Teacher Networking Center

SL 101 Training

2009-02-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

On February 7th Pia Klaar, Think Ling and Tek Zeno provided a SL 101 class. There were 3 different sessions and the larger group was broken into 3 smaller groups that rotated between each session.

Think Ling showed how to open a box, take items out of a box, use those times to build and link items together. Pia Klaar taught how to take a picture and apply it to an object. Tek Zeno taught how to make a new notecard, put it in an object, and then make it so that when the object is touched the notecard is given to the person.

On February 21 we are planning a "Meet and Greet". This is a chance to come and meet other educators who are in Second Life. We will have dancing with DJ Kedryn McMillan, games and a chance to talk with others. Come join the fun! It will be from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm SLT.

Then, on March 2, Pia Klaar will be giving a photography class in SL. Mark your calendars now!

Teaching Tools in SL

2009-01-28T07:57:00.000-08:00

I have received a few IM’s from people saying they were sorry they couldn’t make the tour on Saturday and asking for copies of the links. This made me realize I haven’t updated the blog!

On Saturday, January 24th the Teacher Networking Center had a tour of educational places that provide free educational tools for teaching in SL. Of course these places are only a few of the many places that offer tools but time is always a issue when it comes to showing all of the wonderful places in Second Life. We had one hour and only went to 4 of our 6 locations.

The tour started with Shambles telling us about the International Schools Island and showing one area in which they offer teaching tools http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools/65/93/24. Shambles has also offered to take us on a tour of the Island and we will be scheduling this soon!

From there we went to Rockcliffe University http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20I/201/95/40 where we toured the wonderful tools that were in the library. There are many textures as well as other resources available at Rockcliffe and if you have time we also recommend that you look at the classes they offer.

One of Pia Klaar’s favorite resources is the ICT Library http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/50/199/33/ At the ICT Library you can find lesson plans, textures, scripts, and other tools.

We couldn’t forget the Teacher Networking Center on Eduisland II http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/36/30/22 This is our other location in Second Life that specializes in teaching tools. Everything in the TNC on Eduisland II is free and you are able to use the tools to support your teaching.

Places we were not able to tour on Saturday were Crystal Gadgets, Babeli http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babeli/129/121/24 and Freebie Dungeon http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ello/133/196/81 . We encourage you to take a look at these two areas and we will have another Teaching Tools tour in the future featuring other places. If you have a favorite place please let us know!

I also want to remind everyone about the Education Faire which is going on right now in SL but it ends on January 30th! http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Education_Support_Faire It is worth seeing.

We have also scheduled some upcoming events to tell you about. Each of these sessions will take place at the TNC center on Eduisland 5.

February 7th (10:00 am – 11:00 am SLT): SL 101 We will have people on hand offering short training sessions on tips and tricks to using Second Life.

February 21st ( 11:00 am – 1:00 pm SLT): Meet and Greet Social. Come and meet other educators in SL at this informal gathering.

March 7th (10:00 am – 11:00 am SLT): Photography 101. Pia Klaar will be giving a tutorial on basic photography in SL.

Presentation about the Teen Grid with Pia Klaar.

2008-12-26T14:08:00.000-08:00

Christmas is over and I am finally writing to the blog!

Last Saturday the TNC has a wonderful presentation by Pia Klaar about the teen grid. There were many good questions and Pia talked about her experiences working on the teen grid. She started by providing us with some background on the teen grid explain that SL was developed by Linden Research Inc. and opened in 2003. It was followed by the Teen Second Life grid in 2005. The teen grid is open to teens ages 13 - 18

Pia explained that “Until February 2006, Teen Second Life was populated entirely by teens.
In response to requests from educators and non-profit organizations, Linden Lab agreed to allow for the first educator and non-profit owned private islands. In addition, Linden Lab went on to launch the Campus program which gives qualified educators the use of a free parcel of land for a semester. Since then, educator and non-profit run islands, owned and inhabited by non-Linden, background checked, "Approved Adults" have become a major part of the TSL landscape.”

Pia explained that there are two types of islands. These are open and closed island. According to Pia “On the closed estate model, educators need to work with a TG-approved developer to set up the accounts. Adult and teen accounts are able to communicate. They can form groups. They can IM. They can exchange objects. All teens and adults are confined to that particular estate - This is an advantage for groups who want to control the student experience. This is a disadvantage for groups who would like teens to be able to roam freely in TSL. The avatars are created when you set up the accounts. They are set up for that estate only. They do not begin on the Main Grid and then transfer to the TG. The other type of estate that I will mention is the Open island model. Teens from the mainland of Teen Second Life can come to their island and participate in activities. Teens from the mainland of TSL can visit. Adults cannot IM or form groups with mainland TSL teens. Teens who have created their own TSL accounts are technically on a different estate. Avatars on different estates cannot form groups, IM or exchange objects. They will not be able to see each other in Search. The adults are locked onto these islands. The teens can come and go.”

Pia went on to explain that she “created an avatar on the Main Grid, then had a background check which was approved by Claudia Linden. The Lindens then transferred that avatar onto the teen grid to the Eye4You Island. I created a different avatar for Globalkids. Again this was created on the Main Grid. Again, I had to ask Claudia Linden to transfer that avatar to GlobalKids island. Some adult-owned projects are willing to sponsor guests and volunteers from time to time. Join the SLEDT list and announce that you are seeking a sponsor. You need a sponsor. Explain your purpose. The estate owner will be responsible for adding you to their staff list. I contacted the people on eye4you and on Globalkids many times before I finally got on them. You will be required to provide an Ascertain background check to the sponsor. The sponsor will send that to Linden Lab with their updated staff list.

