This document discusses virtual learning environments and provides information about an upcoming event. It begins by listing several popular virtual worlds that can be used for education such as Quest Atlantis, Club Penguin, and Second Life. It then provides details about an upcoming ISTE speaker series event, where attendees will get a tour of Calisto Encinal's immersive Mexican village created for university students in Second Life and learn how virtual worlds can be used to create interactive classrooms. The event takes place on November 9, 2010 at 5PM SLT at the ISTE Bandshell in Second Life.

1. PUWT 2010
LAURA PILKER, RENEE HENDERSON AND MARY DEL BIANCO
POWERING UP YOUR
PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING NETWORK

2. VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
• Quest Atlantis
• Club Penguin
• World of Warcraft
• Ecomuve
• Second Life
• BlueMars
• Open Sims
• Reaction Grid
• Wonderland

4. Please Join Us For an ISTE Speaker Series
Event
 A Tour of Calisto Encinal´s Mi casa es su casa
 Join Calisto Encinal for a tour of his immersive, interactive Mexican village. Created for first-year American university students, the space
provides a place for role-playing, class meetings and self-correcting activities. Attendees will learn more about this exciting use of virtual
worlds for education and explore the potential of a rich environment for creating a truly interactive classroom.
 Calisto Encinal/James T. Abraham teaches Spanish at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona. He has been working in Second
Life for four years. His project, Mi casa es su casa, won the SLPro Content Creators challenge last spring. The project includes a house,
school, bakery, hotel, pharmacy, cathedral among its locations.
 Time: 5PM SLT/ 8PM Eastern
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 Date: Tuesday November 9, 2010
 Location: ISTE Bandshell http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/122/126/25
 Thanks,
 Dawn Shrum

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