This was originally posted through using ListGarden to create the feed link and index page. This is my first podcast — on, what other than…Podcasting! First inspired by running into the word “podcast” on Yahoo! I then found a book on Podcasting. Now…here I am! This podcasts tells the hardware, software, and process used to…
Author: Lori
Second Life — Educational Possibilities
I went to a conference last Spring and saw OpenCroquet. Thought it was interesting, but a lot of work. At the time, they mentioned Second Life. I didn’t pay a lot of attention to it — thinking someday. Well someday is today. I was assigned to teach a course called “Intro to Game Development.” After…
Second Life Proposal
Well, I thought about Second Life some more, and saw the educational possibilities. So, I put in and IDEAS proposal at our college to get a litle seed money to buy an island and put a classroom, campus, district into Second Life. There are some upcoming conferences that I hope will help, and a lot…
Religion in Second Life
As a Noob, I did purchase some land because I wanted to build and create my permanence in Second Life. Well, I had a free house that was really quite fancy with moving blinds and a fireplace and everything! I found my spot of land and purchased it, but right after I did I was…
Summer and Second Life
The teaching year is over for 2006-07, and it is on to my pet projects. This summer it is Second Life, and getting a presence for the Eastern Iowa Community College District. Tomorrow, May 25th there is a SL Conference on Best Practices in Education. It is held from midnight to midnight! Hope I don’t…
Welcome to My Blog!
What an original title for this post! Well, I hope to use this blog in my never-ending struggle to become paperless! I plan to post things here as I think of them, and as I find a need to save this information in a place where I can find it again — and again —…
Off to Second Life!
Well, I am about ready to journey to Chicago to a “Real World/Virtual World” Conference. The conference is the Second Life Community Conference, but we are meeting F2F. I have high hopes of hooking up with other educators to spring my IDEAS project to life. I have not yet purchased our college’s island as I…
13 Necessary Skills for All Learners
In 1995, the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) identified 13 characteristics that all learners should possess. These are "real life applications" that are critical skills needed beyond the 3 "R’s." They were adopted by the ABI Board in February 1996, but they still hold true today. All learners should know and be able…
Keyboard Shortcuts
As a former mainframe programmer, I was always using keyboard shortcuts (we had no mouse!). So, I continue to discover and use keyboard shortcuts for my work. I have heard that using keyboard shortcuts will enhance your computer prouductivity by 40%! Here are some of my favorites for Windows and Windows Applications: Cut, Copy, Paste…
This is it — at last!
I have finally decided that this is it! I am sticking to this to keep track of all my thoughts and insights. It might be a tad eclectic, but you have to admit that it is fun! I have chosen WordPress as my tool. It promised a 5-minute install — and that is all it…