No Meeting This Week

Due to the short week, there will be no "Second Life and Lunch" meeting this week. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

SLunch on Thursday

Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11-11:50 p.m.
KCELT Computer Classroom or join us virtually

This Thursday we'll go on a field trip to InfoIsland to explore the college fair displays from other colleges with a presence in Second Life. If you can't make it to the meeting, the booths will be set up through Friday. We'll meet in the sandbox on the Kirkwood island and then teleport to InfoIsland.

Reminder to members: don't forget to sign up for SLunch on the KCELT Web site whether you join us in KCELT or virtually from your office computer. If you won't be able to make it, please remember to cancel too.

See you in Second Life!

Second Life College Fair This Weekend

9:00am-3:00pm SLT
11:00am-5:00pm Central
(SLT=Second Life Time)

InfoIsland in Second Life is hosting a virtual college fair this weekend. Kirkwood will have a booth there to showcase Distance Learning and point people to the developing Kirkwood island. Attached you will find a JPG of the booth. : )

SPEAKERS
10:00 am SLT (12:00 pm Central)
Stone Semyorka (Anthony Curtis from University of North Carolina at Pembroke)
“Why educators use Second Life”

11:00 am SLT (1:00 pm Central)
Sage Duncan (Stacey Fox from University of Kansas)
“Convergent media studies for Visual and Performing Arts Students”

12:00 pm SLT
Robby Kowalski (Robby Dittmann from Darton College)
“Common Myths About Online Education”

1:00 pm SLT
Vic Michalak (Phillip Youngblood from University of the Incarnate Word)
“Teaching international courses in Second Life”

PARTICIPATION COLLEGES (a partial list)
Penn State
University of Florida
University of Kansas – Art Department
Berkeley College
Georgia State University
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, College of Nursing
Ohio State University
...and (as they say) many others

If you need an avatar:
If you would like to attend the event on Sunday, you will need to sign up for a FREE Second Life account at www.secondlife.com (if you don’t already have one). Feel free to stop by KCELT tomorrow for our Second Life and Lunch meeting from 12-12:50pm and we can help you sign up. It’s easy.

If you have an avatar:
If you already have an avatar, simply log into Second Life and then copy and paste this Slurl into your web browser. It will open up a sceen that shows the location. Click the “teleport now” button and you will be given a teleport in Second Life to use.

Here’s the Slurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/66/172/33

I hope to see you there!
Kit Umscheid (KitUmscheid Writer in Second Life)

SLunch! This Friday at Noon

Friday, November 14, 2008, 12-12:50 p.m.
KCELT Computer Classroom or join us virtually

Join us on Friday for "Second Life and Lunch" (SLunch). We'll meet in the sandbox on the Kirkwood island.

Reminder to members: don't forget to sign up for SLunch on the KCELT Web site whether you join us in KCELT or virtually from your office computer. If you won't be able to make it, please remember to cancel too.

I hope to see you on Friday!

Friday Meeting Moved to 1-1:50 p.m.

Our Second Life and Lunch (SLunch) meeting for tomorrow has been moved to 1-1:50 p.m. We'll meet in the KCELT Computer Classroom or you can join us virtually. We'll be building small structures, so meet us in the sandbox on the Kirkwood island. This is a beginner session, so it's okay if you've never built anything before.

Reminder to members: don't forget to sign up for SLunch on the KCELT Web site whether you join us in KCELT or virtually from your office computer. If you won't be able to make it, please remember to cancel too.

I hope to see you tomorrow! : )