| teach42 | is | Live Blog for "Creating a Personal Learning Network in Second Life" |
Jun 30, 2008 -
01:30PM
| teach42 | is | Live Blog for "Creating a Personal Learning Network in Second Life" |
| teach42 | says | Introductions, both in RL and SL. |
| teach42 | says | Slides rotating through with screenshots from DEN in SL. Adds flavor particularly for people who haven't been in world yet. |
| teach42 | says | Fred is starting off. Didn't realize that responding to the DEN in SL blog post was his first blog comment. He hasn't looked back at all. |
| GingerLewman | asks | you're live blogging *and* streaming? Admiration overflows... |
| teach42 | says | See Fred's DEN blog for a song a day (original music you have the rights to use). |
| teach42 | says | Talking history of the DEN in SL. Points out that the group feels they're successful because of their diversity. |
| teach42 | says | I hadn't really thought about it, but having so many backgrounds and people spread throughout the country has probably helped. |
| teach42 | says | They have to model what they're preaching in order to communicate. |
| teach42 | says | I'm looking at some of the images and realizing how much I'm missing. They've done SO many events in there. |
| teach42 | says | Membership is close to 600 in SL! I do wonder how many are active, but that's really difficult to track. |
| teach42 | says | 600 members in not quite even a full year yet. |
| teach42 | says | Every Wednesday they have workshops, from learning skills in SL to real life classroom strategies. |
| teach42 | says | Switching over to Lori now. |
| teach42 | says | Most of the SL LC are meeting for the first time here at NECC. |
| teach42 | says | Lori met Cel 45 minutes ago for the first time. |
| teach42 | says | Digital natives? Close personal virtual friendships. |
| teach42 | says | Second Life is like NECC all year long. It's fun. It's learning, it's networking, but it's also social. |
| teach42 | says | makes learning fun. It has added so much to her professional AND personal learning network. |
| teach42 | says | You don't often hear people distinguishing between those two. That needs some exploring. Where does personal end and professional begin? |
| teach42 | says | Newbie event one week from Wed. |
| teach42 | says | They bring in speakers every week. Lori is one of the events chair and learning to plan successful events has been a challenge. |
| teach42 | says | They do a mix of both social events as well as PD events. Differentiating Instruction, developing your PLN. |
| teach42 | says | They've hosted 65 formal events (planned) along with hundreds of informal, impromptu events. |
| teach42 | says | All of their events are posted in the DEN HQ in SL, they send out notices and they also have their blog. |
| teach42 | says | denblogs.com/secondlife |
| teach42 | says | Nancy is on her feet and already bringing down the house. |
| teach42 | says | Out from behind the table and working the room. For those of you not here, she has her trademark purple hair on in RL today. |
| teach42 | says | For the record, she really does do a great job on the SL blog. Considering how active they are, it's quite a task. |
| teach42 | says | Being part of the DEN in SL has really taught her the real meaning of networking and how powerful it is. |
| teach42 | says | There's also a wiki. |
| teach42 | says | denninsl-necc2008.wikispaces.com |
| teach42 | says | typo |
| teach42 | says | deninsl-necc2008.wikispaces.com |
| teach42 | says | Beth is up. Not many people that she works with in RL do her job and she doesn't have much in the way of support. Has found that her SL... |
| teach42 | says | network has become her support system, her friends, her colleagues. |
| teach42 | says | Tried SL for the first time, spent a few hours, said it wasn't worth her time. Quit for 3 months. |
| teach42 | says | Decided that she owed it to her teachers to explore it fully and give it a real shot. So she told herself that she'd give herself a month |
| teach42 | says | that was over a year ago and now she's hooked. |
| teach42 | says | Her second life experiences have been long conversations with other people. Now things like Twitter are more meaningful because |
| teach42 | says | she has a deeper and richer relationship with the people in her network. |
| teach42 | says | She has created a bulletin board above her desk with photos of the avatars/rl pics of the people in her network. |
| teach42 | says | When RL people at her school ask her a question that she sends out to her network,she shows people WHO answered it for them so they see the |
| teach42 | says | connection. |
| cleisure | says | cool idea |
| teach42 | says | Over 1200 participants at DEN events in SL |
| teach42 | says | She's also talking about the guides. Honestly, that's an intiative I'm really impressed with. Really helps people get their start. |
| teach42 | says | Jessie Marie (Anne Truger is up) |
| teach42 | says | She's also up from the desk and moving around. |
