2017 PEOPLE: HELP: Interested in virtual worlds? Don't start there. Start with people. Metaverse communities

Interested in virtual worlds? Don't start there.    
Start with people.   Metaverse communities. 
Updated 1/24/2017

Virtual worlds are made of people.  Find out what happens in virtual worlds by listening to the people.  You can listen to them in Google communities. Just join a community that interests you.     You can see the pictures they take.  You can see the videos they make.  You can talk to the people there.  You can even get help in coming into a virtual world. 

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• Virtual worlds are really made of people.  So start with  people.  
• Those avatars have real people behind them.  
• And we talk a lot in public--on the web.
• So drop in on us, see what we are doing.
• You'll find out why we are interested in virtual worlds.
• Google communities are a good place to start.  
• After the break, I give links to some of the communities in virtual worlds
• See if any of those match your interests, join them, ask what is going on
• To search this page on Google Chrome, press Ctrl+f.  Type search term in bar, upper right. 

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Kerouac & Beat Poetry Short Poetry Workshop Tue, 3/15 7pm SLT 

Because this week is Jack Kerouac’s birthday, the Short Poetry Workshop will celebrate with poets across the world by performing Beat Poetry in the style of Kerouac. Join us at the Short Poetry Library to learn, write and share the Beat.

Go there

• 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/ 

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Hobo Reserved Sandbox on Kitely
• Selby's daily news collection
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2016 VIDEO: PEOPLE: Tropical island to Grand Canyon, digital moon to snow-capped mountains. Sight-seeing is better with friends

Tropical island to Grand Canyon, 
digital moon to snow-capped mountains.
Sight-seeing is better with friends

Virtual worlds let someone create replicas of huge sight-seeing vistas.  But would you go to Grand Canyon by yourself?  Alone?  The Drax files gets the key.  Elegant replicas of scenic vistas that you can walk around in, that you can visit with your friends.  Sure, the real thing would be even more attractive, but how often can you go there?  You can visit you virtual replica any time, with any friends.   

• Watch on YouTube

"People feel a sense of presence in Second Life without any fancy input devices simply because they are touched by the relationships with others they have in the moment. I help them to feel they belong there by making their surroundings real and beautiful!"

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2016 EDU: PEOPLE: 9th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2016 poster sessions (2)

9th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2016 poster sessions (2)

The VWBPE Conference is a completely virtual conference that is conducted using simulated environments. Participants experience the conference through a virtual reality type setting including conference rooms, theatres, exposition halls, meeting spaces, and other types of venues similar to a brick and mortar type conference.  The conference is free to attend. The cost of the conference is covered by sponsorship and donations.

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• 9th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
• VWBPE Video collection
• 9th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education poster sessions (1)
• VWBPE Video collection

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2016 EDU: PEOPLE: 9th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education2016 poster sessions (1)

9th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2016 poster sessions (1)

The VWBPE Conference is a completely virtual conference that is conducted using simulated environments. Participants experience the conference through a virtual reality type setting including conference rooms, theatres, exposition halls, meeting spaces, and other types of venues similar to a brick and mortar type conference.  The conference is free to attend. The cost of the conference is covered by sponsorship and donations.

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• 9th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education

2016 PROMO: EDU: Own your own Dinosaur, virtually! (Virtual is better than real in this case)

Own your own Dinosaur, virtually!  
(Virtual is better than real in this case)

For the kid who wants to be a paleontologist, for the teacher of  introductory ecology, for the producer of adventure videos, for anyone who wants to keep pets in an apartment, virtual is the way to go.  

• Watch on YouTube
• Anyone for dinosaurs? Hunt them, study them, make movies of them...
• Murassic Park. Be your own dinosaur

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2016 WRITE: Writers of the virtual worlds: Author Doug Green. Speculative fiction on the internet.

