Live Futures 2020 - the countdown is on!

It’s 3am AEST, and we’re just about ready for Live Futures 2020! The meeting hall is setup and the speakers are primed.. all we need is an audience!

To join us, TP to the new jokaydia Meeting Hall in Second Life.

Running from 12pm and 6pm AEST on the Islands of jokaydia (7pm SLT, 16 Aug. Check Your Local Time here) join us to hear from a range of great presenters, and also share your ideas for the future!!. You can contribute to the festival in a number of ways:

We’ve also setup a number of tools in Second Life which allow you to explore the Festival content, connect to the contributors and share your views! You can:

  • Add your image to our Avatar Noticeboard
  • Add your comments on our Event Noticeboard
  • Explore the festival online
  • Watch videos inworld
  • Meet other residents and discuss solutions for the future!

Seeyou at the festival!

August 17, 2008 | Filed Under events, jokaydia, livefutures2020 | 1 Comment 

Live Futures 2020 - This Sunday!

We’ve been planning and scheming this week in the background getting ready for the Live Futures Event which will occur between 12:30pm and 6pm AEST on the Islands of jokaydia! (7pm SLT, 16 Aug. Check Your Local Time here!).

As I’ve previously written - our inworld event is part of the Global Youth Foundation’s real life event - Live Futures 2020: A World of World of Possibility, which is being held at Newtown Square (corner of King St and Enmore Rd opposite Newtown Station).

Our Inworld Program for the day is as follows:

  • 12pm AEST - Welcome and Second Life orientation
  • 12:30pm AEST - Dell Wolfensparger Speaks!
    The fabulous Dell Wolfensparger will share some his work and insights, followed by a tour of his Island in Second Life!
  • 1:30pm - Topophilia - Love of Land: AAEE Gallery Exhibition, Islands of jokaydia
    Birut Zemits and members of the Australian Association for Environmental Education will share their exhibition in Second Life, titled Topophilia - Love of Land
  • 3:00pm AEST - Global Challenges and Sustainable Futures - Cocreation and Collaboration Session
    Janine Cahill and her team will lead an inworld discussion and collaboration session - which will explore some of the issues presented at the real life conference. Help co-create the future!
  • 4:30pm - Dr. Andrew Wallace PhD, Director of the Network of European Technocrats
    Dr Wallace will give a presentation titled Technocracy: Building a New Sustainable Society for a Post Carbon World live in Second Life.

There will also be lots of opportunities to share your thoughts about sustainability, technology and the future, visit interesting spaces in Second Life and meet the residents of the Islands of jokaydia! We’ll also be sharing links, videos, ideas and images from the festival throughout the day!

To join us simply TP to the Islands of jokaydia Meeting Hall (SLurl)

For those who are interested in attending the real-life festival in Newtown, click here to view the program!

August 15, 2008 | Filed Under community, events, jokaydia, livefutures2020 | 5 Comments 

Co-Create Live Futures 2020 on Tuesday!

Planning is well underway and we’re starting to get setup inworld for the Global Youth Futures - Living Futures 2020 event which will happen in Newtown, Australia and on the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life this Sunday 17th August from 12pm - 6pm AEST. ( 7pm. Sat 16th SLT. Check your local times here!)

We’ll be publishing a schedule of events shortly, but I wanted to highlight an opportunity for anyone interested in coming along and attending to join us for a meetup, practice and planning session this Tuesday evening. The idea of this session is to give our presenters a chance to check out where they will be working, and also to encourage everyone to come along and participate!

SO - if you’re interested in contributing on the day, please join us at the new Islands of jokaydia Meeting Hall (SLurl) on Tuesday 12th August between 8pm and 9pm for an inworld Living Futures Event Co-Creation Session! (3am SLT. Check your local times here.) All contributions are welcome!

We’re also still looking for volunteers to help manage the inworld portion of the event. So, if you love newbie helping, inworld photography, machinima or just hanging out with cool residents and would like to help, please contact me! You can IM jokay Wollongong inworld or send me an email!

