About EDTECH Island

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 center. Limited condo space is available for free to teachers. IM Bcreative Wilde inworld to reserve event locations. Please see our event schedule at the teleport entrance. 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. Learn more about CAVE Island, our partnership island next to EDTECH. More about EDTECH Island: * Rezlibris: An Educated Quest discusses Ann Jeffery's learning activities for "Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds" August 2009 * EDTECH island and courses discussed in rezlibris magazine: Training Teachers in a Virtual World August 2009 * 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. Learn more about EDTECH island!	Inworld Courses and Workshops on EDTECH Island: We offer graduate courses and workshops throughout the year on the island. Our fullly online classes are open to all individuals who have a Bachelor's degree, and you can enroll in single courses. Tuition is $1,044 regardless of location. • Spring 2010 - EDTECH 597: Teaching Mathematics in Virtual Worlds, requires synchronous meetings in Second Life, Thursdays, 3-5 PM PT. Dr. Randall Holmes (graduate course, 3 credits) Syllabus • Spring 2010 - EDTECH 532: Educational Games and Simulations, requires synchronous meetings in Second Life. Thursdays, 5-6:30 pm PT. Dr. David Gibson & Chris Haskell (graduate course, 3 credits) Syllabus  • Spring 2010 - EDTECH 531: Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds, requires synchronous meetings in Second Life Wednesdays, 3-5 pm PT. Ann Jeffery (graduate course, 3 credits) Syllabus • Construction Junction: Educational Design & Building in SL, Dr. Lisa Dawley (workshop; CEUs or PD credit available) http://constructionjunction.wikispaces.com/ Email Jerry Foster for enrollment information on our graduate courses jfoster@boisestate.edu Register at http://edtech.boisestate.edu/web/procedures.htm
Presentations by EDTECH Community folks: Sensory Learning in Virtual Worlds located in ARVEL SIG's new cave system http://slurl.com/secondlife/CAVE/46/242/22 BSU & Monash University interviews:BSU and Monash students form new collaborative partnership. 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!

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 center. Limited condo space is available for free to teachers. IM Bcreative Wilde inworld to reserve event locations. Please see our event schedule at the teleport entrance.

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.

Learn more about CAVE Island, our partnership island next to EDTECH.

More about EDTECH Island:
* Rezlibris: An Educated Quest discusses Ann Jeffery's learning activities for "Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds" August 2009
* EDTECH island and courses discussed in rezlibris magazine: Training Teachers in a Virtual World August 2009
* 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.

Learn more about EDTECH island!

Inworld Courses and Workshops
on EDTECH Island:

We offer graduate courses and workshops throughout the year on the island. Our fullly online classes are open to all individuals who have a Bachelor's degree, and you can enroll in single courses. Tuition is $1,044 regardless of location.

• Spring 2010 - EDTECH 597: Teaching Mathematics in Virtual Worlds, requires synchronous meetings in Second Life, Thursdays, 3-5 PM PT. Dr. Randall Holmes (graduate course, 3 credits) Syllabus

• Spring 2010 - EDTECH 532: Educational Games and Simulations, requires synchronous meetings in Second Life. Thursdays, 5-6:30 pm PT. Dr. David Gibson & Chris Haskell (graduate course, 3 credits) Syllabus 

• Spring 2010 - EDTECH 531: Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds, requires synchronous meetings in Second Life Wednesdays, 3-5 pm PT. Ann Jeffery (graduate course, 3 credits) Syllabus

• Construction Junction: Educational Design & Building in SL,
Dr. Lisa Dawley (workshop; CEUs or PD credit available) http://constructionjunction.wikispaces.com/

Email Jerry Foster for enrollment information on our graduate courses jfoster@boisestate.edu
Register at http://edtech.boisestate.edu/web/procedures.htm

Presentations by EDTECH Community folks:
Sensory Learning Exhibit

Sensory Learning in Virtual Worlds
located in ARVEL SIG's new cave system
http://slurl.com/secondlife/CAVE/46/242/22

BSU & Monash University interviews:BSU and Monash students form new collaborative partnership.

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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