2015 EDU: PEOPLE: The Always Educational Conference. For the Always education communities of the future.

The Always Educational Conference.  
For the Always education communities of the future.

Virtual worlds have people in many different time zones.  Interest groups, such as educators, can't all get together at the same time.  On the other hand, we can easily visit the same virtual world build or web site several times a day.  Here are suggestions on how to combine the benefits of virtual worlds with the advantages of social media to get the communication benefits of conferences on a persistent and low cost basis.     

• Last January I pointed out that virtual worlds called for a rethinking of conventions:
• Unconventional thinking about conventional conventions in the virtual worlds.
• A recent meeting of VWER discussed the problem smaller scale communication.
• Educators in virtual worlds are always doing things.  
• We always have things to report on.  
• VWER meets once a week.  We are never without news 
• We don't need an annual conference, we need an Always Conference

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• What would an Always Conference be like?
• Look below the break

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

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• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2012 THERAPY: GAME: EDU: Games help kids fight cancer

Games help kids fight cancer

Scientific research shows that specially designed games can improve cancer treatment adherence and boost self-efficacy.

• Watch on YouTube

A look at Re-Mission 2 games, designed to help kids and young adults with cancer take on the fight of their lives. Play now at www.re-mission2.org.

Research

PLAY WITH PURPOSE

Scientific research shows that specially designed games can improve cancer treatment adherence and boost self-efficacy.
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Re-Mission 2 games incorporate key insights from groundbreaking HopeLab research evaluating the psychological and biological impact of the original Re-Mission video game, as well as extensive work with young people with cancer to understand aspects of game play that appeal most to players.
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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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2015 VIDEO: COMEDY: Flying Saucers Return: A pilot (Episode 1): a product of virtual worlds

Flying Saucers Return: A pilot (Episode 1),
a product of virtual worlds 
Updated 8/3/2015

Released: The pilot (first episode) of  a comedy version of the Flying Saucer epics popular in the last century.  A proof of concept about what we can do in the virtual worlds of this century.  This episode was written, cast and "filmed" in virtual worlds.    All sets were built in virtual worlds and the action was captured by machinima.    

• Watch on YouTube
• The promo

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• The other promo
• Letitia meets the press. Promotion 1 for: Flying Saucers Return
• Both promos were captured in Second Life.

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• Now watch the pilot (Episode 1)
• Flying Saucers Return--High Definition Version
• If this will not play for you, try the YouTube version
• A video product of New Media Arts, Inc.
• Filmed on Location in the virtual world of Kitely

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• Flying Saucers Return at Last! -- Tymmerie Thorne

2015 EDU: BioTown, an active Biology curriculum build

 BioTown, an active Biology curriculum build

A working learning area in OpenSim. BioTown is an active Biology curriculum build. It is a virtual learning management system, with the content for the class spread out spatially, and information housed in in-world items that the students interact with at their own pace. It features informal assessment areas, a formal assessment area and a project display area. The entire Biology curriculum fits within a single learning region. (High School)

Arrival point

Click image to enlarge

• HG:  Paste line below into World Map, next to Find, click Find, TP
• showcase.bio-se.info:9000:showcase

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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2015 VIDEO: ART: Fest'Avi 2015. Video as abstract art. Do you have a wall TV?

Fest'Avi 2015.  Video as abstract art.  

Paint and canvas are no longer enough.  Not since we got digital tools.  Now it is virtual and video.  And social media is also useful.   Do you have a wall TV?

