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- 2. community creative ideas different perspectives ‘ interactive library’ participatory culture reducing risk extension reference point grounds you inspires you gaining insight support experience
- 3. Beyond the Dewey Decimal System Area Library Coordinator, Chicago Public Schools, Lisa Perez (Elaine Tulip in SL), Librarian, Springfield Township High School (PA) Joyce Valenza (Joyce Story in SL) Rhonda Trueman (Abbey Zenith in SL) Flat Classrooms Using Web 2.0 Tools Vicki Davis & Julie Lindsay Crossing Over: Virtual World Networks, Real World Communities David Warlick - Educational Consultant & Author, Steve Dembo - Online Community Manager, Discovery Educator Network http://tinyurl.com/dhsbsu
- 6. Peggy Sheehy [email_address] Maggie Marat
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- “ Most of the educators I know strive to be life-long learners. They’re also some of the busiest, life-juggling,” can’t say no” people on the planet. Pursuing professional development (PD) is contractual for some, and oxygen for others.” Peggy Sheehy ( http://www.techlearning.com/article/15148 )
- One of the strengths of the growing education community in Second Life is its "fundamental predisposition to collaborate,"John Lester, who leads the education and healthcare market development group at Linden Lab. His avatar is well-known inworld as Pathfinder Linden. understands that "With teachers, you have this built-in culture of collaboration," he says. "It's in their DNA; they succeed by working with other people on projects and learning from them and leveraging each other's work. It's not surprising that Second Life is proving to be such a useful platform for their own professional development. * A very real sense of community * A source of creative ideas * A means to get different perspectives on a problem that might otherwise go unseen * An ‘interactive library’ where you can benefit from the knowledge of many people and tap information instantly * A way of reducing risk when others have experienced what you are about to do and inform you of the hazards * An extension of your own intelligence * A reference point for expectations (when you do things alone it’s so very easy to lose yourself but when you can see your efforts and achievements relative to other people it grounds you and you usually see that your results are not half as bad as you would like to make out!) * A means of gaining insight through clever questioning * A source of support to tide you through the rough patches (Nick Pagan: http://tinyurl.com/cmq26r )
- “ According to research compiled and edited by Dr. Barry Ellis in his discussion of learning and technology specialist Betty Collis’ work, online professional development environments should allow for the following patterns of communication in the online environment: Telling, asking, responding, and discussion. Second Life easily provides for these four patterns of communication.” Kathy Schrock: Administrator for Technology for the Nauset Public Schools on Cape Cod, MA. ( http://tinyurl.com/cx8fbh )
- Atlantis Rising Campus: A virtual underwater campus was created in Second Life to engage educators in their own unique experiences with skills, topics, group tools and virtual worlds that are capturing the imaginations of our students. Joining Second Life is free and fun! Or if you are already enjoying a second life, hop inworld via this Atlantis Rising Campus SLURL (Second Life URL). We will be waiting at Atlantis with… * Renown trainers, speakers, futurists, and thinkers * Rigorous interactive coursework, mini-workshops and special events * Underwater campus halls and rentable meeting spaces * StoryKeepers media gardens, ancient oracles, and student exhibits * Personal life coaches and concierges to launch your new second life * Private treehouse dorm spaces for participants during classes * Mermadic underwater happy hours with live music The Google Teacher Academy in Second Life is located at:Idea City (185, 193, 39) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Idea%20City/185/193/39 When you are inworld, remember to do a search for 'Google Teacher Academy' and join the group (it is *FREE*) so that you will be sent notices of any events and activities promoted by the Google Teacher Academy.