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Second Life CEO Resigns, Founder Back in Charge

Kapp Notes

Event This just in: Linden Labs, the creator of the 3D virtual world Second Life has announced that company founder Philip Rosedale has been named interim CEO and that Mark Kingdon is stepping down as CEO. Not sure this change is going to be like Steve Jobs coming back to Apple but it should re-charge efforts on the consumer side.

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TCC09: Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: “Ready to teach with Second Life, but not sure how to begin? Come prepared to have fun as we explore how to design learning activities for use in Second Life. Tips on how to streamline your virtual world classes and help your students learn how to use Second Life are featured in this session.&#.

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Educational Locations in Second Life And the 3D Aids Quilt

Kapp Notes

Often I am asked for a list of interesting and educational locations within Second Life, the 3D virtual world software, here is a rather lengthy list of some of the more educational places within Second Life. The 3D AIDS Quilt is part of Startled Cat’s Karuna Initiative begun in 2008 in Second Life (SL).

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Recent Second Life Happenings: Going Corporate

Kapp Notes

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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Changing the Weather (in Second Life)

Kapp Notes

This one deals with controlling your environment within Second Life. If only it was that easy in Real Life. Watch, Changing the Weather. Here is another great student produced video from the "Learning in 3D Class."

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TCC08: Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier

Experiencing eLearning

OK, I admit that I’m not really expecting to be able to apply anything in Second Life for my current job. If the technology is not working with the behavior, change the behavior. The world keeps changing, so it affects how objects behave. Dr. Dobbs Life 2.0: [link]. Presented by Cynthia M. Flexibility.

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Big IBM/Second Life Announcement this Week!

Kapp Notes

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. IBM announced today that it was changing that.