• Watch on YouTube
• Abstract art
• Fuschia Nightfire
• More Video: Raw footage

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• Fest'Avi June 6th 2015
• HG: Paste the line below in your World Map, next to Find, Click Find, TP
• hg.francogrid.org:80:FestAvi 2015

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News and Notes

Genre-Hip Hop Poetry Workshop-Tue 7/7, 7pm SLT 

This week Arabella Nemeth is guest host for the Genre-Hip Hop Short Poetry Workshop. In Genre Poetry, we expand our use of language in creating poetry by imitating a genre found in another media, like film, books, television, or music. In this workshop, we will write poetry in the hip hop or rap style. So join us at the Short Poetry Library to learn, write and share your Hip Hop poems

• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the Viewer screen: 
• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/160/134/21/ 

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 HELP: Scripting Showcase Trail, Acryline Erin

Scripting Showcase Trail, Acryline Erin

HG Safari highlights Acryline Erin on Scripting ShowcaseTrail

• Watch on YouTube

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 COMEDY: VIDEO: Improv at Lauren's Place, showing anyone can be a comic.

Improv at Lauren's Place, 
showing anyone can be a comic.

What do we do in virtual worlds?  Lauren's place every Tuesday at 5 pm SLT.  A team of about 8 comics.  Here are some videos.

• Watch on YouTube

• Lauren's place, Tuesdays, 5 pm SLT (California time)
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen: 
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/124/241/22
• Watch later: Lauren's channel

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015: ART: Art in sound and sight. Imagine it on that big vid screen on your wall!

Art in sound and sight.  Imagine it on that big vid screen on your wall!
Updated 7/31/2015

Morlita Quan is an originator at the forefront of virtual visual and audio art. She is the vanguard of a movement inspiring many new artists in SL as well as real life. Pictures from a concert in Kitely, with Fuschia Nightfire providing the visual decorations.

• Watch on YouTube
• Cherry Magna
• Morlita Quan
• Fuschia Nightfire

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• The Hypergrid Safari visited Cookie II on Wednesday. 
• Morlita Quan! 2 PM Pacific (SLT) Wed., June 24th! 
• Visual effects by Fuschia Nightfire
• Wizards Retreat on Cookie II on Kitely Grid
• HyperGrid teleport: grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
• Event managed by Roxy Gellar
• Event and Cookie II sponsored by New Media Arts

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 HG: PEOPLE: WIP Show at Hobo Sandbox on Cookie II, Kitely

WIP Show at Hobo Sandbox on  Cookie II, Kitely
Updated 7/31/2015

Work in Progress on the Hypergrid.  The WIP show helps keep up with it.  About once a week, we meet to hear content creators show and tell about something they are working on (or have finished and are marketing or distributing).  Questions, answers, suggestions, pictures.

• Watch on YouTube

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• Location: Hobo Sandbox on the Cookie II region on Kitely. 
• HG:  Paste the line below into the world map next to Find.  Click Find, TP.
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II 
• Arrive: Walk into the Hobo Sandbox door at the Arrival Center
• or use the Firestorm Hop now that you are in Kitely. 
• (paste Firestorm Hop in Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter
• Firestorm Hop:  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/56/377/22
• Time: 1st and 3rd Fri./2nd and 4th Sun. of month, noon Pacific Coast time
• Show will last no more than one hour.  
• Google Community: The Hypergrid WIP Show
• Organizer and MC: Serene Jewell

2015 HELP: WRITE: How to make dancing cows and other tales of the NPCs

How to make dancing cows 
and other tales of the NPCs
Updated 7/6/2015

In the first tutorial Nara Malone shows how easy it is to set up an NPC (Non Player Character). In the second tutorial Nara shows how easy it is to set up an NPC (Non Player Character) pet which will follow you around.  In the third tutorial Nara shows how easy it is to change an NPC (Non Player Character) dance partner in the Paramour Clubmaster Dance Machine.

• Watch on YouTube

In this first tutorial Nara shows how easy it is to set up an NPC (Non Player Character).

• The 'Easy NPC Kit' can be obtained from Nara's Nook Learning Lab:
• HG address: Put line below in World Map, next to Find.  Click Find, TP
• world.narasnook.com:8900:Pandora

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• Script for NPC poseball by Aine Caoimhe.
• Peregrine Hawk assisted in demo
• Cow Avtars by Fred Beckhusen