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Training Teachers in Virtual Worlds
 EDTECH Island is located in Second Life, and is a free resource for all teachers. We offer a variety of spaces for inworld education events and teaching, a sandbox, and an informational centers. Limited condo space is available free to teachers. IM Bcreative Wilde inworld to reserve event locations. Please see our event schedule at the teleport entrance. We also offer a variety of graduate courses and workshops throughout the year on the island. Our classes are open to all individuals who have a Bachelor's degree, and you can enroll in single courses. EDTECH Island was started in January 2007 by faculty and graduate students in the Dept. of Educational Technology at Boise State University to support virtual world teacher education. All are welcome. More about EDTECH Island: * EDTECH research discussed in Social Learning Theory in Second Life, June 2009 * EDTECHs virtual world courses featured on WCET,May 2009 * Particpant in 2008 Machinima Festival *Virtual Worlds Come Alive at AECT 2008 Convention * University Business Magazine interviews Lisa Dawley in Sizing Up Second Life * Nominated for Edublog's Best Educational Use of a Virtual World Award in 2007. * Learning Curves, Dagmar Kojishi, Metaverse Messenger, 2007. | Inworld Courses and Workshops on EDTECH Island:
Register at http://edtech.boisestate.edu/web/procedures.htm |
| Presentations by EDTECH Community folks: EDTECH Island Two Years Later: Training Teachers in Virtual WorldsVW BPE 09 conference presentation, Dawley Evaluating Second Life Course Experience (AECT 08, Bedard-Voohees & Dawley) Learning to Teach in Second Life: A Hands-On Workshop (VSS 2008 presentation) Jeff Kurka's blog on Construction Junction Dalai Haskell's podcasts Blending Blackboard & Second Life, Interview with Dr. Mauri Collins Inworld presentation on Leveraging Social Network Knowledge Construction for Powerful Learning in Second Life May 2008, Dawley AECT In Second Life: Prims, Plans & Projects, 2007, Dr. Ross Perkins Webinar on Persistent Social Learning: An Emergent ID Model for Virtual World Design November 2007, Dr. Lisa Dawley Blog entry about a presentation on Math and Freehand Drawing by Dr. Randall Holmes (aka Leslie Beaumont). _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Events on EDTECH: Join our EDTECH Community group inworld. Membership is open and free. Ask questions, get support, receive event notices--our membership is now over 900 strong!We support AECT in Second Life! |
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