VSTE Thanksgiving

... and the meeting

That was fun! I was pleased that quite a few people came, at least 20 when I had time to look. I showed to You Tube videos and we talked a lot about how to use Glogster. There was an even mix of people who had just tried it a little, regular users, and those who haven't yet but are looking forward to trying it. 

I appreciate all the folks who sent me links to glogs I could use. It made it so much easier to share a wide variety.

Getting Ready for VSTE's Glogster Meeting

The path outside the fort, leading up to the three ships in Jamestown is lined with glogs. There are two glogs in the pavilion with a media player ready to show two videos that have been converted from You Tube to movs on my school website. Whew!

I have a potential guest speaker that I really hope will come. It's because he may come that this simple idea got so big! Jim Dachos, Education Manager at Glogster EDU said he'd like to come into Second Life to share in my Glogster meeting and I'm advertising that he'll be there.

The idea is to talk about this Web 2.0 tool, a favorite of many because it is so motivational and easy to use, and share ideas. I'm planning to start with what it is, then talk about how to, share some pratical advice and a cool story about GlogsterEDUman responding to a parent question very quickly via Twitter, and finish with examples from third graders through adults. 

Hopefully there will also be sharing from the attendees. 

I'm very excited about this meeting. If it goes well we wil try more like it. I have always loved the SL "edutech" meetings most that lead directly to something I could do with kids in the classroom. This is one of those meetings.

Glogster examples gr 3 to 12

I learned media on a prim for this meeting. This is from a viewer that doesn't see that.

Media on this puppy was a pain. It took me a while to find the right combination of groups and tools to get it to go from slides to video, but I have it now!

Gallinas

VSTE at NOAA on Meteora Island

Last night we met on VSTE Island and then headed to Meteora where NOAA has for years had many museum quality exhibits in Second Life. Each of the facilitators there took one exhibit to share with the group. We stayed together. It reminded me of the early days of VSTE in SL. 

I shared Science on a Sphere.

 Jaz shared crab fishing which was a great team buiding activity. We had to work together to catch crabs, throw back the small ones and save our teammates (Cyrus - twice!) from falling overboard.

Al shared the tsumani exhibit. Cyndyl shared the boat tour and underwater experience.

Virtual Pioneers Inagural SL Conference

James Madison University In-World Conference Coming Soon

I was lucky enough to get in on the last half of JMU's tour and meeting about their upcoming virtual conference this afternoon. They are going to hold their conference during the day, Friday, October 29th. I won't be able to attend, but I'm planning to advertise for them in the VSTE and ISTE groups.
I'm very proud to be an alum of a university that is active in SL. There are very few. Go, Dukes!