ACTIVITIES AT VWEC EDUVERSE FROM MON. JAN 2 TO SUN. JAN 9, 2023

 ACTIVITIES AT VWEC EDUVERSE

FROM MON. JAN 2 TO SUN. JAN 9, 2023

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

VWEC QUARTERLY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 4 @ 9 AM SLT

“All you wanted for the Holidays and New Year”

including an update from Madori and

“The SL Users Usability Survey Results and Progress”

Featuring: Phelan Corrimal

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS

WEDNESDAY JAN. 4

1) 7 TO 8 AM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT IN SPANISH WITH PI ILLIOS & MERYL MCBRIDE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

2) 9 TO 10:30 AM SLT

QUARTERLY MEETING WITH MADORI AND PHELAN CORRIMEL

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

3) 12 TO 1 PM SLT

WEEKLY PIANO CONCERT BY ARI

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/132/100/29

4) 3:30 TO 4:30 PM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DODGE THREEBEARDS

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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THURSDAY JAN. 5

1) 9:30 TO 10:30 AM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DODGE THREEBEARDS

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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FRIDAY JAN. 6

1) 10:30 TO 11:30 AM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH ZINNIA ZAUBER

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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DAYS/HOURS OF VWEC INFOCENTER VOLUNTEERS THIS WEEK

LOCATION:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/157/157/31

MONDAYS

2 to 3 AM John O’Connor

10 to 11:30 AM Namaara McDonough

12 to 1 PM Max Chatnoir

2 to 3 PM MysticStarling

7 to 8 PM tyoba Tarantal

TUESDAYS

9 to 10 AM David Arguna

10 to 11 AM Elli Pinion

12 to 1 PM Dex Euromat

5 to 6 PM Beth Ghostraven

WEDNESDAYS

9 TO 10 AM Zzri Avian

12 to 1 pm Max Chatnoi

1 to 2:30 PM Suemoon Magic

THURSDAYS

1 to 2 PM Tori Landau

3 to 4 PM Elektra Panther

FRIDAYS

1 to 2 AM Sheila Yoshikawa

7 to 8 AM Malia Rose

2 to 3 PM Breila Jenvieve

SATURDAYS

7 to 8 AM Kreatya Shannon

9 to 10 AM Meryl McBride

12 to 1 PM Pi Ilios

SUNDAYS

6 to 7 AM Killashandra.Lavendel

12 to 1 PM Valibrarian Gregg

1 to 2 PM Profgraceful

2 to 3:30 PM Suemoon Magic

3:30 to 5 PM Inquisitive Loon

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Easy access meetings in the metaverse

• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true

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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
• All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• Screenshots from ShareX
• This blog is not affiliated with anything.   Ads are from Google

2922 Fearless Nation in the old metaverse. PTSD support, one of the many support services offered in the old metaverse. Second Life.

Fearless Nation in the old metaverse.  

PTSD support, 

one of the many support services offered in the old metaverse.  

World-wide, 24/7, always there.  Disabilities?  The metaverse?  Both!

• Watch on YouTube
• Care Made in Second Life - Fearless Nation
• Fearless Nation PTSD Support is an RL 501c3 Nonprofit Organization for people with PTSD, their families, partners, children, and communities. 
• They provide education, support, and advocacy. 
• Since 2009 they've had a virtual online community that spans distance, with a small carbon footprint bringing people together for peer support, education, and advocacy for people with PTSD. 
• Video Production by Draxtor Despres
• Second Life

2022 In the metaverse I can walk. Or at least my avatar can That's a lot better than my real body can do.

In the metaverse I can walk.  

Or at least my avatar can  

That's a lot better than my real body can do.  

Disabilities are left behind in the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• Our Digital Selves Official Teaser #1
• Our Digital Selves: My Avatar is Me [full feature film]
• Articles in this blog about disabilities and the metaverse

2022 Your own place in the metaverse. Not very expensive. If you shop around. But it will need people to hold you.

Your own place in the metaverse.  

Not very expensive.   

If you shop around.   

But it will need people to hold you.

The metaverse is being built by people who live in it.  We are building it to suit ourselves. Or we hire people to build to suit us.  

• Watch on YouTube
• Build Your Own Metaverse -- and Share it! | Agnes Larsson | TED
• In the multitude of metaverses that exist there are infinite possibilities for inclusivity and creativity. 
• Minecraft's game director Agnes Larsson shares how the experience of building and sharing metaverses can foster dialogue, friendship and trust.

