No Meeting This Week, but There's Lots to See on the Kirkwood Community College Second Life Island

No "Second Life and Lunch" meeting this week, but there's lots to see on the Kirkwood island. The island is open to all visitors and you can stop by at any time. You can browse through the recommended educational locations in the building on the island. Just click a sign for a teleport. The Wind Turbine Exhibit is under construction, but you can check out the progress of this build. Teleport to the Plague Sim build (above the clouds on the Kirkwood island) but don't get too close to the fresh burial plots in the cemetary or you might find your name on a headstone.

Got a SL avatar? Click here to visit the Kirkwood island:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkwood%20College/131/176/29

Ready to get an avatar? We recommend the following signup sites:
http://www.kirkwood.edu/site/index.php?p=22725

I hope to see you at our next meeting on Thursday, April 8, 2010.

Join Us for Second Life and Lunch This Thursday

Thursday, March 25, 2010, 1-1:50 p.m.
KCELT 2097 or Join Us Virtually
Meet us in the sandbox on the Kirkwood island.
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkwood%20College/156/77/26

Get an avatar and explore the Kirkwood island or log in and work on your individual or group project. Our group is here to answer your questions about Second Life.

I hope to see you there!

NOTE TO ALL MEMBERS:
Don't forget to sign up for this free KCELT session on the Kirkwood EagleNet whether you plan to join us in person or virtually. Faculty members receive Professional Renewal Credit for all KCELT sessions, but you have to sign up to receive credit. You can find instructions for signing up here (just search for "second life" to find our sessions for this semester). If you join us virtually, we will be using voice, but you can communicate with the group through text.

For more information about the Kirkwood Second Life Group visit http://www.kirkwood.edu/secondlife

VWBPE Archives Available

Did you miss the VWBPE 2010 Conference in Second Life? You can still experience the conference through recorded sessions on Treet TV.

Here's a sample of what you can find:

Ethical and Legal Issues in Teaching in Virtual Worlds

Episode 34 Broadcast 12 March 2010 - Hope R. Botterbusch and Rosemary S. Talab demonstrate how they instruct students about the rights and wrongs of living in a virtual environment and how to deal with uncomfortable or unexpected situations.

Teaching Mathematics in Virtual Worlds
Episode 39 Broadcast 13 March 2010 - Randall Holmes, a mathematician, has started to use Second Life to teach basic math to students and shares a lot of the nuts & bolts conclusions about how well it works.

Maslow's Hierarchical Hideaway in Second Life: What was I thinking?
Episode 42 Broadcast 13 March 2010 - Jackie Gerstein gives an informal and casual tour of her surprising and fun build in Second Life that lets learners explore the concepts of Maslow's pyramid of human needs at their own pace.

If you would like to explore all of the recorded sessions or check out the discussion forum, click here.

VWBPE 2010 Conference

The 3rd annual Virtual Worlds - Best Practices in Education Conference is this weekend!

March 12-13th, 2010

It's free to attend (you don't even need to register) and naturally hosted in Second Life. Below is the description from their website. To see all the conference has to offer though, take a look at the planned sessions. Plenty of topics ranging from poetry to nursing to legalities. Surely something for everyone.

The Virtual World Best Practices 2010 focus is “Imagination Around the World”. From the North, East, West and South corners of the physical world what is evident is the collaborate nature of virtual world participants to share knowledge and experience. This 48 hour conference will indeed provide opportunities for sharing and further understanding virtual world technology.

Visit the Kirkwood Second Life Island

We don't have a "Second Life and Lunch" meeting for the next two weeks, but you can always visit the Kirkwood Second Life island. Electronics Engineering Technology instructor, Jim Trepka, is building a Wind Turbine Exhibit on a corner plot of the island. Stop by and take a look at this work in progress.

SLURL : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkwood%20College/241/181/26

Second Life and Lunch : Only Two Sessions This Month

Thursday, March 4, 2010, 1-1:50 p.m.
KCELT 2097 or Join Us Virtually
Meet us in the sandbox on the Kirkwood island.
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkwood%20College/156/77/26

We're meeting only the first and last week of this month. Both sessions will be labs, so you'll have a chance to work on your projects and get help from other members. If you've been thinking about getting an avatar and checking out the Kirkwood island, it would also be a good time to do that.

Join us on the Kirkwood island this week for "Second Life and Lunch." Bring your lunch, bring a friend and don't forget your password. We hope to see you there!

NOTE TO ALL MEMBERS:
Don't forget to sign up for this free KCELT session on the Kirkwood EagleNet whether you plan to join us in person or virtually. Faculty members receive Professional Renewal Credit for all KCELT sessions, but you have to sign up to receive credit. You can find instructions for signing up here (just search for "second life" to find our sessions for this semester). If you join us virtually, we will be using voice, but you can communicate with the group through text.

For more information about the Kirkwood Second Life Group visit http://www.kirkwood.edu/secondlife