Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion!
I’m very proud and to say that the Islands of jokaydia (SLurl) has been nominated in the Best Use of a Virtual World category again this year, as part of the Annual Edublog Awards hoopla! A special thanks has to go out to those that nominated us – including KerryJ, Sarah, Sue and Dean.
What an honour.. and a testament to the work of EVERYONE involved in the jokaydia Community of Practice – who have explored, networked, danced, built, rezzed, hosted, newbie mentored, learnt, skipped and most importantly SHARED with all of us along the way! 2008 has been a huge year for our community and I know I’ve learnt so much from everyone… so thanks jokaydians! U r teh awsum!
And yes I know you might be wondering about conflicts of interest. There is a part of me that is a little bit uncomfy about our dual role as nominees and hosts of the awards ceremony event. Eeek! But I can vouch for the fact that we only host the celebrations and have no involvement in the nomination or voting process. So what the hell… VOTE FOR US! ;)
A special shout out to the other nominees in our category – who are all doing wonderful virtual worlds in education work – Discovery Education Second Life, Drexel Island, Edunation, Oh! Virtual Learning!, Literary Worlds. Congratulations guys!
And finally I MUST promote the lovely jokaydians who are also nominated in the Awards this year!
- All Teachers are Learners, All Learners are Teachers by Lauren O’grady, Learn Online by Leigh Blackall and Teaching and Learning Design by Dean Groom in the Best Individual Blog Category
- Al Upton’s amazing post – Order for Closure at and the important debate it generated in the Most Influential Post Category
- HeyJude – Learning in an Online World by Judy O’Connell in the Best Library/Librarian Blog category
- The Teen Second Classroom Ning in the Best Educational Use of a Social Networking Service category which is coordinated by Dean and Jude and tracks their students progress in virtual worlds, including the Skoolaborate project
- Al and his wonderful Minilegends in the Best Class Blog category
Way to represent everyone! Go vote for them too! ;)
Now get voting and stay tuned for more details on the gala award ceremony (including what Josie and I are wearing.. lolz) soon!
I’ll have to get you guys to help me get a new dress for the occaision!
Good luck JOKAY!!!!!!
You deserve to win… all that hard work and support you offer is amazing!
Cheers!
Alex
I can feel a serious shopping spree coming on sarah! hehe
And awww thanks Alex! ;) I think the real reward is working with all the fabbo people in the jokaydia community… i am very lucky! ;)
Extremely happy to have nominated Joykadia because you do such amazing work supporting the educational community (and helping make sure we have a nice body :) ).
Let me know if there is a shopping trip organised although I really like the Pervert shirt that Alex gave me it is my favorite.
Best of luck.
Aww thanks Sue.. and good luck right back at you Ms multi-nominee! ;)
I’m thinking your pervert tee with great shoes and a really spectacular tutu could be just the ticket! lolz! Will keep you posted on shopping trips! ;)
Off course before I can do a shopping trip I do need to reinstall Second Life on my MacBook since it destroyed my hard drive. The pervert shirt looks like the only option at the moment.