You will make a new avatar at secondlife.com. When Linden Lab receives the updated staff list and a copy of the background check from your sponsor, your avatar will be moved from Second Life to Teen Second Life to your sponsor's estate. The avatar you are creating to be moved to the teen grid will be on the main grid until it is moved over to the teen grid.
After clearance has been obtained (an email is received by Ascertain indicating you have passed your background check) you are ready to be moved. Make sure you have PG supplies with you (textures, clothes, etc.-check your freebies so that they are PG) as your avatar does not get to move back and forth from the main grid to the teen grid. You will know that you have been moved if the next time you log in, you are on the teen grid estate you requested to be moved to. You will be confined to the island(s) of your sponsor. Make sure you bring stuff with you. You will not be able to get anymore items once you are there.”

We will be posting the slideshare of the presentation shortly. This was a very informative presentation and we plan on continuing our presentations after the first of the year. If you have something you would like to present at the TNC please let us know!

Interactive Builds: Part II

2008-10-26T17:53:00.001-07:00

We had the follow up to last week’s interactive build presentation this week. It was fun to see the different items everyone shared:

Calms Xue showed us a Tuingo game. This is a networked matching game that Calms built for fun.

Shamblesguru Voom brought the Manbo dance. This works by making everyone who has is holding the maraca dance when the word “manbo!” is typed in the screen. This can be used as a reward for answering questioning, an icebreaker, or for teaching second life skills.

Shambles also brought an image changing cube. This puts pictures from the cube in everyone’s cache. If you put the pictures for your presentation in the cube and rezz a small version of it in the area in which you will be presenting this will put the pictures in everyones cache and will make your presentation slides rezz for everyone. Also, you can use it to give out your slides.

Cae Sands showed us a color changing box that helps the viewers to learn colors in German
Gruen = Green
Rot = Red
Blau = Blue
Schwarz = Black
Weiss = White
Gelb = Yellow

We also discussed other areas that have tools to use in SL. One of these was Salamander project by Wainbrave Bernal. A search of the Salamander project tells you that:

The Salamander Project aims to develop a collaboratively determined portfolio of Education Projects in Second Life. Simulations, models, scaffolds, tools, communications, journals, etc. will be exemplified and "tagged" within SL for the purposes of surveying and expanding the developments and discussions taking place between teachers and students in Multi-User Virtual Environments.

Shamblesguru Voom mentioned that he has some tools on his website. http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/sltools/

We then received a notice about the Aldrich Chemistry Game Launch and ended our session there. This may be something of interested to others in SL. Here is a copy of the notice in case you want to check it out:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aldrich%20Chemistry/24/148/23
Aldrich Chemistry is launching an interesting educational game about chemistry where players create chemical reactions at stations as they progress from lesson to lesson. Educators have an opportunity to come and learn how Second Life can be applied to make learning more fun and engaging.

We think Zotarah for a wonderful presentation on Interactive Builds that sparked each of us to think about the way information is presented in SL.

We are still looking for presenters at the TNC.

If you have an idea for a presentation IM Tek Zeno or Pia Klaar or post a comment here!

Interactive Builds Presentation

2008-10-20T09:02:00.000-07:00

Zotarah Shepherd, a student at Sonoma State University, gave a wonderful presentation on Saturday on interactive builds. She gave 6 aspects of interactive builds:

Visualization of the subject

Sounds about the subject

Manipulate it: Relevant clickable animations, editable or physical moveable parts or building

Literacy: Reading and/or writing. Questions to answer

Notecard or signage explaining the education a purpose and goals of the build

Some sort of logical ordering: color, number progression, so the visitor/student will be assured that all the points are accomplished or experienced

The first interactive build we went to was one she built on Multiple Intelligences. This is displayed at F/Xual Educational Services http://slurl.com/secondlife/Koru/49/219/23

Week of October 13th.

2008-10-12T13:16:00.000-07:00

We have an exciting event for next week (10/18 at 10:00 SLT)!

Zotarah Shepard will present “Teaching in SL with Interactive Builds”. Make sure you arrive a little early because Zotarah will take us to some interactive builds that will spark your imagination. Then, the following week (10/25 at 10:00 SLT) it will be your turn to show us what you have made or you can stop by and see the builds of others. This should be an exciting event that we are looking forward to.

I also want to take some time this week to share some resources that you may find valuable.

Do you have students present in your classroom or create digital media? You may find this free teleprompter worthwhile: http://www.cueprompter.com/ cut and paste your student’s paper in the quick start area, pick how you want it displayed and then chose “start prompter”.

Are you looking for some interactive activities to use for your classroom? Try http://www.fossweb.com/ These activities are setup by grade level.

Did you miss out on NECC 2008? Did you know that you can access videos and podcasts of the event at http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=2956?

How about the DEN Streamathon? http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/3rd-annual-streamathon/ This site has resources on using digital media in the classroom.

What’s happening in SL this week?

Discover Educators Network:
Monday, October 13th, 5:00 SLT: Book talk: Brain Rules
Wednesday, October 15th, 5:00 SLT: Faythe Fouroux will present Going Green 102: Green Schools

ISTE:
Tuesday, October 14th, 6:00 SLT: Cyrus Hush will present Blue Skies: Education in Second Life
Thursday, October 16th, 6:00 SLT: New Avatar Social at the ISTE Headquarters
Thursday, October 16th, 6:00 SLT: NETS-A discussion at ISTE Discussion Skypark

Teacher Networking Center:
Saturday, October 18th, 10:00 SLT: Zotarah Shepard: Teaching in SL with Interactive Builds

Open call for presentations:

The Teacher Networking Center is looking for presenters to present at the TNC on Saturday’s. If you have something that you feel would be valuable to educators please contact Pia Klaar or Tek Zeno to schedule your presentation!

ISTE event with Tim Magner

2008-09-30T20:05:00.000-07:00

I just finished at the ISTE event where we had a chance to tell Tim Magner (Director, Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education) what we, as educators are doing in Second Life and what potential we saw for education. There were over 70 people on ISTE island for the event and individuals discussed what they were doing in SL with their students and about the professional development that is taking place in SL.

I had a chance to represent the Teacher Networking Center and talk about informal and formal professional development. Tim Magner asked a great question about what type of professional development opportunities are meaningful in Second Life. My experiences have been that simulations (because you are engaged) and informal collaborations (because the topic is relevant to those involved) are the most meaningful but it started me wondering what others think. What has been the most meaningful professional development, in Second Life, that you have taken part in? Please comment below.

