to explore ways in which educators can create projects for students using immersive media such as Second Life, MMOPRG and social networks. Second Classroom blends Web 2.0 technologies, including, blogs, wiki’s and ‘virtual worlds’ for collaborative learning of both teachers and students. By providing a common place to learn and share ideas, educators can leverage the power of new media to engage students and provide opportunities that might otherwise not exist. Continue

Posted by Judy O'Connell on 21 April 2008 at 1:11pm — No Comments

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