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Alternatives to Second Life (continued, again)

Kapp Notes

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. For educational users, Activeworlds launched The Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU).

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20,000 US Hackers Wanted.Creating the Computer Elite (or Failing at it)

Kapp Notes

In fact, Edward Castronova, in his book, Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games predicts in the future battles may occur between virtual armies for virtual territory and that countries must begin to train "soldiers" how to fight as avatars. So the need for hackers is not trivial.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Mark is very late to the virtual worlds big news about SL and IBM.

Mark Oehlert

. | Main | "A Vision of Students Today" from the Creators of "The Machine is Us/ing Us" » October 19, 2007 Mark is very late to the virtual worlds big news about SL and IBM. So yes, Ive fallen a bit behind in my virtual world reading but that just means I get to see all the interesting stuff all at once. " Yea!

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Is Social Media Learning Hype or a Valuable Tool?

JCA Solutions

This line is intended more for organizations to leverage the cloud and integrate Google services enterprise-wide. Virtual Worlds. While the public picture of virtual worlds is one of teens and Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory , the reality is far different. Text Messaging. Is this where xAPI could come in? .

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Massive Catch-Up Issue #1413 (Games, Virtual Worlds, banking concepts and more)

Mark Oehlert

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Your integrity for a.t-shirt? Main | Help Firefox 3 Set a Guiness World Record!! An arts degree is now perhaps the hottestcredential in the world of business." " hmmm, design anyone?!? Wireless Social Networking To Generate $2.5

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Still More Alternatives to Second Life: More 3D Worlds to Explore

Kapp Notes

Here are even a few more alternatives to Second Life for you to check out. It can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. Out of the box, it can be used to simulate a virtual environment with expansive spaces and customizable 3D avatars.

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On Fire in 2013 – What’s going to be hot in e-learning

eLearning 24-7

As TinCan becomes widely adopted, possibilities include synching with other devices such as the Kindle Fire, Nook and other similar products, Smart TVs, gaming devices such as Xbox, Playstation – virtually anything. Integrated web conferencing. The ability to create your own look on Xbox 360 or in Second Life.