I do want to say that I found Tim Magner to be very supportive of all of us and of educational technology. He is very well spoken and listened to each of us. It feels good to know that we have a voice in Washington that is on the same page as the classroom teacher. I believe that ISTE will be posting the video of the event soon. Once they do I will post the link for everyone to listen to.

A new week!

2008-09-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

It is time for a Teacher Networking Center Update. This Saturday Faythe Fouroux gave a presentation on WebBlender and ePal’s SchoolBlog. If you have not attended a presentation by Faythe she does an outstanding job. Faythe is a DEN star educator and presents at the DEN. She discussed the benefits of having a classroom website and how a website has impacted her classroom.

I often hear people talking about ways in which to use Second Life with their students and I think they are missing something important. Second Life doesn’t need to be used with your students to be valuable. It is a wonderful professional development tool. There are so many educators with a variety of experiences in Second Life and everyone is willing to share. The knowledge base is HUGE! Why just focus on using Second Life with your students? Save it for yourself and your own learning.

With this in mind the Teacher Networking Center wants to hear from you. We are looking for people to present others. Presentations can be on Second Life topics or on other topics that classroom teachers benefit from learning about (previous presentations included WebBlender, Webquests and activities for the first day of school). What are you doing in your classroom that works? How are you using technology? What classroom management strategies have you started using? These are things we want to hear about.

Upcoming Events:

I have also seen notices for a Wed. evening DEN event. If you are a person "avatar" that is new to SL this Wednesday night at 5:00 pm SLT JessieMarie will be presenting a Second Life tips and tricks at the DEN on Eduisland II.

I also want to share that I was able to attend the Discovery Educators Network Streamathon and I learned so many new things. I hope to share these over time but, if you were not able to attend, the archives are suppose to be posted soon. I believe these will be posted on the blog http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/3rd-annual-streamathon/ and I am anxiously awaiting them. Hopefull we will here something soon!

Machinima

2008-09-14T16:39:00.000-07:00

After taking a break for SLEDD last week we had a presentation on Machinima by Pia Klaar. She has also provided a slideshare of the presentation for anyone that missed it (see the left side of the blog).

Pia discussed camera controls, lighting, speech gestures, lip moving and the environment editor. She also provided us with important “hot-keys” to use when doing machinima since you use “Ctrl –Alt F1” to take away the menus.

M = mouselook
E = jump up
C = come back down
Escape from mouselook
Alt + clicking on something to focus to center of the screen
ALT+Dragging the mouse zooms the camera
ALT-CTRL + drag orbits the camera
CTRL-0 = Zoom in
CTRL – 8 = Zoom out
CTRL – 9 = Resent Zoom

Another thing you don’t want to miss this week is the PBS series that starts tomorrow (9/15) called “Where We Stand: Amercia’s Schools in the 21st Century” (http://www.wviz.or g/index.php/WVIZ/features/13948/) . Check your local listings for times. On Thursday evening at 6pm SLT the ISTE will have a fireside chat discussing this program. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/181/144/23

Saturday Workshop by Esme Qunhua

2008-08-31T16:30:00.000-07:00

What an exciting presentation we had on Saturday. Esme Qunhua, Jane Wilde in RL, conducted a course for Marlboro College in Sl last year and showed us several interactive tools. She also explained how she uses these for teaching and learning.

We had 37 people attend this presentation and the tools she introduced were Mysti Tools, Opinionator, Sloodle, Give boxes, Whiteboards, 3-D presenter, Notecards and Scripts. Esme also talked about her thoughts on teaching and learning in SL. She has left a box at the TNC center in which you can get information about what she presented. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduislan d%205/142/27/43

Her wise words for all of us were not to be afraid of making mistakes in SL. She also explains that open spaces are the best spaces for teaching and learning in SL. Instructors should let students build and come up with their own ideas and learning spaces.

Thank you so much for this presentation Esme Qunhua. It was wonderful and we hope to have you present again! I also want to think Shailey Garfiled for transcribing the presentation for those that did not have voice. I know how difficult this is and she did a wonderful job.

Next Saturday we will not have a session since the SLEDD conference is taking place and we hope you will attend their events. To find out more about this conference go to http://www.rezed.org/events/event/show?id=2047896:Event:9418 and/or http://sledcc.wikispaces.com/

Then, on September 13, Pia Klaar will be presenting a workshop on Machinima at the TNC Conference Center. We hope to see you there!

Saturday August 23 Tour

2008-08-24T13:22:00.000-07:00

Things are moving forward and we had a fun tour this Saturday. We started by going to the Occupational Therapy Center which provides training for graduate students. Their YouTube video is available to watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhzHlrargU and they are located on Eduisland II http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/197/33/22

The second site we went to
was the Astronomy and Planetarium.

Not only can you explore the stars on this site but you can also purchase items to place at your own educational location. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honawan/96/122/421 2/421

The third site that we chose to visit this week as a fun site called Museum of Illusions http://slurl.com/secondlife/Enchantment%20Island/87/66/238 At this site we met Sallyanne Sak who advised us that you need at least 40 minutes to explore the entire Museum. There is so much to see. She also told us that the creator is currently making some new items that are being kept a secret. We will need to watch and see!

The final location we went to is one we have focused on before, The Tech Museum of Innovation at http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/197/158/38 This site has many interactive activities as well as contests and chances to show the educational items you create.

For the next tour I hope to have some of our TNC members show off their educational places. I am trying to get 4 people who are willing to give us a tour (about 10-15 minutes) of the places they have created. Southern Georgia has offered to show us his educators Freebee Mall and I am hoping that Shamblesguru Voom will show us the International Schools Island. During our last tour someone provided me with a link to the a place at Microsoft and I am hoping this person will contact me and offer to add to our tour. Is there anyone else who would like to present?

