2019 EDU: ART: Air painting. Doodleing in 3D. Skywriting without an airplane

Air painting.  Doodling in 3D. 
Skywriting without an airplane
I can show people what I imagine

A new product by Kayaker Magic lets you paint in OpenSim by creating balls and sticks in the air. You draw in the air with your cursor and the objects appear in living color.  Finger painting without the mess. And of course people can collaborate.   

• Watch on YouTube

This is a HUD that lets you paint balls, sticks and curves in the air around your avatar on Open Simulator. Wear the HUD, go into mouse-look mode, then paint lines in the air with your cursor and the left-mouse button. The resulting objects are full-perm and you can use them as a fun new way to build things in-world!

• Buy it here: Space Paint
• No muss, no fuss, no cleanup after.

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• The WEB home of Kayaker Magic
• Kaker Magic on the web

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• MUVE update 1/28/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 BIZ: THEME: EDU: Kitely offers themed "grids". Independent websites using Kitely tech but managed by an organization

Kitely offers themed "grids".  
Independent websites using Kitely tech 
but managed by the user organization

Introducing Kitely Organizations (private grids) that let schools and other organizations have their own 3D places with tech management by Kitely and student management by the school.

The Empty Classroom

• Themed grids are especially suited to schools.
• The school and its offerings would be the theme. 
• The grid would use the name of the school. 
• The school would manage the student activities.
• With Organizations, Kitely would do the tech work to run the grid.

Kitely organizations (virtual grids)

• Introducing Organizations (Virtual Grids)
• Organizations is in addition to the standard Kitely grid.
• It has no effect on the people in the current Kitely grid.
• Unless they want to produce content to support an organization.
• The main users of Organizations are likely ti be educators.
• They could buy educational products on Kitely Market for courses.
• They could rent educational regions for use in courses.
• Educational regions could be replicas of culturally relevant sites.
• Credentialed instructors might get positions as adjunct faculty.
• Adjunct faculty might bring their own instructional content or regions.

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• MUVE update 1/27/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 RP: HOBBY: Tessin: Themed place: roleplay adventure: Clothing, combat, crafting, farming

Tessin: Themed place: 
role play adventure: 
Clothing, combat, crafting, farming

Some of the offerings  of Tessin in support of roleplay.

Teleport board to places 

around the island

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Go there

• Hypergrid address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Tessin
• Put the HG address in the Find bar of the World Map., Click Find, TP
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• Tessin (Web Page)
• Tessin (Place in Kitely)
• Tessin is a 4X4 place, that is 1024 by 1024  (= 16 sims) 

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• Roleplaying is story telling.  
• In Tessin you can roleplay by yourself or with a group.  
• You can play as a combatant, craftsman, farmer, explorer, or time-traveler.
• Tessin: Themed place: roleplay adventure: sailing, combat, farming. Utrechtse Statenjacht

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• MUVE update 1/24/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 EDU: LIBR: How to use a blog to organize a developing themed collection of information

How to use a blog to organize 
a developing themed collection 
of  information

When we think of organizing a collection of information, we immediately think of a card catalog, a table of contents, or an index.  Or, if we are technical, a database or spreadsheet.  Here I suggest a middle ground, more modern than a card catalog, less technical than a spreadsheet. 

Multiple ways to organize

• The best way depends on the user's objective.
• We need a search capability that lets users organize to fit their needs.
• In developing an organization we need to encourage user input.
• Organization is to serve the user.

Advantages of collaborative blogs for organizing knowledge

• Blogs are familiar to all web users,
• Many hands make fast work.
• Blogs make stored knowledge easily available to everyone immediately.
• Blogs can get quick review and feedback (in comments).  
• Blogs can serve as archives.
• Blogs contents are available in Google search.
• Blogs can have their own (in site) search and key term support.
• Use auto-curation on your blogs

Contents

• Search on page: Ctrl+f gets search bar near the top.   
• Search planning
• Common patterns of organization
• Search offers user choice
•    Web search
•    Keywords
•    Hashtag
• Methods in books
•    Table of contents
•    Index
• Database
• Organizing blog: suggested design

• MUVE update 1/24/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 TKR 5 Minute Life Lessons with Yanis Varoufakis. Condensed to 1.5 min.

