The last few weeks of school are overwhelming for me. It is as if everyone is racing for the finish line. Between work and home I am exhausted. At home I have a son ending his fifth grade career and a daughter ending 8th grade. There are final band concerts, award ceremonies and recognition (aka graduation) ceremonies. Not to mention the last Girl Scout, youth group, running club and skating club culminating events. It is far to much to really…
Julia and I recently conducted a presentation on Tips for Presenting in Second Life for both Lighthouse Learning Island and the DEN in SL. It was great to meet educators and non educators who are interested in learning how to share in SL. I hope that this will help encourage more voices to participate in the community. I am eager to here from other educators and looking forward to learning from others experiences. For a copy of the notecard we…
I have been involved in Second Life since early April 2007 just a short 7 months and I have enjoyed every minute of it. The DEN in SL is also celebrating a 6 month anniversary. I am getting braver as time goes on and recently did a major overhaul of my avatar’s appearance. The following are some photos of my evolving look. I do not have pictures of the first me when I left orientation island. I did not even…
I am reviewing my notes for a presentation this evening on Personal Learning Networks, and I took a break to check in with mine. I know many are writing about this now, I have included some links below. Recently there have been wonderful examples of the network in action. It is a relatively new tool to many of us and we are getting much better at participating and working within this framework. What really hit home for me is the…