2022 Brainstorming for writers in the metaverse. Ideas are easy, if... If you develop your ideation skills.

Brainstorming for writers in the metaverse.  

Ideas are easy, if...   

If you develop your ideation skills.

Ideas come easy with practice.  Just save all evaluation till later.

• Watch on YouTube
• Visit the scene:
• https://3dww.a2zsg.com/3dlogin/world/?world=47
• Visit the main site:
• https://3dwebworldz.com/
• Brainstorming
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming

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 Vid: Our literary life in the metaverse. Here is what it is like: The Second Life Book Club with Draxtor - Maxine Kaplan. The metaverse is for readers, too.

Our literary life  in the metaverse.   

Here is what it is like:   

The Second Life Book Club with Draxtor - Maxine Kaplan.  

The metaverse is for readers, too.

A video look at our literary life in the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube 
• Other videos by Draxtor.

Reading in the metaverse

• Libraries in the virtual world could provide help for virtual classes and virtual campuses: the trident model
• How to present without an auditorium. Present in a simulation of the subject. Valerie Hill tells about Research Row in the digital Dickens Project (excerpts).
• How to present without an auditorium. Present in a simulation of the subject. Valerie Hill tells about Research Row in the digital Dickens Project (excerpts).
• The library on your laptop: Community Virtual Library CVL: Virtual library with real librarians.
• A digital campus needs a digital library. What would be in a digital library?
• Metaverse Libraries: Communities as Resources Part 1
• Seanchai Library Celebrates a Decade of Stories with "Volume 10"
• Reinventing school for the Tech Generations. Virtual libraries on the web.

2021 Storylink radio: tales in the metaverse. Immersive story-telling in a scene about the story. FROM THE SHADOWS

Storylink radio: tales in the metaverse. 

Immersive story-telling 

in a scene about the story.

FROM THE SHADOWS

The metaverse is a place for story-telling.

• Watch on YouTube

• Welcome to Storylink Radio!! 
• Storylink Radio has many exciting things planned for this Hallowe’en. 
• Beginning.. NOW!!! 
• Subscribe to Storylink Radio Youtube Channel to keep updated on all events and times. 
• For us, Hallowe'en Season begins November 1st and runs through October 31st,
• which means we are ALWAYS in Hallowe'en Season.
• This video will highlight some of our upcoming events, but please check the website for the latest additions. 
• And Subscribe now to keep updated. www.StorylinkRadio.com 
• Venue in this video is from LUNARIA EMPORIUM in Kitely 
• Storylink Radio YouTube Channel 
• The stories are told in the metaverse and captured on video to offer them on the flat web.

2021 #VWEDU Outreach to students (K12). Nepris Volunteer Virtual Classroom Speaker: Writing. Many more topics needed.

Outreach to students. 

Nepris Volunteer Virtual Classroom Speaker.

Writing process and qualities of good writing. 

Many more topics needed.

An outreach channel to connect to students.

• Watch on YouTube
• WebSite

Nepris offers daily opportunities to join live, virtual chats with professionals on a variety of topics that prepare students for college and career. The topics follow the national themes in education along with several unique series being offered throughout the school year. With one click, you can sign up to participate in one of these chats along with other classrooms from across the country.

Connecting learners with professionals!

• Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math(STEAM). 
• Nepris'​ cloud based platform lets students connect with experts.
• From home or from classroom
• Browse videos

2021 #VWEDU: Charles Dickens and his Victorian times. The Dickens Project in 3DWebWorldz. English literature and history on the web.

Charles Dickens and his Victorian times.
The Dickens Project in 3DWebWorldz.   

English literature and history on the web.

The Community Virtual Library shares research annually in Second Life at the Dickens Project alongside Seanchai Library. The research projects have been shared with 3dWebworldz, a web-based virtual environment that requires no download or viewer making it an easy access space for learning in 3D.

• Watch on YouTube
• A 3d place in your browser. As easy as going to a web page because it is a web page. Live music, writers, videos, meetings, comedy.
• Read: Project Gutenberg 

Who would be interested:

• Teachers and students of English literature, cultural history, and theater.
• Librarians, book clubs, and writers
• To visit the library, click here
• No need to register.  Enter as a guest to see what is there.
• Better yet, bring a friend--you can talk in this library.
• Registration is free--that lets you pick an avatar and build a contact list.
• Teachers: Check out excursions and classrooms.

2021 #VWEDU: Interested in VR? Check out 3DWebWorldz. Runs in a browser, nothing to install. Guest entry--no registration. Many online exhibits: museums, libraries, writers.

