Where in the world is the Second Life in Education Wiki!!??
The new jokaydia Virtual Worlds in Education wiki includes all of the resources that were previously available at SLeducation.wikispaces.com, the well known wiki which was created by Jo Kay and Sean FitzGerald in late 2006 to document the emerging uses of Second Life in education.
I am now working on a broader collection of Virtual Worlds in Education resources… stay tuned as things develop! For further information or to make a suggestion, please email: joannamkay@gmail.com.
Please Update Your Links!
If you have included links to this resource on your website, forum or social network, please update it now! The new address is: http://wiki.jokaydia.com!
Congratulations to Jenaia and the team for creating a truly magical series of events to celebrate World Aids Day in Second Life this year!
There are activities happening throughout the day, and you can learn more via this blog post on the SL website. I urge you to visit the amazing Story Tree and add your own Illumineria at Karuna Island.
There are also events happening all day:
- The Uncle D Story Quest: all day at all locations. A new section will be opening in New York, so folks should be sure to check that out.
- Live Storytelling: at New York from Noon to 2:00pm PST
- Live Music: at New York from Noon to 7:00pm PST
- Live Music: at Remember Our Friends from Noon to 7:00pm PST
- Live Streaming: all day from Research Triangle International in North Carolina:
- Live Presentations: all day by AIDS.gov and World Community Grid on Karuna Island
Check out the complete schedule of events for more information!
At jokaydia, we are lucky enuff to be hosting a beautiful sculpture called ‘I am here’ by Sledge Roffo, and we’ll be releasing some wiki content later in the week to mark this year’s events.
We also invite you to grab a tshirt from the World Aids Day display and take a picture of yourself to mark the occasion! An action shot of you interacting with the sculpture, or a group of friends gathered together would be fantastic.
To share your images, add them to the jokaydia Group pool on flickr and tag with #WADKaruna so we can aggregate the collection
To visit and make a donation to support Aids education in Second Life click here (SLurl).
With ridiculous heatwave style conditions on the east coast of Australia this weekend, for many of our jokaydia residents it’s just tooooo hot to take part in serious activities. My brain is overheating as we speak!
So what better excuse for us to hold an impromptu beach party!? Join us for informal chats, dancing, swimming and even beach volleyball and virtually cool down with us! ;)
Event Details: jokaydia EduMeets!
- Date: 22 November 2009
- Time: 9pm Sydney Time / 2am SLT
- Location: jokaydia Beach in Second Life (SLurl)
- Check your local tme here!
Paisley’s guests: jokay Wollongong, owner and facilitator of education Islands of jokaydia, Katia Keres, singer, Mo Hax, co-founder EDTECH Retreat and developer, mentor, and blogger.
We have a huge week of activities planned on jokaydia this week – check out the details below!
jokaydia in Second Life: Dialogs with Uncle D - A Story Quester’s Workshop
Following the success of our EduMeet visit to Story Quest a few weeks back, Marty and Jenaia from the The Virtual Worlds Story Project (TVWSP) have very kindly offered to provide us with two free and very exclusive workshops this week!
These sessions will allow us to further explore how Story Quests like ‘The Life and Times of Uncle D’ can be used to develop interactive, immersive, and educational experiences which allow participants to explore specific issues, ideas or themes; and to teach vital 21st century learning skills.
Workshop 1 will be held on Thursday 12th Nov @ 8pm Sydney Time / 1am SL Time. Workshop 2 will be held on Sunday 15th November @ 8pm Sydney Time / 1am SL Time.
To take part, check out the details on the Storyquest Workshops Signup page. You will need to add your name to the table provided. We are limiting these special sessions to 10 participants only per workshop, so add your name now!
jokaydia@ReactionGrid: MeetUp with the ReactionGrid Team
On Sunday evening as part of our regular Sunday EduMeets, we’ll have the pleasure of meeting up with Kyle G aka @Dr_Manhattan for an update, catchup and discussion session about all things ReactionGrid and the team’s plans for the platform. This is your chance to get all the goss and find out more about the options available.
To help facilitate this session, I’ve added a ReactionGrid Questions Page to our wiki here. You can use this to add topics or specific questions you’d like Kyle to address. Go on – add your burning questions now!! ;)
ReactionGrid Q&A Event Details:
- Date: 15 November 2009
- Time: 9:30pm AEST / 1o:30am GMT / 2:30am SLT
- Check your local time here!
- Location: jokaydia Sim on ReactionGrid. (Instructions and ReactionGrid signup here!)