2020 #VWEDU: #DTA: Plan for a modern presentation in a digital world. For presenters and inquiry/project-based learning.

Plan for a modern presentation in a digital world.   
For presenters and inquiry/project-based learning.

A plan for using the affordances of digital worlds and other digital support in making a presentation.   The plan may be of special interest to teachers using inquiry-based or project-based learning.   

• Watch on YouTube
• Affordances of virtual worlds can make a more effective presentation. From OpenSim Community Conference (OSCC)
• Transcription of video to text: VidReader

Possible objectives of a presentation 

Social good

• Impart information or ideas to an audience.
• Entertain an audience with information or ideas.
• Get the reactions of others to the presentation to improve it.
• Get the views of others about the ideas for further development.
• Get the views of others about the information.

Individual good

• Partly satisfy an educational requirement.
• Build a portfolio. (students and professionals)
• Income from fees. (presenter and organizers)
• Favorable reputation. (sponsoring institution)

• Update 4/2/2020 VWBPE 13th Annual Conference, March 26-28 2020. VWBPE Immersive events continue Want To Teach ESL Online? A Dimension Beyond Offers Free online Meeting Rooms. Storylink radio from Seanchai Libraries

2019 WRITE: BLOG: Use auto-curation on your blogs

Use auto-curation on your blogs

If your blog carries evergreen content, you want to think about curating it.  The best curation requires manual intervention, but auto-curating is always up-to-date.

• About curation
• Are some of your blog posts evergreen (of lasting interest)?
• If so, you want to help people to find them in the future. 
• Blogs stay available indefinitely.  
• Here are some ways you can help your readers find articles in your blog.

• MUVE update 1/17/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2018 PROMO: BLOG: Talk Virtual Outworlding in MeWe

Talk Virtual Outworlding in MeWe

I created a MeWe group for conversations about this blog.  You can post there to suggest content or to discuss an article. 

Talk Virtual Outworlding in MeWe

• Use this group to suggest content for Virtual Outworlding.  
• Offer to provide an invited article (no pay, just distribution).  
• Offer links with content you think the blog should report on.  
• Ask questions you want answered in the blog.  
• Present issues you think the blog should discuss.  
• Comment on an article in the blog.   
• Post a press release that you want this blog to carry.  
• Describe recurring events you want this blog to mention (on the MUVE update page).   
• You have to be registered in MeWe to get to the group:
• Talk Virtual Outworlding in MeWe

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• MUVE (virtual world) update 12/13/2018

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2018 BLOG: How to put columns in your Blogger pages

How to put table columns in your Blogger pages

Blogger does not offer a way to format part of a post into two columns, but you may want that sometimes.  Here is how to do it in HTML.

OSCC Venue 1

OSCC Venue 1

Click image to enlarge

• HG address:
• cc.opensimulator.org:8002:OSCC Expo Zone 1
• Put the HG address in the Find bar of your world map.  Click Find, TP
• Get a landmark when you are there.

Build by Crista Lopes

NOAA exhibit

Freebies Universal Campus

Freebies

• To get this layout, I used code from here:
• Divide Post Into Two (2) Columns

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Metaverse events, recent and upcoming

• IMA Social Web and Virtual World Events, Music, and Meeting Calendar
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• OpenSimWorld Events
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Promotion for virtual worlds and everything in 'em
• Selby's daily events and news collection:  Virtual worlds are real 
• Selby's YouTube Channel
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• Search this blog with the search bar, upper left.
• OSCC 2017 Presentations
• Mal Burns: Inworld Review
• Hypergrid Writer's Community
• Metaverse Jobs; Job Listings
• IMA projects
• 3D web-worlds of the browser (G+ community) 
• Virtual Outworlding news collection 
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Hyperica, Directory of Opensimulator hypergrid destinations
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• Hypergrid Destinations
• Hypergrid-related articles in this blog

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2016 TKR: BIZ: 7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs. Some choices bring good luck.

Serendipitous Success: 

7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs

Seven things successful entrepreneurs do that makes them "Lucky."  None of them involve depend on luck.  But some choices bring good luck.  

• Watch on YouTube

Darren Rowse is the founder of ProBlogger, Digital Photography School and various other blogs and online businesses including b5media and The Third Tribe. He co-authored ProBlogger the Book (Wiley), founded ProBlogger Training Events in Australia and has published over 30 eBooks including the best selling 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Part of our BoldTalks speaker series at INBOUND 2015.

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity-- Lucius Seneca

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• Where is Arcadia?

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2015 WRITE: BLOG: The whys and hows of blogging.

The whys and hows of blogging
Updated 11/12/2015

You blog to tell people about something you want to publicize.  Here is how to get started, how to keep going, how to get attention.

Why?

• Publicize--Tell people about something important to you
• That includes instruction and information
• That's it.  At least for starters.  
• Maybe you develop a rep and get hired as a consultant
• Maybe you sell ads
• But don't count on it
• If you start for those reasons, you will soon quit
• Anything that is worth doing is worth knowing why you are doing it.
• Blog to tell, publicize, or promote. Summary

How to get started, to keep going, to get attention

• Find a host
• Chose your content
• Know your resources
• Promote your blog
• Build your staying power

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Genre-Contrary Warriors Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 11/10,7pm SLT 

This week at the Short Poetry Workshop Arabella Nemeth is guest host as she presents the Genre-Contrary Warriors. The Plains Indians had a tradition that some sacred clowns became Contrary Warriors...did everything backwards and talked in opposites. So we’ll focus on writing contrary poems. Join us at the Short Poetry Library to learn, write and share your poems

• Short Poetry Workshop meets every Tuesday at 7 pm SLT 
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the Viewer screen: 
• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/160/134/21/ 

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Avatarfest, Nov. 13-16
• Hypergrid address:   avatarfest.net:6000
• Put the address in the World Map, next to Find, click Find, TP 
• Blog,  Calendar,  G+ community

• MACHINIMUWA VIII  (Win A Share of L$41,000 for Watching Machinima)
• VWBPE Call for papers, Meet 3/9-12/2016. Proposals due by 1/17/2016
• Summer of Arts in 2015, Metropolis Metaversum
• OSCC15 - Call for Proposals,  OSCC15:  Dec 5.
• PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE: UWA 3D Art & Film Challenges 2015
• Immersive Edge, a Hypergrid Story, Launches November 8 & 9, 2015
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Hobo Reserved Sandbox on Kitely. Hobo Island in SL up for sale
• 2015 UWA Art challenge: developing exhibit, contributions closed

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Metaverse beginner help

• Metaverse 101 Info & Tutorials for getting started in Opensim
• Virtual Outworlding Table of Contents. Summary
• Newcomer help in virtual worlds
• Virtual worlds are about people. Communities, communication, shared goals
• Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info