2014 COMEDY: VIDEO: A Little Bit Kinky with Magnus Brody

A Little Bit Kinky with Magnus Brody

Catch me at "Lauren's Place" on Cookie Island, Second Life.  Every Tuesday at 5:00 PM SL time.http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/130/239/22

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More comedy at 

• Lauren's comedy archive by Geo Meek

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• The Machinima 48 Hour Film Project,  Details here 
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2014 ART: VIDEO: 'TRANSCENDING BORDERS' Aqua ponders? What if.. UWA entry 2014

'TRANSCENDING BORDERS' Aqua ponders? What if.. UWA entry 2014

This video uses the art of the UWA Art challenge for a video in the UWA Machinima challenge  

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• UWA 3D Art & MachinimUWA VII - Last Day Surge

Special thanks to the 3d artists in the UWA contest this year: PaleIllusion, Spiral Silverstar, Soror Nishi, Ama Avro and to Nezzy/Imp Twilight's Edge sim designer for their wonderful artistry. Also thanks to UWA, Inspire Space Park, and Starfall's Twilight's Edge sim.

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• L$1 Mil+ UWA 3D ART & MACHINIMA GRAND FINALE 
• The 8th Annual VWBPE conference calls for proposals
• You judge: MACHINIMUWA VII: Top prize 20,000 Lindens
• The Machinima 48 Hour Film Project,  Details here 
• Univ. of Delaware NATIONAL AGENDA 2014 Speaker Series 
• THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library
• Psykopaint
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2014 STAGE: The Drax Files: World Makers: MadameThespian Underhill

The Drax Files: World Makers: 

 MadameThespian Underhill

"The value for older people" she says, "is wonderful because of the ability to interact with other people from all over the world of other ages. You are being judged by what you say - the pure essence of who you are!"

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By Draxtor Despres
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"Second Life levels the playing field when we interact with each other", says actress MadameThespian Underhill who directs the virtual reality theatre troupe Avatar Repertory Theatre in SL. 
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A.R.T has been performing live theatre in the virtual world since 2008 with a cast that spans all generations and [physical] locations. 
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Professional TV and stage actors mingle with dedicated hobbyists and community theatre buffs to dress up their colorful avatars in homemade sets to produce drama, comedy, musical and improvisational theatre for a global avatar audience.
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In addition to the creative possibilities that a digital universe such as Second Life holds, MadameThespian is enthusiastic about its social aspects as well:
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"The value for older people" she says, "is wonderful because of the ability to interact with other people from all over the world of other ages. You are being judged by what you say - the pure essence of who you are!"
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And so you can often see the likes of Thinkerer Melville, 85, well-known benefactor of the arts in Second Life enjoying inter-generational dialogue with Madame and Mike Denneny, who at 22 years old is already a veteran in the virtual realm, having started as an entrepreneur on the Teen Grid in 2005.
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The theatre a place to express a deeper kind of truth about the human condition? Certainly a tradition in physical "reality" but increasingly one that has impacted virtual reality just as much!

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• Univ. of Delaware NATIONAL AGENDA 2014 Speaker Series 
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2015 EDU: Learn English Network Academy: Kitely, Second Life. Free.

Learn English Network Academy: 
Kitely, Second Life.  Free.
Updated 1/10/2015

How we will learn languages in the future is not the way we learned them in the past.  And in virtual worlds, the future has arrived. 

Quick and easy starters: Skype and Google+

• Try these places to get started in LEN Academy 
• Learn English on Google+ community
• Learn English on Google Plus
• Learn English on Skype
• Then go on to Immersive learning (below)

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2014 TKR: Multiple intelligences. Where are your strengths?

Multiple intelligences.  Where are your strengths?

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You have all of these intelligences.  You are above average on some.  And below average on some others.  Perhaps knowing about them will help you with some choices.

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• Multiple intelligences
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen: 
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Inspiration%20Island/51/46/23

Welcome to my interactive build of 8 of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.  -- Zotarah Shepherd.

• Use your head! They always tell you that. They never tell you how

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2014 EDU: BIZ: Need online courses for professional development or continuing education? A study

Need online courses for professional development
or continuing education? A study

The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacy of designing outcomes-based online professional development and continuing education courses for adult learners.

• Many professions require continuing education courses.
• To advance in a profession people may need professional development courses.
• Such people may find online courses attractive.  
• Study at home, on your own time schedule.
• People in virtual worlds would surely be interested in such online courses.  
• If the courses fit their needs.   

• If you need courses of this kind,
• Dr. Leticia De León, Associate Professor 
• in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction 
• at The University of Texas-Pan American 
• asks that you respond to a survey
• to tell about your needs.
• The survey should take no more than 5-10 minutes to complete.

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2014 OPENSIM: OSCC, OpenSimulator Community Conference, exhibits (2)

OpenSimulator Community Conference, 
exhibits and notes 

The OpenSimulator Community Conference is an annual conference that focuses on the developer and user community of OpenSimulator software. Organized as a joint production by AvaCon and the Overte Foundation, the virtual conference features two days of presentations, workshops, keynote sessions, and social events across diverse sectors of the OpenSimulator user base.

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OSCC had so many interesting exhibits I had to break them up into two parts to report on them.  Here is part two.

2014 EDU: Immersive Teaching and Learning Environments. UT at El Paso

Immersive Teaching and Learning Environments.  
University of Texas at El Paso
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Academic Technologies (AT) at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a client-centered, project-based department that creates, facilitates, and/or integrates technology solutions for teaching and learning at UTEP. 

This includes consulting with faculty about instructional design and curriculum development using technology, workshops and academies on all aspects of teaching and learning with technology, software programming, graphic design, digital media and database production, learner-centered online and face to face classroom design, and multimodal, multi-delivery (tech-enhanced, hybrid and fully online) teaching and learning.

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2014 HYPERGRID: EDU: Pirate's Atoll: Hypergrid hub? Travel for the hypergrid generation

Pirate's Atoll:  Hypergrid hub?  
About connections in the Hypergrid  
Updated 9/12/2015

Pirate's Atoll makes full use of the hypergrid.  Visitors are to arrive by Hypergrid.  And lots of hypergrid destinations are offered on signs.  There may be a direct arrival route for registered residents, but little reason for use by the Hypergrid generation. 

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Go there

• HG address: Paste the line below into the World Map next to Find.  Click Find. TP
• login.digiworldz.com:8002:Pirates Atoll
• If you are just entering the hypergrid generation, remember to press enter.
• Pirate’s Atoll grid moves to DigiWorldz
• Web page: Pirate’s Atoll on the hypergrid
• Tortuga (Haiti) 
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2014 STAGE: SHAKESPEARE BY REQUEST-- A.R.T. Friday, Nov, 21stm 5pm SLT

SHAKESPEARE BY REQUEST

The people have spoken! Join us tonight and enjoy some inspiring command performances from the works of the Bard as presented by our Company members.  Works from the Shakespearean canon being represented include: TWELFTH NIGHT, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, HENRY V, HAMLET, and more.

• SHAKESPEARE BY REQUEST
• Friday Nov. 21. at 5 pm SLT
• Live theater, presented in voice
• Free.  Donations welcomed.

• At A.R.T.'s Theater on Cookie 

• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen: 
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/198/205/21

Cast

• Ada Radius
• MadamThespian Underhill
• Corwyn Allen
• Kayden Oconnell
• Caledonia Skytower 

For announcements about Avatar Repertory Theater (ART) and ART Plays Around, Join  this Google+ Community: 

• Avatar Repertory Theater

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