Continuing with our weekly roundup of events worth checking out in Second Life, here’s what’s coming up this week! Dont forget, I’m listing these events based on Australian Eastern Standard Time (because that’s where I am!)… but SL Time and ‘Check Your Local Time’ links are also listed in each entry.
Wed 23 April 2008, 11:00am AEST – ISTE Speaker Series featuring our very own Konrad Glogowski aka Konrad March!
Come and support one of our very own jokaydia Residents over at ISTE’s Speaker Series this week! Konrad will be discussing some of the key findings of his recently completed doctoral dissertation on classroom blogging communities. Specifically, he will discuss the impact of blogging communities on the role of the teacher and the implications of this impact for teacher professional development. Konrad will also discuss The Virtual Classroom Project. It would be great to see lots of jokaydians there to support him!
- SL TIME: Tues 22 April, 6pm SLT. Check your local time here.
- LOCATION: ISTE Beach/Campfire Area (SLurl)
- Voice required!
Thurs 24 April 2008, 11:00am AEST – SL Shakespeare company’s Production of Hamlet – Act 3, Scene 2, a.k.a., The Mousetrap.
I posted on this event earlier, as I thought it would be of special interest to some of our residents. Dont forget to go and check out the performance!
- SL TIME: 23 April 2008, 6pm SL/PST. Check your local time here.
- LOCATION: The Globe Theatre in Second Life (SLurl)
Fri 25 April 2008, 5:00am AEST – The role of libraries in reaching everyday SL users
This session sounds really interesting and will be led by Margaret Ostrander (Testy Outlander in SL) who has spent the last two months conducting research about the information seeking habits of everyday Second Life (SL) users.
- SL TIME: . Thurs 24 April, 12pm SLT. Check your local time here.
- LOCATION: Infolit iSchool (SLurl)
- Voice required!
Fri 25 April 2008, 8:00am AEST – Windlight for Education Information Session at ISTE with Pastrami Linden
ISTE is hosting the second session on optimising the new Windlight viewer for use in education. Pastrami will discuss: “How to optimize the latest viewers for older hardware (Hint- they will be even faster than the old ones!)”
- SL TIME: Thurs 24 April, at 3:00 pm SL. Check your local time here.
- LOCATION: Click here to teleport to the ISTE Beach/Campfire Area (SLurl)
- Voice required!
Jo Kay aka jokay Wollongong is a freelance digital designer and facilitator working in virtual worlds and educational technology. She helps educators and organisations to use new and innovative technologies for learning. Jo is the owner and facilitator of the Islands of jokaydia Project – a space for a vibrant community of educators to explore the use of virtual worlds in education. 