I also want to remind everyone that next Saturday Esme Qunhua will be present some of the interactive tools she has created to use with students in SL. This event will take place at the TNC Conference Center at 10:00 a.m. SLT. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/150/67/22

Items you don’t want to miss in SL this week:

Wednesday, August 27th at the DEN:

Join us this Wednesday for the second in a series of workshops on ’Making Your Second Life ™ Easier’ presented by Celestia Cazalet. In this second workshop, Celestia will introduce you to free programs and websites that can enhance your Second Life(tm) experience. This week’s topic: Sculptypaint. Learn how to build those cool sculpted prims. Come prepared to share your own discoveries, as well.

NOTE: Please download the program before Wednesday.Here is the URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/
SLT TIME: 5:00 p.m. SLT ( 7 p.m. CDT, 8 p.m. EST)
We’ll meet in the Sandbox.http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/44/60/22

You may want to also checkout the SLED Calendar about upcoming events: http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/SLED_Calender

Back to School!

2008-08-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

It is that time of year again when everyone starts to get excited about the new school year! It is interesting to read what everyone has to write on twitter and plurk. Some people are already back the classroom and others are just setting up and getting ready to start after Labor Day.

Last weekend we had a wonderful discussion about webquests on the TNC. We began by looking at some webquest that Pia Klaar shared and then we looked at a wonderful webquest that was designed by Faythe Fouroux and GeeGee Zerbino. I hope that Faythe and GeeGee will come back and tell us about their experiences once they are able to use their webquest in the classroom.

I have some things to announce that some of you may be interested in. This Wednesday, August 20th the Discovery Educators Network (DEN) will be celebrating their first anniversary. Dress up in your best tux or gown for this event. There will be dancing with a DJ, games and surprises! 5 p.m. SLT http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/57/80/22

September 6th is the SLEDDcc in Tampa so we are going to postpone our machinima workshop that is scheduled that weekend. We will keep you posted of SLEDD events that are happening in SL. If anyone has a list or knows where we can find information on this please let us know!

We have put posters at the TNC discussing the second annual Second Life Teen Grid College Fair which takes place on October 12th and the Virtual Worlds in Education Conference. The Virtual Worlds in Education Conference will take place in Second Life on November 10th & 11th and they are accepting proposals until September 11th (http://vwec.ecu.edu/).

Upcoming TNC events:

Saturday, August 23rd – 10 a.m. SLT TNC Tour
Saturday, August 30th – 10 a.m. Esme Qunhau will be presenting educational tools
Saturday, September 6th – 10 a.m. SLEDD Conference
Saturday, September 13th – 10 a.m. Pia Klaar – Machinima

* All events will begin at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43

Presentation on Webquests

2008-08-10T12:12:00.000-07:00

This Saturday at the TNC Conference Center we had a workshop on WebQuests. After the presentation Pia asked me if I was going to put the slide show in slideshare. I decided to take the challenge and created the slideshow presentation that is located to the left of this posting (it looks like chalk and a chalkboard). It was much easier to use than I anticipated. Slideshare takes you step by step through the process. I am starting to think about the different ways I can use this in my classroom. What a great way to provide my presentations to my students. To view and listen to the slide show click on the “presentation” link at the bottom of the picture.

Next week we will be having the second part our webquest workshop and I encourage everyone to attend. For this part of the workshop you are to bring the URL of a webquest you have created or one you feel you can use in your classroom. We will be discussing the different webquests and talking about how to manage your students.

I am also excited to announce that Esme Qunhua will be at the TNC Conference Center on August 30th to discuss some constructivist teach tools she has created for SL. These tools work to get students actively engaged in their learning when you are teaching in SL.

One last thing I want to post is that I want to make sure everyone is aware of the SLED calendar. This keeps track of educational events that are happening in SL and is updated often: http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/SLED_Calender

I hope to be able to update the blog more often this week. As all of you know this time of year gets very busy. School starts here on Friday and teachers go back on Tuesday!

First Days of School

2008-08-07T17:27:00.000-07:00

As a parent this time of year means school clothes, haircuts and school supplies. As a teacher it means textbook, classroom management plans and lessons for the first day of school. Have you started planning your first days of school?

I always began the school year by reading Harry Wongs “The First Days of School” by Harry K. and Rosemary T. Wong. I had a chance to hear Harry Wong speak and I found it very entertaining and refreshing. Harry Wong was a educator and his ideas made sense!

If you are starting to think about the new school year I would recommend his book (found on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/First-Days-School-Effective-Teacher/dp/0962936065/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218155124&sr=8-1 mazon.com/First-Days-School-Effective-Teacher/dp/0962936065/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218155124&sr=8-1 ) or the teachers.net website where he publishes different classroom strategies. There are links to many of his articles here http://teachers.net/gazette/wong.html

This is also a great time to begin planning new lessons. This Saturday at the TNC Conference Center we will be presenting information on Webquests. This will begin at 10:00 am SLT and last about an hour. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43 We hope to see you there!

TNC Tour

2008-08-02T12:19:00.000-07:00

What fun we had on tour today!

Saturday, August 2 the TNC had a tour of 4 interactive sites in SL. These were each educational sites and we hope that you will enjoy them if you have a chance to explore them on your own.

The first site is ROMA Transtiberim. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ROMA%20Transtiberim/21/57/29 m/21/57/29 On this site you explore an archaeological dig. You are able to use different tools and learn about the way that archaeologist discover information about people who live in the past.

Our second site was The Newseum http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Newseum/117/140/26 The%20Newseum/117/140/26 This is a museum of news. There

are three floors that contain different topics. You can see covers of newspapers as well as video on this site. Plan on spending a lot of time learning about historical news.

The third site was Sploland a math and science sim. http://slurl.com/secon dlife/SploLand/186/76/25 /SploLand/186/76/25 The activities here seem to be endless as you explore the island. There are experiments to take part in as well as rides. There is something for everyone at Sploland.