Writers of the virtual worlds: Author Doug Green. Speculative fiction on the internet

With nearly every new story or movie being a reboot of a previous hit, the public is hungry for new ideas, new worlds, new universes to explore.  Such is the case with the science fiction novel 'Awakening' written by Douglas Green. 'Awakening' takes a fresh look at human history, and alien intervention throughout mankind's evolution.

• Invited post by author Doug Green
• I am interested in posting more articles by authors who are active in virtual worlds.
• If you are a publishing author using virtual worlds in any way,
• contact me in the comments section of this article. 
• Doug has built up a large group of friends in virtual worlds.
• Friends can help friends promote books.
• The images shown here could have been partly prepared in virtual worlds.
• /s/ Selby Evans

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Pi-Archimedes Short Poetry Workshop- Tue-3/8,7pm SLT 

Because next Monday is March 14, the Short Poetry Workshop presents the Pi-Archimedes form. It is 6 line poetry form based on Pi calculated to 6 numbers. Join us for this short poetry form and learn, write and share your Pi Archimedes

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2016 EDU: Learning objectives are for the learners. Not just for instructional designers

Learning objectives are for the learners  
Not just for instructional designers.
Updated 9/8/2016

Learning objectives tell you what the developer expects a person to be able to do after completing the instruction.  If those objective match what you want (or need) to be able to do, the instruction may match your goals.  And you will know when you are finished. 

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Yeah.  What you want to learn.  The people who design instruction units decide what people are supposed to learn from the unit.  But you can choose the units you will study.

• The Science of Learning Objectives – Part 1
• Importance of Learning Objectives in eLearning
• 4 Ways of Presenting Learning Objectives in Online courses – Infographic 
• Learning how to learn | Barbara Oakley | TEDxOaklandUniversity

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2018 HG: PEOPLE: Exploring the Hypergrid: tours, destinations, addresses, communication.

Exploring the hypergrid:   
tours, destinations, addresses, communication
Updated 9/11/2018

What you need to know to explore the Hypergrid: Community tours, how to find and use addresses, how to communicate with people on other grids

HG Safari Clubhouse

• Hypergrid Safari (G+ Community)
• Metaverse tours

Hypergridding has changed the face of OpenSim. It has opened doors and forged friendships across grids. As much as it's still a work in progress, the possibility to visit 'foreign countries' is one of the most intriguing, challenging, and fascinating aspects of OpenSim. ... OpenSim has blossomed into a cross pollination of creativity, and created in many a sense of belonging to the whole hyperverse, rather than just one niche.-- Pings from the afterlife

2016 HOBBY: First water skiing In Open Simulator (Vehicles)

First Water skiing In Open Simulator

Well-known scripter Ricardo Sorciere shows and describes his development of a system for water skiing in OpenSim.

• Watch on YouTube
• Ricardo Sorciere 

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2016 ART: VIDEO: NEW: Avatar Repertory Theater starts community promotion. HG projects

Avatar Repertory Theater starts community promotion.  
HG projects

Communities in virtual worlds can promote their activities to the public.  If they have activities unrelated to the public image of virtual worlds, they may be better suited to promote their activities than are the grids.  Avatar Repertory Theater (ART) is especially suited to produce promotional content because it includes writers, bloggers, and video producers.  This article reports on a project to promote ART activities to outworlders who are interested in some aspect of theater or video production.  These people will have no interest in coming into a virtual world to be in a virtual world, but they may be interest in coming into a virtual world to be in theater or video.  

New Theater by A.R.T.

• This is not about virtual worlds; it is about theater in virtual worlds.
• So our question is are you interested in theater?
• Are you interested in performing with a group of other actors?   
• Are you interested in performing under an experienced director? 
• Are you interested in showing your voice-acting in videos?
• Are you interested in writing for actors who will want to perform your work?
• Are you looking for a way to do those things right now? 
• Are you interested in building sets that will appear in videos? 
• If you find any of those opportunities attractive, 
• you want to find out about Avatar Repertory Theater.
• And how you can be a part of theater right in your own home.  
• We are located on the Hypergrid on Kitely.

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