Learn 4 Life

TeachMeet Second Life 2010

This will be the first TeachMeet in Second Life, so, in theory a Global Teachmeet - see the Wiki for instructions.

On Friday May 7th at 8pm GMT there is the first Teachmeet in Second Life. This is open to all educators working in Second Life and allied Immersive Worlds from ALL sectors.

If you do not know what a “TeachMeet” is then go along to the wiki and watch the video at :

http://teachmeet.pbworks.com/TeachMeet-Second-Life

A teachmeet is where teachers gather to share good practice - they make 7 or 2 minute presentations.

I am quite happy to facilitate the evening and anyone with Machinima, slides, interactive objects or simply wishing to present please get in touch with me off list.

Eyebeams Electricteeth AKA Leon Cych

http://teachmeet.pbworks.com/TeachMeet-Second-Life

My interview/ presentation at Wise Kids conference Swansea and Bangor

Here I am on the other side of the camera for a change - that’s a novel experience - talking about Second Life to David Wilcox at the Wise Kids conference at Bangor.

You can see one of my sessions at the earlier Swansea conference here (scroll down) where I show some video of Vicki A Davies and talk about the Reaction Grid Open Sim she has been using with her students. I outline some of the ideas behind “skinning” your own virtual world and do a walkthrough of Second Life.

Amplified Education

At BETT2010 this year - one of the fringe events that was very low key but very popular (these videos separately have been viewed almost 500 times), was the Amplied Education discussion evening.

I am grateful to the 20 or so people who turned up for the round table discussions - there were at least 3 Becta ICT in Practice Award winners there that evening which might give you an idea of the quality of debate, interest and focus around the subject.

Here are the three sessions captured on film:

1) Games in Education led by Tim Rylands

2) Fun at Work PART 1 led by John Heffernan

Fun at Work PART 2

3) Digital Identity PART 1 led by David White where he kicked off with his Visitors and Residents idea,

Digital Identity PART 2

We only touched on 3 subjects from over 20 on the wallwisher site put up for the purpose :

For me the evening was fascinating and I hope to organise and film (with Drew Buddie)  further sessions looking at theory, practice, ideas across sectors not just education in the coming months. My thanks go to all the people who turned up and the participants willing to film, document and take part in these sessions. It has taken me half a week to process and upload the video (anyone got some friendly CUDN access in London (The London Metropolitan Network)they want to donate to this cause in the future? After all we are capturing a lot of useful data?)

Derek Robertson’s Canvas Virtual World Presentation at the Scottish Learning Festival 2009

This is the Twitcam archive film of Derek Robertson’s Canvas Virtual World presentation at Scottish Learning Festival 2009.

Giving ICT CPD for E-Safety in Second Life

In this interview I talk with Carol Rainbow about how she has managed to evolve ICT CPD for E-Safety inside Second Life.

Carol is an ICT consultant for Oxfordshire and is probably the only person in the UK who is using Second Life to deliver CPD at school Local Authority level in this way.

A lot of corporate firms spend some considerable time building elaborate ‘orientation’ areas to provide solutions for staff training. Carol, however, concentrates on building a community of practice from the start inside Second Life.

Teachers’ log in from their own homes and the training sessions are held later in the evening. She gives people just enough information to be able to get to the training area and communicate effectively.

This video provides a very thorough basic outline in scaffolding how to hold such a session. She will be talking in more depth about the process at the free Learn 4 Life conference in Second Life on the Learn 4 Life Island on Saturday 14th November 11am - 3pm GMT. If you are interested in securing a ticket for this event please register in the form below.

In the video below is a video record of one of her sessions:

And in the following video there is a collaborative exercise in making an E-Safety poster in Second Life.

Please sign up above for the event - there are only 15 tickets left…