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MARCH 24, 2011

I will guide a tour of a virtual “green&# house and discuss the seven sensibilities that differentiate Virtual Immersive Environments from other forms of educational and social media and how organizations such as IBM, Ernst and Young and BP have leveraged Virtual Immersive Environments to improve organizational performance.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2008

We had a lot to cover from how to navigate in Second Life to simple scripting with building, teleporting and designing Second Life training solutions in between. Usually I travel alone so having someone with me was a big help in terms of preparing for the presentation and helping to guide the presentation.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

([link] Tom Hale, our Chief Product Officer will announce the availability of the next generation of Second Life viewers—Viewer 2 Beta. It combines an easy browser-like experience with shared media capabilities--giving all Second Life Residents a new option to choose from among Viewer 1.23

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Some interesting things are going on with the folks over at Linden Labs , the developers of the virtual immersive environment of Second Life. Second Life is going corporate. The criteria for winning are: Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside of Second Life.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Recently, I received a some really good questions related specifically to Second Life but primarily are about virtual worlds and the use of these worlds for education. I'll answer the questions here since I think they reflect concerns that many educators have related to the social networks and Second Life.

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JUNE 15, 2008

Here is this Month's ASTD Big Question: Second Life Training? More specifically: In what situations, do you believe it makes sense to develop a learning experience that will be delivered within Second Life? But first I want to say that we need to get away from thinking the only 3D learning envrionemnt is Second Life.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Yesterday, Tony O'Driscoll , Matthew Monahan and I gave an ASTD Webinar on the topic of Second Life. Tom has written a great deal on Second Life and innovative learning content and methods. We talked about it a little and gave a tour. Anyway, it was a great session and here are some images from the webinar.

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MAY 28, 2008

This morning I received an email message from, Fiona, who provided me with a really interesting link to 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life. Blogs and Websites --Turn to these blogs for tips, services and tools when setting up a learning space in Second Life.

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MAY 20, 2008

Second Life and movies have had a history. In my post Second Life at the Movies , I discuss the possibility of a full-feature length movie being created in Second Life. IBM's Vice President of IBM's Technical Strategy and Innovation, Irving Wladawsky-Berger sits for an interview in Second Life.

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MARCH 28, 2008

Today I am presenting a webinar titled " Second Life in Education " for NETWORKS which is is a National Science Foundation Resource Center that is focused on the advancement of semiconductor, automated manufacturing, and electronics education. Video showing the educational uses of Second Life created by students.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It was an all day workshop and we spent most of the time in Second Life but you may find the slides helpful. For the ASTD Conference, we talked about a couple of books used for Second Life.

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OCTOBER 9, 2007

I'll be conducting a Second Life Workshop in conjunction with the folks from Training Magazine as an extension of my conference presentation on the topic. To learn more go to LOL's description of Second Life: Basic Design Workshop.

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JULY 14, 2008

Here are some interesting videos showing how Second Life can be used to design and deliver health related training and actual client support within a virtual world. This one is focused on nursing education. This one demonstrates various views of how a virtual platform can help mental health and other patients.

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JULY 16, 2008

In my listing of Alternatives to Second Life , many packages were missed. For more information, you can read Sun unveils corporate 'Second Life'. Here are two more. MPK20:Sun's Virtual Workplace "Wonderland" The MPK20 virtual world is also known as Wonderland. You can download the application and check it out.

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APRIL 2, 2008

A few days ago, I presented a webinar titled " Second Life in Education " for NETWORKS which is is a National Science Foundation Resource Center that is focused on the advancement of semiconductor, automated manufacturing, and electronics education. During the tour I "took some pictures" and so here they are.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

So, last night I got to watch the CSI New York show which combined the television episode with some action in Second Life. Taken one step further, you will soon be able to "star" in your own Second Life CSI. Check out the show's web site featuring Second Life adventures like Find Venus.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Assisting us expertly was Matt Monahan my graduate assistant who has been helping me with many Second life tasks. Which, of course, was a perfect use of Second Life. We provided a little tour with Brent Schlenker discussing the uses of Second Life for providing learning solutions.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Here is a companion post to two previous posts on the topic: Alternatives to Second Life Alternatives to Second Life Continued If you know of more, please feel free to add in the comments section. web.alive Short "flyby" of Nortel's web.alive. This is Nortel's entry into the 3D space.