Interested in VR?  Check out 3DWebWorldz.  

Runs in a browser, nothing to install.  

Guest entry--no registration. 

Many online exhibits: museums, libraries, writers.

Virtual reality in your browser.  All you need is a link. You can put it in your web site.  Then your clients only need your link.  In 20 seconds they can come to your place.  Walk, talk, look around.

• Learning 3DWebWorldz – Step By Step QuickStart
• How do I teleport between worlds?
• Instructions:  3DWebWorldz YouTube channel
• Weekly News:  3DWebWorldz News & Support
• A 3d place in your browser. As easy as going to a web page because it is a web page. Live music, writers, videos, meetings, comedy.
• Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary
• How to put 3D on your website.

Contents

• Easy access
• Online and social
• Digital literacy 
• The sense of "my place."
• Online Campus
• Art galleries
• Writing
• Library
• Museums
• A place to learn
• Entrepreneurial educators 
• Low cost

2020 #VWEDU: Digital literacy. He did it in Classcraft. Like a detective story. Could you do it better in your favorite virtual world? Are your students the heroes who will solve this problem?

He did it in Classcraft. 

Like a detective story.  

Could you do it better in your favorite virtual world?  

Are your students the heroes who will solve this problem?

Consideration of how a story could be created in a virtual world to engage students in activities that develop skills on digital literacy, teamwork, and presentation.  Plus knowledge of some selected STEM content.

Students as detectives

• Digital literacy lesson plan — November’s Quest of the Month
• Classcraft

• Update 11/19/2020 Covid feel good. VWBPE2021: RECONNAISSANCE Call for Proposals Educators' online calendar and OPLN. 

2020 #VWEDU: WRITE: Resources for teaching copyright and fair use. And maybe a few other things

Resources for teaching copyright and fair use.   
And maybe a few other things.

Free online educational resources.  Offered by groups with an interest in promoting knowledge about a specific subject. Students can study these.  What else could they do with them?

• Watch on Copyright and Creativity
• Resources for elementary, middle, and high school + teachers
• Copyright & Creativity videos provide accessible and practical information about copyright.
• Initially developed by the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe)
• In 2017, iKeepSafe transferred these materials to the Internet Education Foundation (IEF) with the goal of reaching a wider audience.
• Study of use

"This video explains why copyright matters, as we are all both creators and consumers of media online--music, movies, images, books and other writing, etc." 

• What could students do with this material besides watch videos?
• Make something that has their very own copyright.

• Update 6/11/2020 Field trip to Jezero Crater. Firestorm update for OpenSim. Metamodernism and Changing Literacy

2020 Explore: WRITE: Greenfield: Saloon, free houses, maze, ships, dance floor, petting zoo, adult. Suitable for writing prompts and RP

Greenfield: Saloon, free houses, maze, 
ships, dance floor, petting zoo, adult. art 
Suitable for writing prompts and RP

Greenfield, a Kitely region with the amenities above (and below).

Teleporters

Greenfield self-description

• GREENfield IS READY TO HAVE YOU HERE
• |We finished landscaping, so Greenfield is all yours if you want.
• Its a joy to explore our land or sit on relaxing spots and watch the birds.
• Visit the museum of art, try the maze or ride our bull. 
• There are stores (some with interesting freeware), 
• you can even start your own store, its free.
• And if you are looking for a free home to live in, its all there.
• Live near the large pond where you can enjoy the unique reflections.
• There is a nude beach, a dark palace (omg) and many many more.

Go there

• Web page:  Greenfield
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Greenfield 2
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Greenfield 2/342/111/22
• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page
• Ingrid (within a grid) Travel tips for OpenSimulator . A DTA content page

• Update 4/10/2020 . VWBPE Immersive events continue Want To Teach ESL Online? A Dimension Beyond Offers Free online Meeting Rooms. Storylink radio from Seanchai Libraries

2020 #WVEDU: A campus on the internet. A front office on the web. A school on a laptop

A campus on the internet
A front office on the web  
A school on a laptop 
Updated 4/5/2020

A collection of articles showing how OpenSimulator  and web-world technology can support virtual campuses on the internet.

