Video on how to build a simple object in Second Life:
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Week 6 - visits to 3 locations on SL
Locations Visited:
Example 1 - Self-Paced Tutorial
Ivory Tower of Primitives
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/165/28
Example 2 - Role play scenario
Forensic Pathology - Autopsy Laboratory
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Whispering%20Angel%20Island/161/51/22
Example 3 - Student Built Projects
Ohio Learning Network
http://slurl.com/secondlife/OLN%20Island/226/198/29
Need to explore these :) soon.
Example 1 - Self-Paced Tutorial
Ivory Tower of Primitives
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/165/28
Example 2 - Role play scenario
Forensic Pathology - Autopsy Laboratory
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Whispering%20Angel%20Island/161/51/22
Example 3 - Student Built Projects
Ohio Learning Network
http://slurl.com/secondlife/OLN%20Island/226/198/29
Need to explore these :) soon.
SL Pletarium Drome
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Serena%20Carmel/148/113/413
This is what SC shared:
The SL Planetarium Dome allows visitors to learn about planets and other stars and galaxies. It has a keyboard console and monitor where you can select to view a clip about a topic. Listed on the menu of clips were Nebulas, Hubble ...Once selected, the clips will play on both the monitor in front of you, as well as a giant monitor at the back. The probably allows more people to watch the same thing at the same time. In this way, one can take a group of students on a field trip to learn about the planets and some of the exploratory journeys available. The source of these clips are from NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs.
Besides merely watching videos (which are not all that clear compared to ones that one can play on local PCs and projectors), you can also board a space ship that will take you on a journey to different destinations, such as to the planet Jupiter. The sequence of going onboard the spaceship, the countdown to flight, the separation of the capsule from the booster rocket once the orbit is reached, and the sight and sounds of the destination are fascinating. The space capsule can sit more than one person, so again, this can be a class excursion.
It may be difficult to replicate this animated experience plicated on many traditional conventional elearning platforms, so therein lies the value of virtual worlds for learning.
It is possible to ride in the capsule with one or more of these strangers to explore the universe together. Again, this free-flowing, unscripted scenarios are not not possible in elearning environments such as Elluminate.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Serena%20Carmel/148/113/413
This is what SC shared:
The SL Planetarium Dome allows visitors to learn about planets and other stars and galaxies. It has a keyboard console and monitor where you can select to view a clip about a topic. Listed on the menu of clips were Nebulas, Hubble ...Once selected, the clips will play on both the monitor in front of you, as well as a giant monitor at the back. The probably allows more people to watch the same thing at the same time. In this way, one can take a group of students on a field trip to learn about the planets and some of the exploratory journeys available. The source of these clips are from NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs.
Besides merely watching videos (which are not all that clear compared to ones that one can play on local PCs and projectors), you can also board a space ship that will take you on a journey to different destinations, such as to the planet Jupiter. The sequence of going onboard the spaceship, the countdown to flight, the separation of the capsule from the booster rocket once the orbit is reached, and the sight and sounds of the destination are fascinating. The space capsule can sit more than one person, so again, this can be a class excursion.
It may be difficult to replicate this animated experience plicated on many traditional conventional elearning platforms, so therein lies the value of virtual worlds for learning.
It is possible to ride in the capsule with one or more of these strangers to explore the universe together. Again, this free-flowing, unscripted scenarios are not not possible in elearning environments such as Elluminate.
Other second life sites to explore...
Here's a SL site that a colleague, P visited and shared about..
Harvard Law School Beckham, at Austin Hallhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/69/54/24/
The main artifacts of learning are:1. A question tool box which when you click on it, you are redirected to a set of questions on some kind of notes platform
2. WebPages as posters, similar to what we have in this module
3. Distibuting assignments when you click on some of the posters
4. There is a place that you can listen to some mp3 recordings. The quality of the recording is decent but i could not get it to play all the time. May be its buggy or may be i am missing something on how to operate that artifact
5. There is a huge projector screen in the Austin Hall but nothing was being projected. May be because no classess were on going
Traditional or untraditional classroom spaces?There is one big hall that can seat around 100 students. I presume this is the Austin Hall
There are also teleport spaces, 8 of them. When you click those, you are teleported in to a classroom of about the size of 10 students. There are chairs to sit, laid out in a circle.
There is also a greek philosopher's corner which is the most untraditional learning space over there. The place is decorated and built as to resemble socrate's time where people can discuss with each other. Its hard to describe.
