Professional Library/Education Groups in virtual Worlds.
Invited article by Beth Ghostraven
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Invited article by Beth Ghostraven
List and contact information for Professional Library and Education Groups in virtual worlds. If you know of any other groups that should be listed, please add them in the comments section of this article.
Meeting of VWER
-(To join a group in SL, copy and paste the group URI into Nearby Chat, open chat history, then click the link to go to the group profile. Once there, you can click the Join button to join. Make sure you have a group slot open; the maximum # of groups in SL is 42.)
- A calendar with these dates is online at
- http://venetwork.weebly.com/calendar.html
- All times here are given in Second Life Time (SLT), also known as Pacific Time
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News and Notes
- Hypergate WIP Show Next show: June 14, noon PacificTime
- Roxy Roller: Next Show: Tues 6/16, 11 am Pacific time
- grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
- 11 am Matthew Broyles; Noon, Joe Rizzo
- Win A Fellowship to Visit UWA in RL Deadline: June 30
- Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info
- Scripters, G+ community: OpenSim Scripters
- OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory
- Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
- HYPERGRID EVENTS
- More news in my blog roll (column on the right)
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REGULAR GROUP MEETINGS - chronologically
- ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) and the
- ALA VW Committee (American Library Association's Virtual World Committee)
- Monthly on 3rd Sunday at 12 noon SLT
- Contact: Abbey Zenith
- Community Virtual Library (CVL) Meeting Space:
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/103/186/25
- Group ACRL in Second Life
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/e154cd22-17a2-ab4f-cf2e-55bcedbfb696/about
- Website: http://www.ala.org/acrl/
- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112104770953583283718
- Virtual Pioneers
- Weekly on Sundays at 5:00 pm SLT
- Contact: Spiff Whitfield
- Virtual Pioneers Headquarters:
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/100/61/22
- Group: Virtual Pioneers
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/c45940c7-0e76-c269-9941-09cfc08dec86/about
- Website: http://virtualpioneers.weebly.com/
- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106489810002825914219
- VSTE
- (Virginia Society for Technology in Education) Virtual Environments PLN (Professional Learning Network)
- Weekly on Mondays at 5:00 pm SLT
- Contact: Thunder Insippo
- VSTE Island:
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VSTE%20Island/123/137/24
- Group: VSTE: VA Soc. for Tech in Education
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/ad9dc928-e69f-2aa6-f7fa-7361217a31fb/about
- Website: http://vstesl.wikispaces.com/
- Google+ Community:
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106561495889390694090
- ISTE VEN
- (International Society for Technology in Education, Virtual Environments Network)
- Office Hours Tuesdays at 4:00 pm SLT
- (2nd & 4th Tuesdays are Office Hours, 3rd Tuesdays are Speakers)
- Contact: Spiff Whitfield
- ISTE VEN Headquarters;
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/46/90/22
- Group: ISTE SIG Virtual Environments
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/acfd7268-7cb3-9ba3-e4de-4d186820747c/about
- Website: http://venetwork.weebly.com/
- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107257205905775229015
- VWER (Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable)
- Thursdays at 11:30 am SLT
- Contact: Kali Pizzaro
- VWER - Glasgow Caledonian University:
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Glasgow%20Caledonian/193/197/23
- Group: Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/c17c395b-8368-79be-caed-25b81a537855/about
- Website: http://www.vwer.org/
- (See Library tab for past meeting transcripts)
- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101630374387475211030
- NonProfit Commons
- Fridays at 8:30 am SLT:
- Contact: Rhiannon Chatnoir
- Plush NonProfit Commons Amphitheater
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/104/128/24
- Group: TechSoup.org
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/64c700fd-9d0c-18fa-a552-0dc983dad553/about
- Website: http://nonprofitcommons.wikispaces.com/
- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114212078390326305687
- The Science Circle
- Twice a month:
- Contact: Chantal (nymf.hathaway)
- The Science Circle Landing Point
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shamash/157/242/22
- Group: The Science Circle
- See notecard for more information:
- Website: http://sciencecircle.org
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REGULAR VIRTUAL WORLD TOUR GROUPS
- Hypergrid Safari - OpenSim
- Weekly on Wednesdays at 12 noon SLT
- Contact: Wizzy Gynoid
- G+ Community:
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106546614275441833437
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1488221938062385/
- Hypergrid Safari visits Dorena's World
- HG Safari Wolem Wobbit at Roxy Gellar's new club Giza on Kitely grid
- Metaverse Tours
- Weekly on Saturdays at 1:00 pm SLT
- Contact: Serene Jewell
- Google+ Community:
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101358455712632179919
- ISTE VEN Tours - Second Life
- Every other Thursday at 5:00 pm SLT
- Contact: Cyrus Hush
- ISTE VEN Headquarters:
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/46/90/22
- Group: ISTE SL Tour Group
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/3f9a99d9-61ff-4fac-fd12-a3344fe55ece/about
- Website: http://venetwork.weebly.com/
- G+ Community:
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107257205905775229015
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OTHER EDUCATION GROUPS (for events or group chat, not meetings)
- CCH (Cultural Community Hub) - Second Life
- Contact: Ewan Bonham
- WBH Community Cultural Hub