The Empty Classroom

Virus control

Education on the internet

• No pandemics
• Block the bullies; the school has complete access control
• No travel cost, no travel time, everyone travels the internet.
• Work at home, but not alone.
• No buildings, no maintenance; the money goes for education.
• Not wishful thinking--the tech is already there.  
• And some educators are already there.  
• And a few schools are already there.
• Education in virtual worlds
• Can you put a high school next to a porno place? Not even in a virtual world. But there are solutions
• Virtual worlds can serve many markets but need the right product for each market. Use case: Public-facing place: office,sales floors marketing exposition

2019 WRT: #VWEDU: #DTA Images for learning projects: Creative commons licenses. PBL: Project-based learning

Images for learning projects: 
Creative commons licenses
PBL: Project-based learning badge

A resource for project-based learning (PBL).  Maybe worth 25% apprentice badge: Inquiry reporter

• Watch on YouTube

• Creative Commons (Wikipedia)
• Creative Commons search page
• How to Use Creative Commons Search
• Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA)
• The DTA can provide support resources.

• update 2/13/2020 Kitely updates to OpenSim 9.1.1. OpenSim Fest 2020. August 28th-30th, 2020 IMA SceneGate Viewer 1.0.0 for Linux and Windows Tangle Grid SciFi Expo Feb 5-Mar.5

2020 ART: Sendalonde Community Library: Installation art. Art in video.

Sendalonde Community Library: 
Installation art. Art in video.   

Art collected by members of the Elf Clan.  

• Watch on YouTube

Folklore exhibit art, books, and opening dance on September 19, 2015.Machinima by Marie Vans

• Wellspring, an Elf Clan affiliate region, a 16-region world of contrasts. Steampunk, Victorian, Fantasy, Caves, etc.

Hypergrid address

• grid.kitely.com:8002:Wellspring
• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page
• Wellspring on the web
• Kitely hop:
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Wellspring/687/801/23
• Ingrid (within a grid) Travel tips for OpenSimulator . A DTA content page
• You can read more about Elf Clan and the charter at http://elfclan.spruz.com

• SceneGate improvements. Brand New Grid: Rêves Fantastiques GridList becomes social! Great Canadian Grid seeks funds to reopen

2020 #DTA: #VWEDU: WRITE: Would you use a virtual world to teach creative writing? Imaginary worlds are another kind of virtual worlds.

Would you use a virtual world to teach creative writing? 
Imaginary worlds are another kind of virtual worlds.

Suggestions about how to use virtual world resources to teach creative writing: Writing in the scene, working together apart, scenes as prompts. role-play, cold reads.

• Indeed, all virtual worlds were initially imagined.
• One reason we like virtual worlds is that we can create the worlds we imagine.
• And we can share that imagined world with others.
• Articles in this blog about writing

How would a DTA use virtual worlds to teach creative writing?

• DTA=Digital Teaching Assistant
• Manage brainstorming sessions:
• DTA can guide ideation sessions. Group ideation: "Brainstorming"
• Maintain an organized collection of prompts and scenes.
• Present scenes and writing prompts as directed by the teacher
• Provide entry fields with writing prompts for "write on site" exercises.
• Collect exercise products and deliver them to the teacher with grammar checked.
• File exercise products in word processor form.
• Manage cold reads by the writing group.
• Manage group role-play
• Provide promotion prompts at the teacher's direction.
• DTA can guide ideation sessions. Group ideation: "Brainstorming"

• update 1/9/2020 Brand New Grid: Rêves Fantastiques GridList becomes social! Great Canadian Grid seeks funds to reopen Kitely Market Passes $100,000 in Sales.

2019 #DTA #VWEDU: WRITE: Write on site. The scene as a story prompt. Mystery Manor as a story source

Write on site.  
The scene as a story prompt.  
Mystery Manor as a  story source

How a Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) can manage assignments for a class in creative writing where the writing is prompted by a 3D scene. 

Does this desk suggest a story? 

• DTA: Do you see a story here?
• Me: Not one.  Several.  An old quill pen tells the era.  An ancient scroll--what secrets does it hold? Maps--maps tell many stories about travels.
• DTA: Think of a character who fits one of the stories you thought of.
• So begins one scenario of the DTA as writing coach.

The DTA as a writing coach on site

• In a virtual world you write in a place. The place is a prompt.  
• Here are illustrations of how the DTA can use the place to trigger writing practice. 
• This model would work best in groups.
• Writing is only a solitary task if you don't want readers.

• Update 1/2/20: GridList become social! Great Canadian Grid seeks funds to reopen. Kitely Market Passes $100,000 in Sales. AVsitter is now open-source!

2019 #VWEDU: WRITE: A Christmas Carol and the times it tells: Dickens project in virtual worlds

A Christmas Carol 
and the times it tells: 
Dickens project in virtual worlds

A presentation about the times represented in the famous story by Charles Dickens.