Spaces for socializing or professional networking?Yes there is a space for networking. Its out in the open with chairs laid out in a circle surrounded by a green landscape to give a causal feeling to the networking session
Harvard Law School Beckham, at Austin Hallhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/69/54/24/
The main artifacts of learning are:1. A question tool box which when you click on it, you are redirected to a set of questions on some kind of notes platform
2. WebPages as posters, similar to what we have in this module
3. Distibuting assignments when you click on some of the posters
4. There is a place that you can listen to some mp3 recordings. The quality of the recording is decent but i could not get it to play all the time. May be its buggy or may be i am missing something on how to operate that artifact
5. There is a huge projector screen in the Austin Hall but nothing was being projected. May be because no classess were on going
Traditional or untraditional classroom spaces?There is one big hall that can seat around 100 students. I presume this is the Austin Hall
There are also teleport spaces, 8 of them. When you click those, you are teleported in to a classroom of about the size of 10 students. There are chairs to sit, laid out in a circle.
There is also a greek philosopher's corner which is the most untraditional learning space over there. The place is decorated and built as to resemble socrate's time where people can discuss with each other. Its hard to describe.
Spaces for socializing or professional networking?Yes there is a space for networking. Its out in the open with chairs laid out in a circle surrounded by a green landscape to give a causal feeling to the networking session
Saturday, February 20, 2010
21st century skills for the workforce
Centre for the Study of New Media: Thinking about Literacy, Learning and New Technologies
http://csnlsheffield.ning.com/video/the-new-media-literacies
This video talks about the social skills and cultural competencies students need to develop to fully engage with today's participatory culture - to become creative artists and citizens who can connect with other citizens, and deal with a new culture, the information explosion and a new pace of life.
These skills include:
1.Judgement
2.Negotiation
3.Appropriation
4.Play
5.Transmedia navigation
6.Simulation
7.Distributive cognition
8.Collective intelligence
9. Multi-tasking
People are no longer just passive consumers of media, who think critically what they are reading or watching. These days, people are both consumders and producers of media. New knowledge is created all the time by people.
http://csnlsheffield.ning.com/video/the-new-media-literacies
This video talks about the social skills and cultural competencies students need to develop to fully engage with today's participatory culture - to become creative artists and citizens who can connect with other citizens, and deal with a new culture, the information explosion and a new pace of life.
These skills include:
1.Judgement
2.Negotiation
3.Appropriation
4.Play
5.Transmedia navigation
6.Simulation
7.Distributive cognition
8.Collective intelligence
9. Multi-tasking
People are no longer just passive consumers of media, who think critically what they are reading or watching. These days, people are both consumders and producers of media. New knowledge is created all the time by people.
A peek at Diigo for social bookmarking
This is one helpful video for a quick tutorial on the key features of diigo....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcecBgRd3ig
This is what I found it could do..
So what are some features of Diigo that Delicious doesn’t seem to have ? My observations are just based on some tinkering with Delicious and the video tutorial on Diigo
1. Diigo allows users to highlight text on webpages
2. Diigo provides post-it-note pads which we can use to type in comments as we read the web material, and want to write notes on what we read
3. Websites which are bookmarked will appear on both the Favourites list on the browser, as well as in the user’s Diigo account online
4. Diigo allows bookmarks to be shared via email
5. Diigo allows web sites to be presented like a powerpoint presentation
6. Diigo allows lists to be created – these lists capture websites which may have multiple tags or tags which are not so specific. The list may be helpful for organising material around certain topics.
Features which both Diigo and Delicious have :
1. Websites can be tagged and comments added.
2. These bookmarks can be shared with your group
3. Groups/networks can be created
4. You can browse through other people’s tags – by tags or usernames
I am not sure if either site allows webpages to be rated by users (much like how Youtube videos are rated). I think I noticed only a number showing how many users have tagged a particular site, i.e. how popular the site is. Hmmm.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcecBgRd3ig
This is what I found it could do..
So what are some features of Diigo that Delicious doesn’t seem to have ? My observations are just based on some tinkering with Delicious and the video tutorial on Diigo
1. Diigo allows users to highlight text on webpages
2. Diigo provides post-it-note pads which we can use to type in comments as we read the web material, and want to write notes on what we read
3. Websites which are bookmarked will appear on both the Favourites list on the browser, as well as in the user’s Diigo account online
4. Diigo allows bookmarks to be shared via email
5. Diigo allows web sites to be presented like a powerpoint presentation
6. Diigo allows lists to be created – these lists capture websites which may have multiple tags or tags which are not so specific. The list may be helpful for organising material around certain topics.
Features which both Diigo and Delicious have :
1. Websites can be tagged and comments added.
2. These bookmarks can be shared with your group
3. Groups/networks can be created
4. You can browse through other people’s tags – by tags or usernames
I am not sure if either site allows webpages to be rated by users (much like how Youtube videos are rated). I think I noticed only a number showing how many users have tagged a particular site, i.e. how popular the site is. Hmmm.....
Privacy concerns...technology in and out of school
This article is scary... how privacy of school kids can get invaded when over-zealous teachers "spy" on their charges even out of school..