Our final stop was Abyss Museum of Ocean

Science http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82 With Shark Week going on at the DEN we had to include a place about the ocean. On this island you can go under water to see the different creatures of the deep. At another area on the sim you can swim with the seals.

Next Saturday we will be offering a workshop on Webquests which will last 2 weeks. The first workshop will include information on writing your own webquest and will feature some webquests that you may want to try with your students. After the event on Saturday you will walk away with a mission to find some exciting webquests or a chance to write your own. The following Saturday will be a sharing event where everyone will share what they found.

We also want to let you know about the following events that will be going on this week* :

Wednesday, August 3rd 5:00 SLT: Shark Trivia at the DEN http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/57/80/22

Thursday, July 31, 6 – 7 pm SLT: ISTE educators social. http://www.slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/90/80/30

Saturday, August 9, 10 – 11 AM SLT: Webquests http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43

Wednesday, August 20, Save this date for the DEN’s anniversary celebration

*Post comments to this blog or IM Tek Zeno for information about adding your event to the TNC Blog.

2008-07-28T12:59:00.001-07:00

College Fair in Teen SecondLife
Eye4You Alliance is starting to put together their second college fair on the Teen Grid and they are looking for representatives from colleges and universities to share information.

If you or a representative from your college would like to take part you will need to have a background check and approval to work on the Teen Grid so you will want to get started right away on the process. The college fair will take place Oct 12th. If you would like more information you can go to the Eye4You Alliance island blog (http://eye4youalliance.youthtech.info/?page_id=629) or contact BlueWings Hayek or Alice Burgess on the main grid.

Invitations to Aviary
One of the photo tools that Pia Klaar discussed during the Web 2.0 workshop was aviary. This is a program that allows you to manipulate photos. Since it is web based it allows you to have access on any computer! When we posted our Web. 2.0 list we were contacted by a representative from Aviary (see comments) and she set Pia up with an account with 5 free invitations. If you would like one of these invitations please post a comment below and Pia can send you an invitation.

Tour of Interactive Sites
I also want to remind everyone that this Saturday the TNC will have a tour of interactive sites in SL. We will begin at the TNC on Eduisland 5 at 10:00 am (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43). Please come a few minutes early.

Other upcoming events*:
Wednesday, July 30 2 – 3 pm SLT: Sloodle 101. This will be an introduction to Sloodle tools http://slurl.com/secondlife/virtuALBA/197/165/30

Wednesday, July 30, 5 – 6 pm SLT: Streaming with SMARTboards: Do you currently have a SMARTboard in your classroom or district? Did you know that Discovery Streaming can be seamlessly integrated with your SMARTboard? During this workshop you will learn about ways to integrate Discovery Streaming, various funding strategies, be provided with resources for implementation, and information on programs that SMART Technologies provides SMART educators. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/57/80/22

Thursday, July 31, 6 – 7 pm: ISTE educators social. http://www.slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/90/80/30

Thursday, July 31 Shamblesguru Voom told us that one of the Lively guys will be giving a talk at a “Train for Success” session. If anyone knows more about this please let us know!

Saturday, August 2, 10 – 11 SLT: TNC Educational Tour. We will begin at the TNC on Eduisland 5 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43

Saturday, August 9, 10-11 SLT: Making a Webquest for your students. TNC Eduisland 5 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43

Wednesday, August 20, Save this date for the DEN’s anniversary celebrationSunday, August 31, 6:00 AM SLT: David Warlick is being interviewed at International Schools Island as a pre-session to a Shanghai Conference. I will have a link for this location as we get closer to the event.

* If you want your event posted on the TNC blog IM Tek Zeno in SL with the date and time of the event.

Web 2.0 Workshop

2008-07-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

Did you miss this informative workshop?

Pia Klaar gave a wonderful presentation today on Web 2.0 tools . She discussed Professional Development Tools, Social Networking Tools, Blogging, Wikis, Podcasting Tools, Collaboration Tools, Online Applications, Photo Tools, Presentation Tools, Video Sharing tools, Utilities, Aggregators/Newsreaders, as well as other items. After the presentation she created a slideshare of the presentation. You can view this at http://www.slideshare.net/pia/web-20-in-the-classroom-529446/.

Below are the links to Web 2.0 websites that she recommends:

1. Professional Development Tools
· Web2Go: http://www.go2web20.net/
· AllMyFavs: http://www.allmyfaves.com/

2. Social Networking Tools
· Ning: http://www.ning.com/
· Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com/
· Ning in Education: http://education.ning.com/
· Lively (by Google): http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html
· FURL: http://www.furl.net/
· Del.icio.uos: http://del.icio.us/

3. Blogs
· Blog Basics for the Classroom: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfmsfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm sfirst.com/content/blog/blogbasics.cfm
· Edublogs: http://edublogs.org//
· Class Blogmeister: http://classblogmeister.com/
· 21Classes: http://www.21classes.com/
· ePals: http://www.epals.com/

4. Wikis
· Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/ww.wikispaces.com/ and http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K com/site/for/teachers100K
· Wet Paint: http://www.wetpaint.com/category/Education--Ad-free etpaint.com/category/Education--Ad-free
· PBWiki: http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
· WikiSpaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K
· Jottit: http://jottit.com/it.com /

5. Podcasting Tools
· Gcast: http://www.gcast.com/
· Odiogo: http://www.odiogo.com/

6. Collaboration Tools
· Google Docs: docs.google.com
· Skrbl: skrbl.com
· Bubble.us: bubbl.us
· Giffy: http://www.gliffy.com/
· Mindomo: http://www.mindomo.com/
· Voo2do: http://www.voo2d.com/
· JotSpot: http://www.jotspot.com/

7. Online Applications
· Zoho Creator: creator.zoho.com http://creator.zoho.com/
· Peepel: http://peepel.com/
· Thinkature: h ttp://www.thinkature.com/

8. Photo Tools
· Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/
· FlauntR: http://www.flauntr.com/
· Aviary: http://a.viary.com/
· PhotoShop Express

