Archive for March, 2009

British med students get virtual March 30, 2009 No Comments

This is a great use of virtual worlds. Its experimental now but the work is fabulous. Here’s an SURL if you want to visit: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imperial%20College%20London/150/86/27 Embedded video from CNN Video

Second Life for Workplace Learning No Comments

Tom Werner is the god of workplace/virtual world info. He did a free webinar on the topic just recently which I kick myself hard for missing. The phrase “3-D:In it, not looking at it” has to be at the top of my list for believing so strongly in virtual worlds in community college education. I’ll [...]

Success March 29, 2009 No Comments

“Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing that you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable.” I really like this. Mr. Wooden also makes a distinction between reputation and character that is such a healthy approach to way we think about ourselves. TED talks rock.

VWBPE Panel No Comments

I sat on a panel discussion today about groups that support teaching and learning in SL. I was on the panel with so many incredible people. 140 avatars showed up for the discussion and it was, to put it mildly, a zoo! It was really fun. I had some issues with my chat not being [...]

And another thing… March 26, 2009 No Comments

sometimes I have no idea what the hell people are babbling about on Twitter and I really hate to see a perfectly good language get massacred for the sake of conserving time or allotted characters. For instance: ZnaTrainerRT @Sophie_Lhoste: @Zna How wnderfl! U actually did wht every1dreams of doing. Thot it lst yr.Undecided. Does it [...]

Are we this miserable? March 24, 2009 No Comments

I find it a little scary and depressing that we need a whole sub-genre of Happy in the area of personal growth. Have people forgotten how?