2022 Metaverse entertainment: Psychedelic Saturday at Billy Bob's Underground. The magic of particle effects.

Metaverse entertainment:  

Psychedelic Saturday at Billy Bob's Underground.  

The magic of particle effects.

The metaverse has great potential for visual art.  Here are some examples.

• Watch on YouTube
• Psychedelic Saturday at Billy Bob's Underground

• Particle effects are supported by the graphics card
• ART: Particle effects with Firestorm Particle Editor. AMP video notes

2022 Dating in the metaverse. How it works in Second Life. A discussion by experienced citizens. An inworld dating app!

Dating in the metaverse.  

How it works in Second Life.  

A discussion by experienced citizens.    

An inworld dating app! 

Dating the partner of your choice.  World-wide choice.  LGBTQ friendly.  Meet in the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• LET'S TALK - DATING IN SECOND LIFE
• Second Life
• SECOND LIFE'S NEWEST DATING APP INWORLD!
• On the SL marketplace.
• LGBTQ friendly
• Dating in the metaverse (search)
• Marriage in the metaverse (search)
• Channel:  OLLY ESEL1.94K subscribers

2022 Metaverse poetry. Short Poetry Workshop in Second Life. People use the metaverse to get together over long distances.

Metaverse poetry.  

Short Poetry Workshop in Second Life.  

People use the metaverse to get together 

over long distances.

Poetry is a hobby.  How can you get together with others who share that hobby?  Everywhere is next door in the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• ACRL Visits the Short Poetry Workshop in Second Life.
• Poetry group in your neighborhood?
• Everywhere is next door in the metaverse.

Poetry is quite popular in Second Life 

Poetry groups

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Related 

• A short note from the Short Poetry Workshop
• Very virtual short poetry library

2022 Metaverse neighbors: Meet Your Neighbor: A project of the Nonprofit Commons group in Second Life. A viable metaverse is made of people.

Metaverse neighbors: Meet Your Neighbor:  

A project of the Nonprofit Commons group in Second Life.   

A viable metaverse is made of people.

We don't go into a metaverse place just to look around.  We want to find people who share our interests.

• Watch on YouTube
• Meet Your Neighbor at NPC: Namaara MacMoragh
• The Meet Your Neighbor project shares members of the Nonprofit Commons group in Second Life. 
• Nonprofit Commons in Second Life

How to find people in Second Life

• Use ctrl f to open the search panel.
• Click People in the top menu.
• Put in the name you seek (copy/paste is best--avoids typos).
• Send IM or offer friend connection.

Profile of Selby Evans

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2022 Metaverse fashions: Designer Showcase - Earning money in the metaverse: Making fashions, making videos.

Metaverse fashions: 

Designer Showcase - 

Earning money in the metaverse: 

Making fashions, making videos.

A video about selling fashionable clothing in the metaverse

• Watch on YouTube
• Second Life - Designer Showcase - February 2022
• 330 lindens is about a dollar
• We walk around the Designer Showcase for their February Round. 
• The Event is in a new location 
• so be sure to use the link here in the description if you are interested in coming. 
• https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Corrupted%20Innocence/82/75/3502
• Second Life Marketplace
• Kitely Market

2022 VWBPE: My picks for VWBPE this year

VWBPE:  My picks for VWBPE this year

A presentation for the Immersive Learning Research Network 2021 with Dr. Valerie Hill and Dr. Becky Adams. Location: VWEC Pavilion in Second Life

• Watch on YouTube
• VWBPE Full Program

Surrounding events

Before

• IE. THE UPLIFT: Immersive Theatre
• IE. Kitely Educational Showcase: Ready to Branch Out?
• IE. Second Life Usability Focus Group
• IE. Building in FrameVR: Creating Browser-Based Immersive Learning Experiences

After

• IE. Social Determinants for Access to Information: Virtual World Library Exhibition

March 31

• The beauty of STEAM education in virtual worlds
• Three Continents Meet: Metaverse for Higher Ed
• Unexpected Connections
• Message in a Bottle – Play, Stories, and Iteration

April 1

• International Student Project: Higher Ed Metaverse
• Immersive methodologies for school and museum tours
• Supporting Social Good and Educational Communities
• Arts, Education and Psychology: Creative approaches to utilizing Second Life technology
• Education in the Metaverse: Reflections on the Art of the Possible
• Above the Book Interview with Maria Korolov