Stay tuned! More Live Futures 2020 Updates coming soon!

August 11, 2008 | Filed Under events, jokaydia, livefutures2020, news | Leave a Comment 

jokaydia Unconference Update!

7 weeks to go till our first annual jokaydia Unconference… and planning is going very well!

Thanks to all who’ve contributed ideas, both via the wiki and via IMs inworld. Please help keep the ideas flowing.

To give you an update on the sessions that have been put forward so far:

On Saturday 27th September we have:

  • Ramapo Islands:A New Dimension in Learning - led by Maggie Marat aka Peggy Sheehy
    Focusing on the process of developing constructivist learning in the virtual world, Sheehy will present the steps her teachers have taken this second year of teaching in Ramapo Islands on Teen Second life to translate their content into the virtual landscape. She will outline the best practices that have evolved as a result and the student responses to this 21st century pedagogical shift.
  • Using a Virtual World to Educate students in Higher Education - with Jass Easterman aka Sue Gregory
    Jass Easterman will take you through how she has been using the virtual world of Second Life with volunteer students enrolled in two education units. She will discuss the types of activities the students have undertaken, what has worked and what hasn’t and what is required of them. This hour long presentation will include anecdotal evidence from students and Jass.
  • Quest Atlantis with slammed Aabye aka Dean Groom and Sapphire Ceawlin aka Angela Cooke
    Exploring Quest Atlantis - How structured virtual worlds can connect students too young to participate in Teen Second Life.
  • Networked Community : Architectures For Part(icipation) - Geon Nasu vs. Limitlessness Infinity.
    Conducted in a disco awith shiny floors and happy hour for at least the first thirty in the door.

On Sunday 28th September we have:

  • How do Second Life activities affect ‘real life’ organizations? - a conversation with a number of representatives from edu organisations and associations, led by HeyJude Jenns aka Judy O’Connell
    Join us for a discussion about the possibilities for SL to lead empowerment and change in educational professional associations. What lead should they take in the education community? Why?

As you can see, already a fascinating mix of events!

We’ll be holding an Unconference planning sessions inworld soon - stay tuned for more updates! In the meantime, if you’d like to share your work or lead a discussion add your name to the wiki now!

August 9, 2008 | Filed Under community, events, jokaydia, news, unconference | 3 Comments 

EduSquare Under Construction… SLurls, Please!!?

As you can see, I’m in the midst of an update of our Edusquare Space on the Islands of jokaydia!

Edusquare has been created to provide a meeting point and resource space for educators and others who are working in Second Life. It is surrounded by our resident’s spaces and provides several resources including the Educational Landmarks Wall, which provides landmarks to a wide range of educational projects in Second Life.

The plan for this space is to extend the tools and resources setup here to create a more useful collection of how-tos, newbie resources and landmark givers. The aim is to help visitors  to quickly gain an understand of some of the educational activties going on inworld, and to connect with others in Second Life.

And now I need your help!

If you represent an educational project inworld, or you have a favourite educational space in Second Life, PLEASE include a comment and SLurl below so I can update our Educational Landmarks Wall. This tool has been used extensively by both our informal visitors and tour groups and is a great way to promote your projects and draw new visitors to your space.

To visit Edusquare use this SLurl - but wear your hardhat. Construction will be ongoing over the next few days! ;)

August 7, 2008 | Filed Under education, jokaydia, resources | 2 Comments 

Live Futures 2020: A World of Possibilities!

I am VERY excited to announce that the Islands of jokaydia is a major partner in Live Futures 2020: A World of Possibility, a fantastic event being held in Sydney as part of National Science Week 2008!

The festival aims to:

  • Explore the future with young people, futurists, climate experts, scientists, artists, designers, technolgists, film-makers, performers.
  • Create the future together. Workshops, interactive forums, exploration and expression spaces.