9. Presentation/Video Tools
· Animoto: http://animoto.com/
· Animoto Education Program: http://biz.animoto.com/education/overview.html /ed ucation/overview.html
· Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/
· Ed.VoiceThread: http://ed.voicethread.com/
· Bubbleshare: http://www.bubbleshare.com/
· ImageLoop: http://www.imageloop.com/en/index.htm
· Slideoo: http://www.slideoo.com/
· One True Media: http://www.onetruemedia.com/
· Jaycut: http://jaycut.com/

10. Video Sharing Tools
· Blip.tv: http://wwww.blip.tv.com/tv.com/
· Jumpcut: http://www.jumpcut.com/
· Teacher Tube
· YouTube

11. Utilities
· CTC Audio Mixer: http://audiomixer-d.oddcast.com/php/ctc
· Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
· Vixy.net: http://vixy.net/
· Web Resizer
· Skype
· Media Converter

12. Aggregators/Newsreaders
· Bloglines: bloglines.com
· Yourminis: http://www.yourminis.com/main
· Pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/

13. Others
· Calcoolate: http://www.calcoolate.com/index.html
· Create a Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
· Stained Glass collage: http://www.stainedglasscollage.com/
· Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/
· ArtRage: http://www.artrage.com/artrage.html
· Common Craft: http://www.commoncraft.com/
· Captioner –Flickr Toys: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/captioner.php

Other sites that were recommended by our participants are:
http://www.schooltube.com/
http://www.mogulus.com/
http://www.zamzar.com/
http://www.kerpoof.com/
http://www.cameroid.com/
http://www.techsmith.com/
http://www.shambles.net/web2
http://www.thinkfinity.net/
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
http://www.classtools.net/

Resources:
· Brown, John Seely. (JSB) in Educause Magazine, "Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0". : http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0811.pdf

· Freedman, Terry. Coming of Age: an introduction to the new world wide web.: http://comingofage.ning.com/

· Hargadon, Steve . Web 2.0 is the Future of Education: http://www.stevehargadon.com/2008/03/web-20-is-future-of-education.html

· Judy’s Web 2.0 Notes: http://judyoconnell.wordpress.com/

· Kyrnin, Jennifer. What is Web 2.0: Going Beyond the Hype of Web 2.0: http://webdesign.about.com/od/web20/a/aa021306.htm

· Richardson, Will. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms. Corwin Press: California.2006

Other upcoming events*:

Wednesday, July 30 2 – 3 pm SLT: Sloodle 101. This will be an introduction to Sloodle tools http://slurl.com/secondlife/virtuALBA/197/165/30

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5 – 6 pm SLT: Streaming with SMARTboards: Do you currently have a SMARTboard in your classroom or district? Did you know that Discovery Streaming can be seamlessly integrated with your SMARTboard? During this workshop you will learn about ways to integrate Discovery Streaming, various funding strategies, be provided with resources for implementation, and information on programs that SMART Technologies provides SMART educators. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/57/80/22

Thursday, July 31, 6 – 7 pm: ISTE educators social. http://www.slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/90/80/30

Thursday, July 31 Shamblesguru Voom told us that one of the Lively guys will be giving a talk at a “Train for Success” session. If anyone knows more about this please let us know!

Saturday, August 2, 10 – 11 SLT: TNC Educational Tour. We will begin at the TNC on Eduisland 5 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43

Saturday, August 9, 10-11 SLT: Making a Webquest for your students. TNC Eduisland 5
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43

Wednesday, August 20, Save this date for the DEN’s anniversary celebration

Sunday, August 31, 6:00 AM SLT: David Warlick is being interviewed at International Schools Island as a pre-session to a Shanghai Conference. I will have a link for this location as we get closer to the event.

* If you want your event posted on the TNC blog IM Tek Zeno in SL with the date and time of the event.

Web 2.0? Scuba Diving in Second Life?

2008-07-25T12:23:00.000-07:00

We are getting ready for our first official workshop at the new TNC conference center. Tomorrow (Saturday, July 26th) from 10:00 - 11:00 SLT Pia Klaar will conduct a Web 2.0 workshop. This will use voice. Please plan on arriving early if you need help with voice. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43

Have you ever wanted to Scuba dive with sharks? Then don't miss a chance to take part in the scuba diving event at the DEN Monday, July 28th at 5:00 pm SLT. You need to preregister by Saturday July 26th if you want free scuba gear. You can find out more at http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/secondlife. Registration is filling up quickly!

If there are other educational groups out there that want me to showcase their upcoming events please let me know! IM Tek Zeno and I will place them on our blog.

Web 2.0, Machinima, Slide Shows, Social Networking, Upcoming SL Events

2008-07-21T11:02:00.000-07:00

When I started this blog I thought to myself “what I am going to say”. Now I find myself excited to share things each week!

Web 2.0
I want to start by reminding everyone that this Saturday (July 26th) from 10:00 – 11:00 SLT Pia Klaar will be offering a session on Web 2.0. This will take place at the TNC Conference Center on Eduisland 5 and will have valuable information for the classroom teacher http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43 . I have also become aware of a free online book called “Web 2.0 Project Book”. This book contains projects that were shared by teachers who are using Web 2.0 in the classroom http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/2008/07/web-20-project-book.html You can download this book and save it for future reference.

Machinima
Are you interested in Machinima? Pia Klaar has created a wonderful slide show that is a “how-to” tutorial on Machinima for Second Life http://www.slideshare.net/pia/machinima-how-to-in-second-life -in-second-life . She has also setup a Machinima area that is full of useful tools at the TNC on Eduisland II http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/23/11/23 .

Slide Presentations
Pia also introduced me to slide presentations this week and I was excited to make the sidebar slideshow that is on the left of the blog. These are pictures that were taken by Pia at the Expansion Party and put into Flickr. Next http://www.slidoo.com/ picked up these pictures and all I needed to do was supply the blog address and slidoo.com attached it to my sidebar. I am now thinking of getting my own Flickr account since I am starting to see a reason to post my pictures. Another website for making slideshows that is recommended by Pia is http://www.imageloop.com/. I have not used this yet but I hope to have time to try it out later this week.

