Category Archives: second life

Ten to ask - How to predict the Web 2.0 winners

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

In the last few years, it seemed like there was an endless stream of new Web 2.0 applications. If you didn’t like one, twenty new ones would appear. Now that party is over. A while back I wrote a post … Continue reading →

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Virtual worlds interactive timeline

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

Anyone interested in Virtual Worlds will enjoy this interactive timeline. It covers over 200 years of immersive and simulated worlds in fiction, art, and technology, starting with the panorama picture “…invented by Robert Baker and patented in 1787 as “La … Continue reading →

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Community of interest or community of practice?

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Sylvia Martinez

I’ve been seeing a lot of talk around the edu-blogs and at conference sessions about online learning communities, or building a personal learning network as part of a educator’s professional development. Often, these are referred to as “Communities of Practice” … Continue reading →

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Second Life: K-20 Educators Exploring Virtual Worlds - Panel

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Sylvia Martinez

So today (if I’ve gotten my world clock right) the different kind of conference session debuts. Second Life: K-20 Educators Exploring Virtual Worlds - Panel (Live VoiceThread version) Second Life: K-20 Educators Exploring Virtual Worlds was a last minute brainstorm … Continue reading →

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More Virtual News from Google (and others)

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Sylvia Martinez

Two more developments in the virtual world since the announcement of Metaplace last week (here’s my take on the education potential). Google seems to be testing a virtual world engine at Arizona State University. Scenecaster is promoting itself as a … Continue reading →

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Metaplace - new metaverse “open” for education?

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Sylvia Martinez

Raph Koster is “an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design.” (Wikipedia) For the past year, his company, Areae has been teasing the launch of a new “metaverse” that would revolutionize virtual world … Continue reading →

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K12 Online Conference - Mark Your Calendars!

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Sylvia Martinez

The K12 Online Conference 2007 is coming up in October! Last week I wrote about creating some teaser presentations for the sessions I’m involved in, and here they all are: Web 2.0 - Share the Adventure with Students Challenging Assumptions … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts on Second Life

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Sylvia Martinez

When I joined the group of educators in Second Life called the CAVE (see previous post) I promised myself I would do two things: 1) approach Second Life with an open mind and 2) write about it along the way. … Continue reading →

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Serendipity, Second Life, and the importance of being nine

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Sylvia Martinez

Serendipity - the act of finding something fortunate while looking for something else. My Second Life guide, Kevin Jarrett, sent a link to his Second Life blog and I wound up on his real life home page. Kevin is the … Continue reading →

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My first Second Life lesson

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Sylvia Martinez

I finally met up with KJ Hax (the Second Life name of Kevin Jarrett) for an office assignment and lesson about Second Life. Kevin is on a research sabatical to study Second Life, and has been working hard to form … Continue reading →

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