Second Life and Lunch : NISOD Webinar

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Webinar: 1-1:50pm Central
Discussion: 2-2:50pm Central
KCELT 2097

Tomorrow's session is only for Kirkwood Community College staff and faculty. We will resume with our regular open sessions next week.

This "Second Life and Lunch" session is a Webinar and does NOT take place in Second Life, but you will need to be faculty or staff of Kirkwood to attend this session. 

Lauri Hughes gave me a heads up for a Webinar this month held through NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) of interest to those who wonder how the Second Life platform can be used in the classroom. Here's an overview:

NISOD WEBINAR: ENHANCING INSTRUCTION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SECOND LIFE
Would you like to increase student engagement in the learning process? Join us for this high tech webinar and discover how Texas State Technical College (TSTC) instructors incorporate features from Second Life to: take students on virtual museum tours; involve them in virtual medical procedures; participate in a virtual class etiquette dinner; explore the inner workings of a camera; attend virtual meetings, and much more. From our experienced panel, you will learn how instructors first ventured into utilizing Second Life to enhance classroom instruction, overcame their fears, and quickly realized the benefits of engaging students in the virtual world!

PRESENTERS:
Kevin Brown, Project Manager, Educational Technology
Patty Odom, Faculty
Dub Wellborn, Faculty, Texas State Technical College West Texas
Coral Noonan-Terry, Associate Director, NISOD (Moderator)

This Webinar is FREE as Kirkwood is a member of NISOD, and best of all you can attend this Webinar from the comfort of your own office computer or join us in KCELT to watch it on the big screen with other Second Life Group members. 

SIGN UP FOR THE WEBINAR HERE:
http://www.nisod.org/webinars/index.html 


SIGN UP FOR THE SECOND LIFE KCELT SESSION TOO:
http://www.kirkwood.edu/pdf/uploaded/132/how_to_register_for_a_kcelt_course.pdf (search for "second life")

Want to find out more about how Texas State Technical College is involved in Second Life before the Webinar? Check out these links:

Overview: http://www.examiner.com/x-4734-Second-Life-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Going-to-college-in-Second-Life

...or maybe you’d like to read about their first graduate of a certificate program taken entirely in a virtual environment (Certificate in Digital Media): http://remember.your-first-time.com/college-life/texas-state-technical-college-graduates-the-first-student-from-second-life

I hope to see you there.