- SLurl: Click to go or drag to the viewer screen
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Inspiration%20Island/84/120/22
- Group: Cultural Community Hub
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/414c5c06-d7bc-6ceb-5b4a-3fecf8e2ab80/about
- Kitely Educators Group - Kitely
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/7bbf0d1f-687a-44af-8edb-f71383552075/about
- OSCC (OpenSim Community Conference)
- Yearly in October
- Contact: Rhiannon Chatnoir
- Website: http://conference.opensimulator.org/
- OSCC, OpenSimulator Community Conference, exhibits (1)
- OSCC, OpenSimulator Community Conference, exhibits (2)
- Real Life Education in Second Life - Second Life
- Contact: Pathfinder Lester
- Group: secondlife:///app/group/5eab5893-dfa6-905b-4386-011077994d3d/about
- SJSU School of Information Colloquia Series - Second Life
- Contact: Lorelei Junot
- Website: http://ischool.sjsu.edu/about/colloquia
- VIBE (Virtual Islands for Better Education, formerly BIO-SE)
- Contact: Stephen Xootfly Stephen Gasior
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/941412d7-dd25-d37c-b968-29f2d5d0cbb3/about
- Website: https://sites.google.com/site/virtualislandsbettereducation/
- Virtual Islands for Better Education: Features for educators
- Virtual Ability - Second Life
- Contact: Gentle Heron
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/61dd10e0-82b4-a1d1-f7be-23e64ade39d7/about
- (closed group, contact to join)
- Website: http://www.virtualability.org/
- Virtual Worlds Teacher Network
- Contact: Stephen Gasior Stephen Xootfly
- Google+ Community:
- https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109347906857607598536
- VWBPE (Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education) Conference
- Yearly in March
- URI: secondlife:///app/group/8b03480a-793d-ba5b-5b6b-dd10afb5d38e/about
- Website: http://vwbpe.org
- VWBPE Posters. Not your father's flat posters. Builds in 3D
- VWBPE Posters. Part 2. Helper groups in Second Life
- Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education--Kevin Feenan. Mar. 18-21
Comments from Ann Tre Prenyour
- Publicizing a schedule is an effective way to promote
- Promotion is a way to support your interests. You don't have to make money.
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News and Notes
Events
Hypergrid
Lauren's Place
- Lauren's place, Tuesdays, 5 pm California time
- Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/124/241/22
- Watch later: Lauren's channel
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Newcomer Help in Virtual Worlds
- Events on the Hypergrid. Selected Google calendars
- Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
- Blender Basics - Making Basic Mesh Prims
- Communities in Second Life: Community Cultural Hub
- Basic help for new arrivals in a virtual world at Georgia Gwinnett College
- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GGC%20Island/66/81/28
- How to start in a virtual world, the video: Now see it on your browser
- Firestorm Documentation and User Guide (Wiki)
- Beginner's building on the Hypergrid. Primland, the building tutorial game
- New Citizens Inc
- Table of Contents (Virtual Outworlding)
- Multilingual help: Welcome ports and Google Translate
Education
- VWBPE15 Conference, Summary, current and years past
- Education in Virtual Worlds. Summary
- Top 10 Tips on How to Use Avatars in eLearning
- How the Second Life basics series can help teachers
- SLeducate: Learn and teach in Second Life
- Learning Objectives Creator
Writers
How to handle a Hypergrid address
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Video-Machinima in virtual worlds
- Google+ page; Virtual World Video
- Machinima: Virtual World Filmmaking
- New Media Arts, Inc
- SUMMARY: Resources for video production in virtual worlds
- Videos from virtual worlds Summary
- Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
- Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary
- Art videos from the virtual world
- Comedy videos from the Virtual World
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- For more on topics like this, circle Selby Evans in Google+
- What do we do in Virtual Worlds?
- Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right.
- Google search this blog: Search bar, upper left--or:
- Put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
- What is Second Life?
- Annotated screen shots made with Jing
- All original content on this blog is Creative Commons License, attribution only.
- Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
- This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else.
- Ads are from Google
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- Feel free to send me a notecard, or friend request in Kitely or Second Life.
- Selby Evans in Kitely, Thinkerer Melville in Second Life
- Lauren is funny; Avatar Repertory Theater
Video-Machinima in virtual worlds
- Google+ page; Virtual World Video
- Machinima: Virtual World Filmmaking
- New Media Arts, Inc
- SUMMARY: Resources for video production in virtual worlds
- Videos from virtual worlds Summary
- Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
- Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary
- Art videos from the virtual world
- Comedy videos from the Virtual World
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- For more on topics like this, circle Selby Evans in Google+
- What do we do in Virtual Worlds?
- Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right.
- Google search this blog: Search bar, upper left--or:
- Put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
- What is Second Life?
- Annotated screen shots made with Jing
- All original content on this blog is Creative Commons License, attribution only.
- Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
- This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else.
- Ads are from Google
-
- Feel free to send me a notecard, or friend request in Kitely or Second Life.
- Selby Evans in Kitely, Thinkerer Melville in Second Life
- Lauren is funny; Avatar Repertory Theater
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