What kinds of values do these teachers have? Can the same thing happen to teachers? The students seem smart enough to figure out low-tech ways to deal with this hi-tech intrusion.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35461838/ns/technology_and_science-security/?GT1=43001
What kinds of values do these teachers have? Can the same thing happen to teachers? The students seem smart enough to figure out low-tech ways to deal with this hi-tech intrusion.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35461838/ns/technology_and_science-security/?GT1=43001
Monday, February 15, 2010
Second Life - sites visited...
Explored some of these.....
University of Cincinnati
http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Cincinnati2/148/183/21
International Space Flight Museum
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/128/128/23
OSU Medicine
http://slurl.com/secondlife/OSU%20Medicine/128/128/26
Department of Energy
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Energy/128/128/46
To obtain Second Life URL, simply open up the map while at the site, and then do a "copy SLURL to clipboard" and paste to a word doc.
University of Cincinnati
http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Cincinnati2/148/183/21
International Space Flight Museum
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/128/128/23
OSU Medicine
http://slurl.com/secondlife/OSU%20Medicine/128/128/26
Department of Energy
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Energy/128/128/46
To obtain Second Life URL, simply open up the map while at the site, and then do a "copy SLURL to clipboard" and paste to a word doc.
Shift happens - did you know that?
A insightful video on how our learning environment is morphing and how quickly we might become obsolete if we don't try to catch up...
Attention - the power of your mind
Something which made me sit up and smile... Such an appropriate quote in this digital age..
Attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation and exercise, diffuse it with technologies like email and Blackberries, or alter it with pharmaceuticals. In the end, though, we are fully responsible for how we choose to use this extraordinary tool.
See http://www.lindastone.net
Attention is the most powerful tool of the human spirit. We can enhance or augment our attention with practices like meditation and exercise, diffuse it with technologies like email and Blackberries, or alter it with pharmaceuticals. In the end, though, we are fully responsible for how we choose to use this extraordinary tool.
See http://www.lindastone.net
Social media - some interesting tools..
What exactly is social media?
ICT technology
Web 2.0 tools
Allows anyone, anywhere connection with others to form networks and communities
Create, collaborate, share content, share action, share software
Some useful material on how people have used social media can be found at http://c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/examples.html and
http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/etl/index.php/tools
With the use of social media, the boundary between formal and informal learning is blurring. See http://bdld.blogspot.com/2010/02/driving-informal-with-formal.html
Some tools to explore:
1. Voicethread for collaborative presentations
2. Stumbleupon / Diigo for social bookmarking; includes tagging, rating and comments on specific webpages
3. Screentoaster for screen recording
4. Teacher tube videos
5. Technoratti for blog searches
6. Quiz makers – Podquiz maker pr iQuiz maker (quizzes for mobile devices)
7. Audacity for podcasts
8. Elluminate flash presentations
ICT technology
Web 2.0 tools
Allows anyone, anywhere connection with others to form networks and communities
Create, collaborate, share content, share action, share software
Some useful material on how people have used social media can be found at http://c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/examples.html and
http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/etl/index.php/tools
With the use of social media, the boundary between formal and informal learning is blurring. See http://bdld.blogspot.com/2010/02/driving-informal-with-formal.html
Some tools to explore:
1. Voicethread for collaborative presentations
2. Stumbleupon / Diigo for social bookmarking; includes tagging, rating and comments on specific webpages
3. Screentoaster for screen recording
4. Teacher tube videos
5. Technoratti for blog searches
6. Quiz makers – Podquiz maker pr iQuiz maker (quizzes for mobile devices)
7. Audacity for podcasts
8. Elluminate flash presentations
Monday, February 8, 2010
Suicide Machine
For those of us who want out of a virtual life and want our real life back, we can get rid of our Twitter, Facebook account using the SUICIDE MACHINE.
http://suicidemachine.org/
There is a catch though... you have to give your password to the suicide machine..
http://suicidemachine.org/
There is a catch though... you have to give your password to the suicide machine..
Changing the look of one's avatar
This video provides assistance to those who need some help to change the look of their avatars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbuMi5N97c&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbuMi5N97c&feature=channel
Puzzled by differences between Gen Y youths and how we used to be? Do parents know that their parenting styles may have had a hand in shaping their kids into what they have become?
www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2010/hyperparents/
www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2010/hyperparents/
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Digital Nation
This is one great video on how digital technology has transformed our lives... for better or for worse... Segment on the use of virtual reality at the workplace is an eye-opener. Are we headed in that direction with the advent of globalisation?
http://video.pbs.org/video/1402987791/
http://video.pbs.org/video/1402987791/
Some free stuff on the web -free online resources for teaching of Economics..
textbooks, videos, podcasts,etc.
http://www.wikieducator.org/Economics_textbooks_free_and_online
textbooks, videos, podcasts,etc.
http://www.wikieducator.org/Economics_textbooks_free_and_online
The phone of the future?
Two funny videos on what the phone of the future might look like....... Anyone would want one (or more) of these .. hey but would people remember that it's basic function is a phone????
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