Dont forget our monthly mini unconference is on at the Islands of jokaydia tomorrow!

This month we have a fantastic session from jokaydia resident marlonj Myers, who is doing amazing things in two projects:

• The Pulsar Project: Second Life Tools for Educators is focussed on identifying, locating an create tools that are useful for teachers and students in Second Life.
• MMetaverseSurface Interactive Installation is a tangible interface to control avatars and objects inside Second Life or OpenSim.

There’ll also be updates on various projects on the Islands of jokaydia including Edusquare (Slurl), jokaydia SLoodling and some of our upcoming events.

We’ll finish up the Unconference with a short building tutorial! By special request from a number of residents on the Islands of jokaydia, we’ll be going through a quick demo and tutorial on using Builder’s Buddy to make ‘rez boxes’ which allow you to rez a set of unlinked items in configuration – sorta like a holodeck you can carry around in your inventory! ;)

Please note, this session is best suited to participants who have a basic understanding of the building tools in Second Life. If you’re completely new builder, please visit the Ivory Tower of Prims (SLurl) and check out their self-paced tutorials prior to our session to learn the basics!

Event Details:

• When: Sunday 5th April, 2pm AEST / 9pm SLT. Check your local time here
• Locations: We’ll be starting at the Pulsar Project Headquarters (SLurl) and then visiting the jokaydia Sandbox (SLurl) for our Builder’s Buddy session.

marlonj Myers has been working really hard over the last week or two to get his Pulsar Project underway, and I’m very excited to see the new Pulsar Project Headquarters starting to take shape! marlonj has created a really interesting building – with a great open space for meetings and discussions with the students that will joining him inworld soon.

Additional to the ‘bricks and mortar’ in Second Life, marlonj has been doing a great job of recording the whole process via the Pulsar Project Blog and also the HiperGalaxia Moodle space, where he is setting up all his course support materials. You’ll find some fantastic stuff there, including a description of how marlonj made his first book, the management documents he’s creating and a great YouTube video which gives an overview of what marlonj is aiming to achieve (although you’ll need your spanish!).

Most exciting, marlonj has completed the course outline for the pilot course he is about to commence, and has provided it in both Spanish and English, which is a fantastic way of sharing it with all our jokaydia residents.

You can view the course outline here.

Congratulations marlonj! I am so impressed with how quickly you have created the Pulsar Project and this growing collection of resources! Please let us know how we can continue to support you and your students! ;)

One of the great things about having more space on the jokaydia Estate is that it gives us the ability to support additional projects. So I’m very happy to announce that one of our wonderful residents marlonj Myers has started a great new project on one of our new little Islands on jokaydia III!

The Pulsar Project: Second Life Tools for Educators is focussed on identifying and locating existing tools that are useful for teachers and students in Second Life, and marlonj will also be creating some new tools, once he’s identified areas of need.

I am really excited about this project, as marlonj brings a wealth of programming skills and experience to the project. He has also agreed to post some blog posts to keep everyone up to date on what he’s up to so stay tuned!

To visit the Pulsar Project inworld go to: http://slurl.com/secondlife/jokaydia%20III/210/69/62/ or to keep up to date on marlonj’s progress, visit the Pulsar Project Blog where there is already a wealth of information about the aims and objectives of the project.