| teach42 | says | Her PLN has always been NECC. That along with her state conference (IL-TCE) were always her professional development and that's it. |
| teach42 | says | She asked how many people popped in to SL and then left it for months. Lots of hands (mine included). |
| teach42 | says | Also quite a few who are in world, but still on orientation island. |
| cobannon | Me too. Can you hand me a virtual business card? |
| teach42 | says | Heh, she does point out the DOES have a real life. But that she has both personal and professional needs. |
| teach42 | says | "If Kathy Shcrock and Will Richardson think it's worth exploring, maybe I should be checking it out." |
| teach42 | says | Virtual Environments WILL be a big deal in education for a variety of students. And when that bus arrives, she wants to be on it, not |
| teach42 | says | chasing it. |
| teach42 | says | She doesn't think that SL is necessarily the RIGHT solution for SL. She wouldn't bring her kids into SL. But she thinks there WILL be |
| teach42 | says | a 'right' solution for Education. And when it arrive, she'll know how to 'walk and fly'. GREAT way to put it. |
| teach42 | says | Totally agree with that. |
| teach42 | says | She isn't on the teen grid and wouldn't feel comfortable bringing kids in there right now. But she sees the potential. |
| cleisure | says | she likes you! |
| teach42 | says | Talking about the educational excursion. Sharing her experiences with the DEN in general. |
| teach42 | says | Wow, she get so immersed in things like SL that she felt she was getting too immersed. She bought a traffic light that times her usage. |
| teach42 | says | When it turns yellow, time to start saying goodbye, when it turns red, time to log off. |
| teach42 | says | Wow. That's a pretty neat confession. I could probably use that, I have some issues with things like that. |
| teach42 | says | BTW, totally packed room. Literally, every seat filled and then about 20 standing in the back before they closed the door. |
| teach42 | says | Sharing the "Orange book" They reccomend "A beginners Guide to Second Life" and "the Second Life for Dummies" book. |
| teach42 | says | ACK. They're going to hate me! I had Coni bring a couple prizes to give away but forgot to grab them! |
| teach42 | says | Story of building the DEN HQ in Second Life. |
| teach42 | says | Steep learning curve when you're getting started, when you start building, when you start exploring. |
| teach42 | says | She recommends that you always start off with a buddy. |
| Kymberli_M | says | Oh, I need that traffic light for so many things in my life... |
| cobannon | What's the URL for the wiki? |
| teach42 | says | I couldn't agree more. I needed a helping hand when I was getting started. Don't even remember the persons name anymore.... |
| teach42 | says | Wish I did tho, would love to thank her. |
| teach42 | says | You can join up to 25 'groups' |
| teach42 | says | DEN HQ was recently rebuilt, handing mic over to Elaine. |
| teach42 | says | She started off very skeptical. Joined initially to prove why she doesn't really need Second Life. |
| teach42 | says | (that sounds kinda like alot of newbies to Plurk) |
| teach42 | says | Her first time chatting "Face to Face" with someone in Brazil, made her realize just how powerful a tool this could be. |
| teach42 | says | Elaine is the building co-chair. When she began, nobody knew anything. Totally true. First 20 minutes of the first meeting were learning |
| teach42 | says | how to sit down in the chairs! |
| teach42 | says | When she became the building co-chair for the group, she had just joined 3 days ago. Didn't know how to fly, sit or change clothes! |
| teach42 | says | Elaine and Anne both threatened to quit at different times  |
| teach42 | says | A few months ago, they tore down the old building (deleted it) and give it a new look. |
| teach42 | says | New building is a really sleek looking tower, sort of like the space needle of sorts. Also have a great amphitheater for presenting. |
| teach42 | says | Just flashed a shot of Claudia Linden in the DEN HQ. |
| teach42 | says | And now Iron Man |
| teach42 | says | Her favorite thing to do in SL is to present in SL the same sorts of things that she'd present in RL. |
| teach42 | says | She does presentations on digital storytelling, beth has done differentiated instruction using Streaming, and so on... |
| teach42 | says | Call out for presenters. If anyone is interested in presenting at the DEN HQ, contact them. Experience not required. |
| teach42 | says | "You can attend professional development sessions in SL.... while you're in your pajamas." |
| teach42 | says | Now switching to a video. |
| teach42 | says | The Adventures of LostTeacher Haystack and the Super DEN Guide. |
| teach42 | says | Digital story about a new teacher. VERY cool! |
| teach42 | says | "What do you do with this HUGe torch?" LOL |
| teach42 | says | I'm looking around right now and there are definitely some people who are IN sl while watching the panel. Kudos to ISTE for bandwidth wifi |
| teach42 | says | This is hilarious. I want the SuperDEN Guide skin. |