During the event, participants will explore a range of ideas, themes, issues and questions:

What kind of future do you want to live in? How will current technologies develop sustainable futures for all the world’s people. What do nanotech, biotech, robotics and artificial intelligence really offer? How do these help us solve health, food, climate challenges, water and other resources and sustainability?

Real-life participants will:

  • Explore virtual worlds! Design collaboration spaces for Global Youth Futures in Vastpark and be the first to populate it! Hear from experts, futurists and artists coming in from all around the world via the Islands of jokaydia in Second Life.
  • Join talks on new cool things on the internet and share yours, an “unconference”, a “twitterfest”, Scinema - award-winning science cinema,  the portable film festival (more portable than ever), alternative fuel cars, “how-tos” on alternative energy sources and reversing and reducing global warming.
  • Explore the universe with the World Wide Telescope.
  • See a printer that can print your cup and bowl. 3D printing that will change the face of manufacturing and impacts of transport carbon forever.
  • Take a team challenge, or set the teams a challenge, see how they address issues of the future. Give your answers and judge the winners!

Virtual participants will be able to join us on jokaydia to hear from futurists, artists, scientists, designers, architects, engineers, film-makers and technologists; and connect to parts of the real-life event including the MiniBarCamp and the portable film-festival.

SO - if you’re anywhere near Sydney, come and visit me at the event on Sunday August 17 at Newtown Square (corner of King Street and Enmore Road opposite Newtown Station) or take part inworld on the Islands of jokaydia!

I’ll be posting further details and information via jokaydia channels shortly, or you can find out more via the Global Youth Futures website! I hope you can join us for this exciting event. 

Help co-create the future!

July 25, 2008 | Filed Under education, events, fun, jokaydia, livefutures2020, news | Leave a Comment 

jokaydia Unconference Planning Begins!

Planning has begun for the First Annual jokaydia Unconference, which we will be holding from the 27-28th September 2008!

You are invited to get involved. Facilitate a session, exhibit your work or help with the event management!

For more information visit the jokaydia Unconference Wiki @ http://jokaydia.wikispaces.com/jokaydiaUnconference.

We will be holding an inworld planning meeting shortly, but in the meantime your feedback, contributions and suggestions are welcome! Add comments below or add your proposed session to the Unconference Session plan!

July 20, 2008 | Filed Under community, events, jokaydia, news, unconference | 1 Comment 

Are you interested in Environmental Education!??

Im really excited to announce that the Australian Association for Environmental Education are holding some events on the Islands of jokaydia over the next few days! If you’re interested in art, the environment or environmental education, then this one is for you! ;)

The AAE’s 15th Biennial Conference in Darwin this year, and has some fascinating themes:

Communities make the system

In a time of rapid change, how can people who work in early childhood services, schools, tertiary institutions, and government and non-government organisations cooperate to make the system that we are part of more sustainable, and quickly?

Collaborative projects across our communities are a primary focus of this conference. Participants will highlight successes, difficulties and lessons learned from dealing with hot topics such as global warming, water and waste management, energy options, fire ecology, ecological footprint management and biodiversity in all sectors..

<Transcultural communication

For Australia’s diverse population, it is important to integrate global, particularly Indigenous and Asian, perspectives on how environmental education is practiced in our region. This means promoting skills that develop eco-literacy and care for the environment across cultures and languages; land and seascapes.

Indigenous-led field studies, a conference art space and an environmental art exhibition will support perspectives about how to actively communicate trans-culturally..

<Beyond rhetoric - Improving our capacity

AAEE is comprised of diverse communities, and each aims to improve current practice in environmental education. Much of the Association’s national effort is through (and supports) the National Action Plan, through the focus of this conference and through many other workshops and training conducted by state and territory chapters and special interest groups - Early Childhood, Teachers and Teacher Educators, Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, Transformative Learning, Young People and Citizenship, Research, and Vocational Education and Training.