Dickens Resource Center

Click image to enlarge

• With research information focused on the Victorian era
• By the Community Virtual Library (CVL): 
• Real librarianship in Virtual Worlds
• A tour by the ACRL Virtual World interest group.
• A presentation by Valibrarian Gregg.
• The Dickens Project Returns to Second Life December 1, 2019

Go there

• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/245/65/23

A presentation?

• Well, where is the auditorium?
• This is not an auditorium presentation.
• How can you have a presentation without an auditorium?
• In a virtual word we often have a presentation in a place relevant to the subject.
• How does that work?  Where does the audience sit?  
• The avatars don't sit.  The walk around in the place. 
• That won't work.  They can't see the slides while they are walking.
• We don't present with slides.  The places they walk to do the job of the slides.
• You can't do a power-point presentation without slides.
• We don't usually do power-point presentations.
• Okay, so go on with your story  But you are doing it all wrong.

• update 12/19/2019: Dickens project continues. IMA releases simplified Scenegate viewer

2019 #VWEDU: WRITE: The Dickens Project Returns to Second Life December 1, 2019*

The Dickens Project Returns
to Second Life December 1, 2019

Seanchai Library brings you The Dickens Project 2018. MUVE, Social 3D

The Dickens Project has become a winter holiday tradition for a growing number of Second Life residents since it began as a special seasonal presentation by Seanchai Library in 2008.  It transformed into an interactive environment in 2012, then to a full region experience for 2017 and 2018. Seanchai Library is proud to announce that they will be opening the doors of The Dickens Project 2019 Edition beginning December 1.

• update 11/28/2019 New OpenSim release. Virtual classes in a German university. IMA releases simplified Scenegate viewer

2019 #WVEDU: Triumph trails: The hero's journey. Team-based learning. Students laughing! Portfolio building!.

Triumph trails: The hero's journey.  
Team-based learning. 
Students laughing!  
Portfolio building!.

Triumph trails: The hero's journey.  Team-based learning.  Students laughing!  Portfolio building!.  What does the hero's journey have to do with starting school?

• Watch on YouTube

• Hero's Journey
• What does the hero's journey have to do with starting school?
• Laughing. In school!  Is that allowed.?
• Symbolism!  What does that symbolize?
• Confidence?  What does that have to do with the hero's journey?
• Portfolio building?  Why can't they just take tests and get good grades?
• Peninsula College
• The Hero's Journey and Guided Pathways--Peninsula College

• Update 11/21/2019 SceneGate Launch Party,. VWBPE 2020 STELLAR – call for proposals. New OpenSim release (0.9.1)

2018 TKR: The Power of Elastic Thinking with Leonard Mlodinow

The Power of Elastic Thinking
with Leonard Mlodinow

How do our brains generate new ideas?  How can we nurture that process?  Bestselling author Leonard Mlodinow reveals the secrets of flexible thinking. 

• Watch on YouTube

• Use your head! They always tell you that. They never tell you how
• Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSAEvents
• Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff...
• Listen to RSA podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/the_rsa
• See RSA Events behind the scenes: https://instagram.com/rsa_events/

• Update 10/31/2019: New OpenSim release (0.9.1) IDRAC Conference Is Nov. 1 & 2. OpenSim conference seeks presenters. Free Ghost Story Radio Stream (Seanchai Library )

2019 WRITE: WW: Writers on the web: Wednesday Workgroup On 3DWebWorldz.Com

Writers on the web:
Wednesday Work-group 
On 3DWebWorldz.Com

Announcement of the Wednesday Writing Work-group. Anyone can join.  It is on the web--go there with your browser.  Just a web-link away from you.

Writers meet on the web

• Writers – Wednesday Workgroup On 3DWebWorldz.Com
• This is the meeting place at 6:30pm Pacific / 9:30pm Eastern USA
• Watt, Alan. The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within.
• DURATION: 2.5 Hours
• WHO: All are welcome!  
• Install nothing!--Your browser is all you need.
• The tech people are not needed.  This is all on the web.   
• Don't take my word-- Click here and see for yourself.  Enter as a  guest.
• There will probably be no one there except at meeting times.  
• But feel free to look around.

And furthermore

• Other writing groups: come in any time and try it.  
• Teachers of writing: You are welcome to try it also.  
• No charge for trying the space.  
• There might be a charge if you need support.

• #VWEDU: update 10/24/2019: OpenSim conference seeks presenters. Free Ghost Story Radio Stream (Seanchai Library ). OpenSim land increase