Educators Still Turning To Second Life

Even though there was quite a hoo-ha when Linden Lab announced they would be removing the educational discount in Second Life, educators are still actively involved in Second Life, I might come to tier issues later this evening.

This weekend, Virtual Worlds Best Practice in Education (VWBPE 2012) is holding an informational meeting. The meeting is free to attend, the agenda is as follows:

The Agenda:

Please join us for our first information meeting for 2012!

  • We’ll start with the Call for Proposals and dates.
  • Discuss the new initiatives under development for 2012 – live research, MOOC, continuing education and games contest.
  • Go over the volunteer opportunities opening up in November – December.

SLURL:    http://slurl.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Gateway/127/128/25/

For more information go to the eventbrite site where the event is listed, which you will find here.

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A Visit To Renaissance Island

At the weekend, at a bellydancing event, I bumped into someone from Renaissance Island, after a short chat I was armed with a few landmarks for this historical educational sim set in Tudor England. Now I’m biased about these things because I like this sort of stuff before I’ve even arrived.

Upon landing I found myself outside the Boars Head Inn and then promptly got confused as the notecard told me the inn was called the Figaro Inn, but we’ll forgive that.
Boars Head Inn

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