April 2

• Metaverse Collaboration with VWEC (Virtual Worlds Education Consortium)
• Proposed Cybersecurity Curriculum from K-12 to 4 year degrees
• Composing for the New Era – The Social Brain and Small-World Networks in the Metaverse
• IE. Joint International Higher Education Project

Easy access meetings in the metaverse

• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true

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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
• All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• Screenshots from ShareX
• This blog is not affiliated with anything.   Ads are from Google

2022 #VWEDU: Educators get together in the metaverse. No reservations needed. Everyone welcome. Here is a book club.

Educators get together in the metaverse.  

No reservations needed.  

Everyone welcome.  

Here is a book club.

A book club in the metaverse, shown in a video.

• Watch on YouTube
• The Second Life Book Club with Draxtor - Gautam Bhatia
• This episode was livestreamed.  
• To find livestreams on YouTube, look for the Live button in the bar at the top.
• CVL Education Network calendar
• Book clubs online.  As close as your laptop
• Goodreads groups

How to attend a metaverse meeting in SL

• All you need is a computer (PC or Mac)
• Register here:  Rockcliffe Gateway:  Create Your Second Life Account
• Before the meeting, log into SL,
• Use the starter experience to learn:
• How to walk
• How to chat (in text),
• How to sit.
• How to turn voice on.
• How to turn your mic on and off (if you want to speak).
• How to find a notecard in your inventory an open it.
• How to teleport with a landmark.
• How to change your avatar (if you want to)

Get to a particular meeting

• Meeting schedules here:
• CVL Education Network calendar

2021 The metaverse is the right place for a library of communities. The Human Library, Nepris, Multicultural college. Digital literacy.

The metaverse is the right place for a library of communities.  

The Human Library, Nepris, Multicultural college.  

Digital literacy.

Libraries in the metaverse.  Teleport from your home.  No transportation.  No sharing of germs. 

• Watch on YouTube.
• Libraries in the Metaverse - Metaliteracy for Digital Citizens, V Hill MACHINIMA
• Cultural sensitivity
  
• The Human Library  
  

• Real Libraries in Virtual Worlds 0:10
• Metaliteracy - Literacy in Digital Culture 4:15
• Metamodernism - Our Philosophical Moment 10:50
• Digital Citizenship 16:37
• Online Anonymity 19:13
• Think Before You Post 23:30
• End of Fixed Media 28:05
• Balancing Worlds 32:24
• Metamodernism in the Metaverse 35:31
• Metaliteracy in Learning 39:29
• The Dark Side of Digital Culture 43:42
• Preservation of Digital Formats 46:25
• Digital Legacy 50:19

2022 VW: BIZ The avatar look. Changing your look in Second Life. Or anywhere in the metaverse. The look specialists may be more in demand than the geeks.

The avatar look.   

Changing your look in Second Life.  

Or anywhere in the metaverse.  

The look specialists may be more in demand than the geeks. 

A tutorial on how use outfit creation to save avatars with extras, how to edit your shape, using skins, shapes and hair from freebie stores...

• Watch on YouTube

• Second Life Marketplace: Avatar appearance
• Ready Player Me  
• "In a digital place, nobody knows what color you are." The power of avatar choice on a digital campus. Appearance and identity
• After the break: Avatar appearance related

2022 VW: Disabilities are left behind in coming to the metaverse. Friends in your laptop. Less than a minute away, no matter where they are.

Disabilities are left behind in coming to the metaverse.   

Friends in your laptop.   

Less than a minute away, no matter where they are.

Mobility limited?  Travel problems?  Friends 1000 miles away?  Not in the metaverse. 

• Watch on YouTube

• This video includes an interview with Gentle Heron, President of Virtual Ability, Inc., describing what Second Life means to her and to others with disabilities.

Disabilities and virtual worlds

• VWBPE Interview with Alice Krueger: Virtual Ability, Inc. in virtual worlds. Differently abled, not disabled
• VWBPE Sponsors and Posters (4)
• Virtual Ability International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference 2013 "LET ME IN"
• International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC)
• Scholarly articles for Disabilities and virtual worlds
• Disabilities and virtual worlds (search),

2021 EV How to find events in the metaverse. Twitter may do as the universal contact. Communities are the key.

How to find events in the metaverse.  