Are you on Plurk or Twitter?
Lastly I wanted to find out if anyone is using Twitter or Plurk. I am on both social networking sites under my avatar’s name TekZeno. I try to post different TNC events as well as other events. Feel free to follow these postings.

Upcoming events in SL to take part in:
Tuesday, July 22 (3:30 SLT): SL Education Roundtable http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montclair%20State%20CHSSSouth/129/156/22
Library Services in SL

Wednesday, July 23 (5:00 pm SLT): Discovery Educator Network
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/57/80/22
The first of a series of workshops in which Celestia Cazalet will introduce you to free programs and websites that can enhance your Second Life(tm) experience. This week's topic: QAvimator. Find out how to make your own animations. Come prepared to share your own discoveries, as well.

Thursday, July 24 (6:00 pm SLT): ISTE
http://www.slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/90/80/30
Social networking event for educators

Saturday, July 26 (10:00am SLT): TNC Conference Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/142/27/43
Web 2.0 Introduction

TNC Expansion Party and Other Information

2008-07-19T15:19:00.000-07:00

TNC Expansion Party
Wow! What fun we had at the opening of the TNC Conference Center on Eduisland 5 and the renovated TNC Eduisland II. I have attached some pictures for everyone to see but I didn’t think to start taking them until the party was half way over! If you couldn’t make it we have left the games available for you to play and we want to invite you to come by and see the new facility.

Web 2.0 presentation
Next week, Saturday, June 26th Pia Klaar will be giving a presentation on Web 2.0 tools for the classroom from 10:00 – 11:00 am SLT at the new TNC Conference Center and we hope everyone will be able to attend.

DEN Newbie 101 Session
In other news the DEN had a fabulous turn out for their Newbie 101 Session that was led by JessieMarie Flannagan http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/secondlife I think it is wonderful we have so many new educators trying out Second Life this summer.

Virtual Environments to Interact in Classroom Management Scenarios?
I know this may be old new to some but I am just getting around to listening to some old podcasts and an eSchool news podcast was talking about the work that was being done at the University of Central Florida. They are using a virtual interactive environment to give teachers experience in classroom management. Educators and pre-service educators are able to take part in a virtual classroom and take part in various scenarios http://www.ist.ucf.edu/nlarchive/spring08/spring08.htm#lockheed .
This had me thinking….. Wouldn’t this be something fun to do in Second Life. We could setup scenarios where a group of us would be “students” and then one would be the “teacher”. The scenario could be acted out and then there could be a discussion about the way the classroom management was handled.

PBS Teacher Connect Site
Is anyone here looking for a new social networking site in which teachers collaborate by subject? PBS has opened the PBS Teachers Connect website and this may be of interest to you. Subjects include the Arts; Health & Fitness; Math: Reading & Language Arts; Early Childhood Education; Technology; Science & Tech; Social Studies; Homeschooling; and Library Media. This just opened June 30th and it looks like it could become an exciting new community for teachers http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/

TNC Expansion Party!

2008-07-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

Mark your calendars!
TNC Expansion Party
Saturday, July 19th 10:00 am – Noon SLT

We are excited about our new place and we are going to have a party. There will be dancing with DJ Kedryn McMillan, games, and prizes. Come by and see what all the excitement is about!

The TNC on Eduisland II is being updated and is almost ready. We are excited to have a new Machinima section and to make it easier to see the teaching tools we have available . Both places will be highlighted during the expansion party.

I also want to let everyone know about the Newbie 101 Workshop that is going to be at the DEN on Wednesday, July 16th at 6:00 pm SLT. JessieMarie will take you on a tour of the functions of the various menus and toolbars. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions. More information is located at: http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/secondlife

The DEN is located on Eduisland II a few doors down from the TNC.

Two great events in one week!

Sites that may be of interest to you

2008-07-09T16:18:00.000-07:00

I have come across these sites that may be of interest to members of the Teacher Networking Center Community:

Webcasts from NECC: http://www.kzowebcasting.com/necc/

Free Web 2.0 Project Book: http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/db/web2/doc_page4.html

PC Design Competition Finalists: http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/finalists.aspx

ReadWriteThink interactive resources for the K-12 classroom: http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

ENJOY!

Upcoming Educational Events

2008-07-07T16:48:00.001-07:00

I am sorry this is last minute. Here are two wonderful events that may interest you. One is tonight (Monday, July 7) at ISTE and the other is Wednesday, July 9th at the Discovery Educators Network.

From ISTE:

Hello fellow ISTE members in Second Life!With memories of NECC still fresh, and summer in full swing, the ISTE Speaker Series is ramping up in July with three very special events. Here is the scoop on our first, on the very last day of the Second Life 5th Birthday (SL5B) celebration:

Please join us Monday, July 7th, at 6:00 pm SLT/PDT (click here to calculate your local time) at the brand-new ISTE Island Auditorium http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island%203/17/237/25 for an Education Spotlight Roundtable featuring:

Sarah Robbins (SL: Intellagirl Tully)
Suriawang Dapto (RL: David Warlick) from http://davidwarlick.com/2cents
Kathy Dryburgh (RL: Kathy Schrock) from http://nausetschools.org/lighthouselearning
Maggie Marat (RL: Peggy Sheehy) from http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org
Bernajean Pinazzo (RL: Bernajean Porter) from http://www.digitales.us
Eric Reuters (RL: Eric Krangel) from the Reuters bureau in Second Life
Westley Streeter (RL: Westley Field) from http://www.skoolaborate.com

This will be a voice presentation. Please be sure you have a working voice setup prior to the event!See you there!

From the Discovery Educators Network:

Creating your class website with WebBlender:

Creating and maintaining a class website doesn't have to be hard and scary! WebBlender makes it easy and fun. Come learn what WebBlender can do for you. WebBlender is a Tech4Learning product and you can learn more about it at http://www.tech4learning.com/webblender/index.html
SLT TIME: 5:00 P.M. SLT ( 7 PM CDT, 8 PM EST)

TNC Update

2008-07-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

Pia and I met up today and started discussing the renovations to the TNC and the progress on the TNC Conference Center.