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APRIL 4, 2008

He let everyone know on his blog posting The i-web Singularity Redux that at Virtual Worlds III this week the announcement was made that Second Life has worked out a deal with IBM to move Second Life behind the IBM corporate firewall. You can see other IBM efforts in Second Life such as the Healthcare island.

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JANUARY 4, 2008

This morning I am giving an opening address the the National Center for Telecommunications Technologies Information and Communications/Convergence Conference at the Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA on the topic of Second Life so I wanted to provide some resources: Second Life (the web site) Second Life Wiki (a wiki with "how to" information and (..)

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Click here for the SLURL if you want to check out Hollywood, Second Life.(you you need to have a Second Life avatar to visit.) However, what has happened is that HBO has acquired the rights to a short-form documentary shot entirely within Second Life. Also, in Second Life News.

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JULY 9, 2008

Could Second Life be used as a place to launder money? At least they are trying to understand what they are eventually going to regulate (of course they are going to regulate it.just a matter of time.) __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Old Classroom Space In honor of the Second Life workshop I will be starting next week (still time to sign up, click here for more information ), we have given the MSIT Second Life classroom space a little make over. Great work! __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Here is a very funny video put together by a grad student of mine about the tv show The Office and Second Life.The Office is a really funny show and this clip is funny. As you may or may not know.CNN now has an office in Second Life. Check it out. It is very "LOL" as the gamers would say.

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JULY 4, 2007

Today I focus on preparing the MSIT Second Life wiki for the class. It guides learners through the first few lessons for the first class and provides them with some resources. I currently am focusing on: Signing Up Communicating Moving Around Building __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide

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JULY 23, 2007

This week, we had Suzi Mazzenga as a guest speaker talking about her adventure as a male in Second Life. She gave her presentation using text chat within the Second Life classroom we have set up on MSIT Island. You can read about it in her article My Days as a Dude.

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JULY 2, 2009

This Soapbox session will introduce you to exciting and interesting places within the 3D world of Second Life. Your tour guide will show you how certain learning designs like role-plays, scavenger hunts and conceptual orienteering are being employed to provide realistic, productive and useful learning.

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AUGUST 23, 2007

This one deals with controlling your environment within Second Life. If only it was that easy in Real Life. Also, note that it is posted in TeacherTube so that teachers have a better chance of accessing the video. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide Watch, Changing the Weather.

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JULY 11, 2007

is everything they say it is) In fact, tomorrow he and I are co-presenting a workshop about Second Life at Bucknell University to a group of high school, middle school and elementary school teachers. You can read more of his Second Life exploits in my TrainingDay post Like a Fish to Water.

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MARCH 9, 2007

This semester as part of a larger class project where students are required to respond to an e-learning Request for Proposal (RFP), my students are going to need to create some spaces and areas in Second Life. The wiki is called MSIT Second Life and is designed to provide information to students.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 17, 2007

Friday, August 17, 2007 Plodding Along in Second Life In the spirit of plodding along , I had another positive experience in Second Life. Friday afternoon, I was fortunate enough to have been given a guided tour by non other than Abbott Bundy (aka Karl Kapp ). Theres a real emotional level to Second Life.

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JULY 27, 2007

If you have been following the Second Life class I have been conducting this summer you know that one of the assignments is to create a Machinimia Project explaining some part of Second Life. The complete assignment can be found on the Assignment Page of the MSIT Second Life wiki.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Time is running out on the Second Life Workshop. Don't miss this exhilarating opportunity to to change your Life.your Second Life. To learn more take the Red Pill and follow the link below: Second Life: Basic Design Workshop. The workshop starts on November 5th. You still have time to register Sign up today!

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JULY 9, 2007

We had everyone log into Adobe Breeze and use that audio while we were in Second Life. We also had Heather demo some Second Life stuff through application sharing within Breeze. Develop protocol for asking and responding to questions, everyone talking at once is too much The lack of audio was really an issue so.we

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Continuing in Second Life Im still at it. Slogging away in Second Life. link] -- if youre in Second Life you can also try searching for Meteora or NOAA Virtual Island ). If, like me, youve been reluctant to try Second Life, I can only say just do it and see for yourself.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2007

The article, The Second Life Census provides a link to a spreadsheet showing some interesting SL numbers. The vast majority blasting Second Life because it is not a "game" and there is nothing to do in Second Life except walk around.

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OCTOBER 30, 2007

The post is titled Second Life: It's Everywhere. Please feel free to leave a comment on the blog explaining how you use technology to extend your classes. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide See my post today over at the Training Day blog.

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