5 Minute Life Lessons with Yanis Varoufakis. 
Condensed to 1.5 min.

In this 5 minute (it's only a snappy 1.5 mins this time!) backstage interview, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis explains why we should all look for a deeper kind of happiness, how a fulfilled life equates to doing good things, and how life itself is inspirational.

• Watch on YouTube

• MUVE update 1/24/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 WW: Events: 3DWebWorldz holds entertainment events. Background information

3DWebWorldz holds entertainment events. 
Background information  

3DWebWorldz shows how to attend entertainment events in a 3D place on your browser.  Watch a live video stream and chat with your friends at the same time.  

Controls used during an event

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The controls

• To get the stream, you need the access code.
• The access code will appear in the lower left just before the event starts.
• Click the live events button to open the stream window
• There is a bar for you to paste in the access code. 
• Then click the join event button.
• Click the Region Chat button to chat with others in the audience.

To attend an event

• Just before the event go to: https://3dwebworldz.com/
• Yes, that is a web link.  You go to it as to any other web page.
• Click on it here, save it in your browser or on your desktop.  
• Or as ordinary text that you can paste into the address bar of your browser.
• Since there is an event starting, you will enter at the event venue.

To get information about such events

• Follow JWHEELS RECOMMENDS VIRTUAL WORLD ENTERTAINMENT

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• MUVE update 1/17/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2918 EDU: BIZ: The practical education. Avoid student debt. Go to college on the internet.

The practical education.  
Avoid student debt. 
Go to college on the internet.  

The Empty Classroom

How to avoid student debt

• Have rich parents or:
• Live at home while you go to junior college and work at a job.
• Develop the skill of managing your own learning
• Take courses on the internet.
• FIND THE BEST ONLINE COURSE PROVIDER FOR YOU
• Look for intern opportunities 
• Build a career portfolio demonstrating what you can do.
• Use your career portfolio in applications for a job or scholarship.
• Find Your Next Job: Employers who recognize the value of online education
• This plan only works for people who are self-directed and take initiative. 
• Some employers see that those are the kind of people they want to hire.
• Education is certification too:   Micro-credentials

• MUVE update 1/17/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 WW: EDU: Chalkboard Tool in 3DWebWorldz.com, Virtual World in a Web Browser

Chalkboard Tool in 3DWebWorldz.com: 
Virtual World in a Web Browser

Tutorial on how to use the real-time chalkboard in 3DWebWorldz.com (virtual world in a web browser). Essential tool for teachers, online classes, presentations and more.

• Watch on YouTube

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• 3DWebWorldz
• You can visit as a guest, without registering.
• Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary

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• MUVE update 1/17/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 VIDEO: EDU: A quick and easy way to get videos of performances in MUVEs (virtual worlds)

A quick and easy way to get videos 
of performances in MUVEs (virtual worlds)

A video capture method is described that offers quick and easy preparation of performance clips for posting, 

Example of easy video from a performance 

• Watch on YouTube
• Comedy channel--all easy video

Performances

• A technical presentation
• A comedy bit
• A single speech in a conference like OSCC
• A conversation among experts on a specific topic
• Length: 5 to 10 minutes

• MUVE update 1/17/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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2019 WRITE: BLOG: Use auto-curation on your blogs

Use auto-curation on your blogs

If your blog carries evergreen content, you want to think about curating it.  The best curation requires manual intervention, but auto-curating is always up-to-date.

• About curation
• Are some of your blog posts evergreen (of lasting interest)?
• If so, you want to help people to find them in the future. 
• Blogs stay available indefinitely.  
• Here are some ways you can help your readers find articles in your blog.

• MUVE update 1/17/2019 Murder for dessert, OpenSim Fest, blogs, voice

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