I just posted my hello post on SLED, the very active active email list for SL Educators. Am pleased to do so, and have one (lovely) response already.
There’s so much enthusiasm there from people who or run have had terrific educational experiences in SL – I do hope that I can make it work [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Connecting
Posted in Diary of an Island on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Test Flickr photo
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
2, originally uploaded by sambrenton.
Test post of a photo from Flickr.
E-portfolios – The Horror, The Horror
Posted in Speculations, Uncategorized on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In my job I am helping to introduce e-portfolios in the university.
I have been sceptical of e-portfolios and the e-portfolio agenda. My own undergraduate experience was so unlike that which is being encouraged in some areas. i doubt I would have filled an e-portfolio in, and I doubt whether I would have found [...]
Failure…
Posted in Speculations on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If this project fails to show that SL can be a useful environment for distance learning, will it be SL failing or my own instructional designal failing? How can I tell?
Next steps…
Posted in Speculations, Uncategorized on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My current ideas for next steps:
- I have, more or less, a workable topography, some defined spaces in which to make things.
- I’ve been struggling with what I am going to make – what will demonstrate different kinds of teaching methods that will encourage people to experiment with differen tkinds of learning via SL?
- I [...]
My Newbie Avatar
Posted in Speculations on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am still a ‘newbie’ avatar. These are called ‘Ruth’ in SL – so I am still in my Ruthed state. I have a beard, glasses, a yellow t-shirt with white shirt over it and khaki shorts. I look awful. There is no realism to me. I look like a [...]
Early photos – ground scheme emerges
Posted in A build emerges on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Having signed up with Flickr and had it resolutely fail to process one image in 30 minutes, here are some early photos of the project…
An SL project and web 2.0…
Posted in Speculations on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Over the course of today, as I’ve been trying to clarify my thoughts about what kind sof teaching might profit from SL (what kind of learning…) I’ve started to get a bit more definition on my early thoughts.
I keep wanting to reach for things that aren’t native to SL. So I want to summon audio, [...]
Space, weather, building…
Posted in A build emerges on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In my sim I have the sun in a fixed position. There is no dusk, no night, no rain, no fog. There are no clouds – we are in hot Greece every day.
With no rain, what need do I have for roofs? With no need to occlude light or provide shelter, walls are just space [...]
BlogHud
Posted in Tools for SL Education, Uncategorized on March 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The blog HUD is interesting. I got it for L$900 at Nooribeom 194.189.23.
You wear the HUD and /9 type a message to the BLOGHUD website at www.bloghud.com, wher eit appears immediately.
My blogHUD area was automatically created at http://my.bloghud.com/samuelmesmer/ when I sent the message.
If I can RSS it from here then it could be a [...]