Innovative and effective professional development approaches will be the highlight of work in this theme.

As part of this year’s event the AAEE also contracted me to help them to create an exhibition of works from the real life Conference Exhibition, and it has been a pleasure to transform the jokaydia Gallery space into a Conference Venue for the event.

We have also added some special enviro-features to the jokaydia Gallery - including water collection, worm farming, composting and solar resources from the Big Switch. I hope that it demonstrates some of the wonderful ways we are able to embed incidental learning opportunities into SL environments.

The exhibition is described by the organisers as:

Topophilia: Love of Land

Where is the landscape that gives you a sense of belonging; the place that you love and care for? These works explore emotional responses to being outside of the urban space; visual responses to the ‘natural’ world in which we find ourselves. Does this love of place help us protect it?

Artists in paint, print and photography are invited to submit work on this theme to be selected for display in the Real Life (RL) Charles Darwin University Gallery space during a the Australian Assocation for Environmental Education’s 15th Biennial conference, held in Darwin, Australia from 9-11 July 2008.

A selection of images have also been displayed here to provide a virtual meeting space for both conference participants and Second Life residents.

The exhibition contains some beautiful works, from a whole range of wonderful artists including: Linda Ford, Strider, Birut Zemits, David Rolfe, Sarah Pirrie, John du Feu, Jodie Wilson, Alison Worsnop, Daphne Cazalet, Aly de Groot, Dorothyt Napangardi, Marina Strocchi, Frank Clancy, Weaver Jack, Judy Watson, Mary Meribida, Helicopter Joe Tjungurrayi, Nabiru (Harry) Bulleen, and Ningie Nanala Nangala.

Over the next few days all jokaydians are welcome to participate, by visiting the Topophilia Exhibition. You can teleport directly via this SLurl.

Additionally, the AAEE will be staging a couple of mixed reality events where RL participants and SL participants will have an opportunity to connect:

Topophilia -Exhibition Launch in second Life

Meeting at the jokaydia Gallery inworld to discussion Conference Posters and the Gallery Space

Indigenous Print-Making Process Discussion in the Central Gallery Space

Artists discuss their practice

Special thanks thanks to Amelie Tarantal aka Birut Zemits for all her work in coordinating this special exhibition with the AAEE community, and also to jokaydians Pandora Kurranjong and Sapphire Caewlin for assisting with the facilitation of the events!

Seeya at Topophilia! ;)

July 9, 2008 | Filed Under artgallery, community, education, events, jokaydia, news | 1 Comment 

New Space on jokaydia - Sailing Club!

jokaydia residents Patric and Henny have been requesting a dock between their two parcels on jokaydia III…. So I present to them.. and to everyone else:

The jokaydia Sailing Club!

Complete with boats to sail around in, and some nice atmospheric sound effects, you are welcome to use this space for informal get-togethers or small workshops, discussions and classes with your colleagues and students!

Visit the jokaydia Sailing Club on jokaydia III (SLurl). Happy Sailing! ;)

July 8, 2008 | Filed Under jokaydia, news, resources | Leave a Comment 

Under Construction - Bloggers Tower!

The amazing Azzura Supplee has been busy on jokaydia II this morning!

I asked her to give the shared spaces on jokaydia II an udpate and refresh, to create some more useful tools and spaces for our residents to share and meet in.. and omg, has she achieved that and more!

If you visit jokaydia II now, you’ll find Az busily working on our new Bloggers Tower (complete with warning lights for our paragliders and balloon riders!) - which will provide a home for our resident bloggers to display their sites, and also a space to meet to listen to podcasts and vodcasts! I’ll post a SLurl and update when the space is complete.. but I couldn’t wait to share it!

Thanks Az! Your contributions to our Island have been amazing in the short time you’ve been working with us. You are awesome! ;)

July 5, 2008 | Filed Under community, jokaydia, news, resources | 2 Comments 

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