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Kimberly Flack aka Kimmer Jameson (SL)February 17, 2010

Professional Development in Virtual Worlds

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• Explore how you can share research and standards based high quality online resources in online environments including webinar and Second Life Virtual Worlds.

• Share free tools and digital video segments ready to use and facilitate discussions around best practices of those resources in real-time and threaded discussion formats.

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What are “real time” professional development are you most familiar with?

A. webinarB. video conferencingC. virtual worlds (SL, WoW, etc)

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http://secondlife.com/whatis/?lang=en-US#Intro

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In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next.

~ Alice in Wonderland

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Orient yourself…

& EXPLORE!

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EXPLORE & Enjoy: gardens & galleries…

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EXPLORE & Learn…

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CONNECT & Experience…

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SHARE…

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A presentation…

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Share in chat:1.Where are you from? What do you teach?2.Name your favorite National Parks (up to 3)

Ken Burns’ National Parks… Virtual Tools from PBS!

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A Multimedia Platform of Resources

1. Streaming Video Segments2. Interactive Web Resources3. Archived Webinar How To’s from PBS Teachers4. Connections to Google Maps5. Grounded in Standards across Many

Historical Periods

Ken Burns’ National Parks… Virtual Tools from PBS!

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I’ve “simply boxed” my collection of great finds for you!

http://simplybox.com/public/?id=43151

Ken Burns’ National Parks… Virtual Tools from PBS!

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And sitting in iChat groups doesn't do the same thing?

…this immersive environment that the 3D Internet gives us is much more engaging, much more human in a way. And it makes it much easier for people to stay engaged and focused.

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Free Login + Collect & Tag Resources + Collaborate Locally & Nationally

Archived webinars – Hosted by Elluminate & Classroom 2.0

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Not ready for 3D… explore PBS in realtime

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Orient yourself…

& EXPLORE!

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Orient yourself…

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`Wake up, Alice dear!' said her sister; `Why, what a long sleep you've had!'

`Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, `It was a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's getting late.' So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been.

But her sister sat still just as she left her, leaning her head on her hand, watching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and all her wonderful Adventures, till she too began dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream…

~ Alice in Wonderland

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I hope you will consider… putting your toes in the water…

and exploring discussing and thinking about opportunities of a virtual kind!

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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

“~ Carl Edward Sagan

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Share your thoughts & Keep in touch

ASSET-Eight Group in SLVirtual Pioneers NingPBS Teachers in SLPBS Teachers Connecthttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/187/186/21/

SL: Kimmer [email protected]

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