Twitter may do as the universal contact.  

Communities are the key.

The metaverse is made of communities.  The tech is just a tool for brining people together.

• Watch on YouTube
• Connecting Up: Communities in the Future - Virtual Worlds
• After the break:
• Twitter links to selected metaverse organizations
• Communities
• Specific organizations
• Broad metaverse/virtual worlds

Music in the metaverse. The walk-in web, No prep, impulse access. No cost. No dress code. Just come in your browser.

Music in the metaverse.  

The walk-in web,  No prep, impulse access.  

No cost.  No dress code.  

Just come in your browser.

Drop in for music with friends  No planning,  No registration.  No cost.  No dress code.  Just come in your browser.

• Watch on YouTube

• 3DWebWorldz music every Friday at 9 pm New York time.
• Go there:
• https://LiveMusic3D.com
• For upcoming events, hover the little red circle over the event schedule.
• Too go to an event, find the performer's panel, click Esc, then click on the panel.
• Performers have their own venues.  

Easy access meetings in the metaverse

• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true
• Music every Friday at 9 pm New York time:
• https://LiveMusic3D.com

2021 #VWEDU: BIZ: The programmed environment of the metaverse. Imagine programming an environment for language leaning. Or for a game.

The programmed environment of the metaverse. 

Imagine programming an environment for language leaning.  

Or for a game

There is a lot of power in the programmed environment offered by some metaverse places.

• Watch on YouTube
• Go there:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/122/242/23
• Selby's comedy channel:
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmXCeJpxLXokSPNK_UVR1rS9qHSfJJsNM

Programmed environment

• Any object of interest can stay its name in voice and text.
• Or send users to a web page with instructions about the object.
• Or give users instructions for a game based on knowing about the objects.
• Or record user performance on a set of questions.
• Or play its role in a story or game.
• A virtual vehicle can perform stunts safely
• After the break: language learning, virtual vehicles.

2021 VW: ART: The Natascha Randt Memorial. Sometimes the metaverse is painfully real. Avatars are immortal but the people behind them are not.

The Natascha Randt Memorial.  

Sometimes the metaverse is painfully real.   

Avatars are immortal but the people behind them are not.

Ever since my creative partner, Natascha Randt, passed away on September 3rd of this year. I have been working on building her a memorial on Kitely - Virtual Worlds--Karima-Hoisan

• Watch on YouTube
• Web page
• Hypergrid address: grid.kitely.com:8002:The Natascha Randt Memorial

With the help of my fabulous scripting partner, Dale Innis, and also Joey Schaffer (Joey Writer) a close friend and collaborator of Nat's who has also contributed with a special section, we can now say it's done.

The world is a guided tour, that once again, relies heavily on being able to see parcel media and enjoy short clips.

Who was Natasha Randt? -- after the break 

2021 VW: Second Life: from the beginnings of the metaverse. Full of people working together. Not a game, but a place to talk and work with people. Instructions on how to start.

Second Life: from the beginnings of the metaverse.  

Full of people working together.  

Not a game, but a place for people to talk and work together.

Instructions on how to start.

Why and how to enter a long established part of the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• How To Get Started in Second Life - New User Tutorial
• Visit https://www.secondlife.com to get started!

Second life is a people place

• You can find people if you know how to look: 
• Open the world map and look for clusters of green dots.
• You can chat with people in text or talk in voice.
• You can own a place of your own and invite friends over for entertainment.
• You can provide music or videos.
• You can have a dance floor (avatars use dance animations}.
• You can teach a class.
• Or look for more ideas in the articles cited after the break

2021 VW: Metaverse art: coping with Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS) . Art Made in Second Life - Tucker Stilley

Metaverse art: 

coping with Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS) . 

Art Made in Second Life - Tucker Stilley

Disabilities are left behind when you enter the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube

Second Life Art #MadeinSL series continues with a focus on Tucker Stilley, who uses adaptive technology to continue making breathtaking art in #SecondLife - 20 years after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS) - Learn more: https://second.life/cf081721.

The Cape Able Art Gallery is a beautiful, eclectic gallery hosting art exhibits by deaf and/or disabled artists. Exhibits change quarterly. Artists can be contacted privately for the sale of their works. Cape Able is a nonprofit, Virtual Ability Inc. owned region. Video Production Credits: Draxtor Despres