Updates have begun at the TNC on Eduisland II. The picture to the right is of the new area for teaching tools. You will click on the pictures to recieve the item that is displayed. All of these items are free.

While we are changing things around please be patient with us. It will take a little time.

We also worked on the TNC Conference Center which is just about ready. This is located on Eduisland 5. We should have teleports between these two buildings early next week.

We are also excited to announce the following schedule of events. We will be having sessions on Saturdays at 10:00 SLT.

Saturday July 19th - 10 - Noon SLT: TNC Expansion Party

Saturday, July 26 10-11am SLT: Web 2.0 Session

Saturday, August 2 10 - 11am SLT: SL Tour

Saturday, August 9th 10-11am SLT: Using Webquests in the Classroom

Saturday, August 16th 10-11 am SLt: Webquest Followup

We hope everyone will mark their calendars for these events! I also want to remind everyone of our database of names located at http://creator.zoho.com/tekzeno/tnc-names/view/1/. This was created to help people in similar specializations to find each other in order to collaborate and exchange ideas. We currently have 155 names. Is yours there?

What a day!

2008-07-02T21:09:00.000-07:00

Today was the last day of NECC and the closing keynote address was streamed into SL at ISTE. The technology that made this possible was amazing. The video was very clear with some stuttering but, since I couldn't be there, it was very impressive to me.

Watching this live stream made me wonder if the future of NECC will include more streamed sessions. Is this the reason behind the new streaming regulations? Maybe virtual "paid" sessions will be in the future. This will open up NECC to a much larger audience but it will also cut into the amount of people who attend the physical conference. It will be interesting to see to see what the future brings.

I also spent most of the day getting the new TNC conference center ready. I have "fenced" off the area and placed the building that will be our conference center. I thought about building the structure myself but then decided to look around for ideas and found a building that I thought would work just as well as if I made it myself.

It is an open environment which has 2 floors and a roof. The floors will have small collaboration and experimentation areas.

The roof has a conference area which allows people to fly in for presentations.

The plan for the rest of the land is to have areas for collaboration and to spotlight other educational areas in Sl.

The TNC Conference Center will have sessions for K-12 teachers about "real life" classroom issues. Topics will include teaching strategies, classroom management, lesson plan sharing and project exchanges.

Keep watching for announcements concerning our open house!

The Teacher Networking Center is expanding!

2008-06-30T14:47:00.000-07:00

I am excited to announce that the Teacher Networking Center is expanding!

We just rented a spot on Eduisland 5 where we will be creating a virtual environment where we can have group meetings, presentations and trainings.

We will continue to have the main TNC building on Eduisland II with teacher tools (first floor), educational landmarks (second floor), fun freebies (second floor) and our calendar of events (entrance way).

Our new addition will be on Eduisland 5 next to the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE). We are gearing up and hope to be offering sessions soon!

As always we are looking for ideas. Please feel free to comment on things you would like to see at the TNC.

More information on events at NECC

2008-06-29T13:08:00.000-07:00

I just received the following notice from the ISTE Group in Second life:

Major Second Life Events at NECC

Sunday, June 29, 5-7 PM SLTNECC Opening Reception: Guided historical tours of the ?Alamo Campus, and mixed reality performance by One Horse Shy, ?live video stream and avatar performance direct from San Antonio!

Tuesday, July 1, 7-2 PM SLTSecond Life Playground: Interact with NECC attendees,ex plore the Alamo campus, and participate in the History Hunt!

Wednesday, July 2, 12:45-2 PM SLTWatch NECC’s closing keynote address by Idit Caperton live on ISTE Island! Mixed reality audio and video streams.

Throughout the ConferenceVisit the SL NECC 08 event page for up-to-date info about lounge discussions, activities, and events throughout NECC:http://secondlife.iste.wikispaces.net/necc08

Not at NECC but wish you were?

2008-06-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

Here are some links that will help to keep you up to date on what is going on at NECC.

You can also find information on virtual NECC events. I will post more as I discover more!

http://necc2008.ning.com/

http://edstreamtv.wikispaces.com/

http://necclive.wikispaces.com/Live+Information

http://www.edubloggercon.com/NECC+2008

http://secondlife.iste.wikispaces.net/

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/07/virtual-necc-2006-post-3-highlights.html

http://www.storyofmysecondlife.com/

http://mizmercer.edublogs.org/2008/06/27/notes-from-edubloggercon/

Google Calendar for Virtual NECC discussion:
http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc&gsessionid=5mQoozv0QaeGt2c8SjPsSQ

The Tech Museum of Innovation

2008-06-27T14:55:00.000-07:00

Today I am exploring The Tech Museum of Innovation in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/199/159/38

The virtual museum is a collection of exhibits created by individuals within Second Life. If you would like to help create an exhibit you can find out more at http://www.thetechvirtual.org/

There are several different floors the museum.

The lower level has tutorials on exhibt design and the upper level has interactive art exhibits.

There are regular scheduled events and you find out more by checking the calendar at http://www.thetechvirtual.org/ or reading the notecard that will be given to you when you enter The Tech Museum of Innovation.

Stop by and learn the art of the guitar by taking a musical ride, play on a trampoline, or take part in some of the other interactive activities.

2008-06-25T15:40:00.000-07:00

The Teacher Networking Center is a place for teachers to connect and share information. It has been inactive for awhile but we are getting ready to move forward and start having sessions and tours.

The question is "What do teachers in Second Life want?" I am thinking about having a set time each week for a TNC "event". These would be tours, sessions, etc.

The focus is on K-12 teachers. Sessions will discuss things K-12 teachers can use in their rl classrooms. Topics could be classroom management, teaching strategies, ways to integrate technology, etc.

Please share your ideas on this blog. What do you want to see at the TNC? Can you host an event?