| teach42 | says | FYI, Warlick is live blogging this too davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=1500 |
| teach42 | says | And live stream is at www.ustream.tv/channel/educatingeducators |
| teach42 | says | 18 people watching right now. |
| teach42 | says | Heh |
| teach42 | says | Disclaimer is a nice touch. |
| teach42 | says | Glad they mentioned the photos in the HQ. If you go to the DEN HQ in SL, there are photos of each of the LC members. If they have |
| teach42 | says | a green border (I think its green), it means they're onlikne. Click on it and they'll get an IM that you want some help. |
| teach42 | says | There's an ISTE SL Lounge. |
| teach42 | says | Tuesday at 3pm there's a meet and greet there. Rip encourages all DEN (and non-DEN members) to meet over there and make a RL-SL connection |
| teach42 | says | Time for Q&A. |
| teach42 | says | Reminder, contact the DEN group at any time. Wiki is at deninsl-necc2008.wikispaces.com/ |
| teach42 | says | Group is Discovery Educator Network. |
| teach42 | says | Who hosts this stuff? |
| teach42 | says | Linden Labs owns Second Life, so technically they host everything. But people can purchase/rent land, from islands to condos. |
| teach42 | says | What's the cost for SL? |
| teach42 | says | You can join it for free. It can be more interesting if you put in some money. You purchase Linden dollars with real dollars. |
| teach42 | says | 10 people who are in attendance will be winning some Lindens. |
| teach42 | says | During NECC, there's a raffle ball. If there are people hanging out in at the DEN in HQ right now, every 11 minutes, someone will win 20$ |
| teach42 | says | Cost for building? |
| teach42 | says | Can be huge, but doesn't have to be. We aren't spending much in DEN. |
| teach42 | says | Warlick asks how you find your communities. |
| teach42 | says | Go to the search box and type in Educator. That took Fred right to ISTE. Once he got there, he met a Docent and got started. |
| teach42 | says | Back to raffle ball, didn't know they were doing that. That's freakin' awesome. |
| JackieB | thanks for the streaming link. |
| JackieB | (and for living blogging this too) |
| teach42 | says | SLURL: Second Life URL. You do have to have SL installed on your computer (win/mac/linux) |
| cobannon | Yes, thank you! |
| teach42 | says | Click on a SLURL and it'll take you right to a location. DEN SLurl is on the wiki. |
| teach42 | says | Check out all the events they've hosted in SL. p_big_eyed |
| teach42 | says | That should ahve been  |
| teach42 | says | If you're on SL and chatting with them, you can right click on them to see what groups they're a member of. |
| teach42 | says | Guides can give you a folder of places you can go to and explore. |
| teach42 | says | Go to the playground, you'll find people who will help you here. |
| teach42 | says | Are there other virtual worlds besides Second Life? Why is SL better? |
| teach42 | says | Answer seems to be that it isn't better. It's what works for them. |
| teach42 | says | Probably the largest, with the best possibility to expand your network. Like Twitter vs. Plurk |
| teach42 | says | It happens to be the one to be at for right now. That may change at any time. Lots of virtual worlds. |
| teach42 | says | For Anne, the reason that she went to SL was because ISTE is there, Will, Kathy, David, etc... If they are there, then there may be |
| teach42 | says | something to it. |
| teach42 | says | Linden Labs has employees who just work in Education. |
| teach42 | says | Having an avatar allows Fred to be a little more outgoing than he is in RL. |
| teach42 | says | Second life is not JUSt for education. |
| teach42 | says | "Anything that can be done in RL can be done in SL" |
| teach42 | says | There are definitely some not safe for school sections of SL. |
| teach42 | says | Q: There seems to be a pretty steep learning curve. If teachers don't see an immediate value to it, they won't jump in. What's the |
| teach42 | says | immediate hook to draw them in? |
| teach42 | says | Beth has about 12 educators who are using SL. They started by doing in group classroom sessions, very hands on with people F2F. They |
| teach42 | says | had to actually attend some events on their own to participate in the program. They attended from home. |
| teach42 | says | They had to go to a specific event so they could see the value right from the beginning. Not just getting in and wandering. |
| teach42 | says | Wandering around orientation island is not a good way to experience SL. |
| teach42 | says | Going long, time for giveaways. |
| teach42 | says | Sticky notes beneath the chairs for winners! |
| teach42 | says | Nice! |
| milobo | says | marking to come back to later - thanks!! |
| teach42 | says | This was a blast! Thanks for attending everyone! |
| mcarls | Thanks, I was going to go there, but switched and then had my presenter not show! |
| Durff | says | dembo call your wife 12:24pm Mon |
| joebjr | says | 155 responses?!? WOW!!!!! |
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