This is a video on how to make note cards in Open Sim.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
How To Create Landmarks In OpenSim
This video will teach you how to create landmarks, that let you instantly teleport to that place.
Our New Youtube Channel
We have just created a Youtube channel, and it would be great if you would go check it out! We basically talk to everyone in our class about what they are doing each week on our island, and what they have learned, and contributed. We are just getting started, and our videos improve, as we go. The more we do, the better we get. We plan to video each of our groups each week, so we will be updating and uploading more videos very frequently. We appreciate your support.
Friday, February 13, 2009
How To Create New Body Shapes In Open Sim
This is a video that shows you how to create new body shapes in Open Sim
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Reflections from 3rd period Class
Listen to our terraforming team talk about our island, the uses of Open Sim in schools, and their vision of what they'd like to see happen. Also, hear the reflections of the other students about their work in virtual worlds.
This is a great group of students and they are doing wonderful work! We're getting ready to start on their book. So, what am I teaching them, what are my objectives?
Actually, this Island building is a continuation of digital citizenship but is also part of the time management, working with people, leadership module I teach in January / Early February. Usually it is lecture based with a few student hands on exercises -- now it is a live experience full of project management and people skills work that they have to do. Totally different! (You'll see Miller talk about this.)
What is next?
Next, we're going to be learning advanced collaboration features in Word and also Excel and charting. How will we do it? We're going to write a book on digital citizenship and require each chapter to have an author and an editor and some piece of authentic research and charting in each chapter. Same objectives, but the workbook is gathering dust on the shelf.
This is a struggle to move to this method, even for me, as my assessment methods must change and I must look at the whole world differently. But, PBL - project based learning is totally different.
Just listen to Miller in the video talk about creating "lesson plans" for the island and how she is creating a lesson plan to construct a self-teaching environment in the OpenSim -- I am spending a lot of time with her developing how to do this so I can learn how to do it myself.
Boy, this is a tough transition but it is so rewarding. It is the RIGHT way to teach but I wish I could read it in a book. Oh well, it is not in a book - People like Peggy Sheehy, Kevin Jarrett, and Beth Ritter- Guth, Chris Dede and his Amazing Harvard RiverCity Project are my book. You are the book.
We are the book. I love the vision that all of these students cast for how these worlds can be used in teaching. For example, a Tale of Two Cities - a tough book to understand - one class learn to use OpenSim and create world - The Tale of Two Cities - yes it would take a month or so - but then, the students coming after would take a day or two to learn in deep ways all about the Tale of Two Cities. We share. We work together.
This is a great group of students and they are doing wonderful work! We're getting ready to start on their book. So, what am I teaching them, what are my objectives?
Actually, this Island building is a continuation of digital citizenship but is also part of the time management, working with people, leadership module I teach in January / Early February. Usually it is lecture based with a few student hands on exercises -- now it is a live experience full of project management and people skills work that they have to do. Totally different! (You'll see Miller talk about this.)
What is next?
Next, we're going to be learning advanced collaboration features in Word and also Excel and charting. How will we do it? We're going to write a book on digital citizenship and require each chapter to have an author and an editor and some piece of authentic research and charting in each chapter. Same objectives, but the workbook is gathering dust on the shelf.
This is a struggle to move to this method, even for me, as my assessment methods must change and I must look at the whole world differently. But, PBL - project based learning is totally different.
Just listen to Miller in the video talk about creating "lesson plans" for the island and how she is creating a lesson plan to construct a self-teaching environment in the OpenSim -- I am spending a lot of time with her developing how to do this so I can learn how to do it myself.
Boy, this is a tough transition but it is so rewarding. It is the RIGHT way to teach but I wish I could read it in a book. Oh well, it is not in a book - People like Peggy Sheehy, Kevin Jarrett, and Beth Ritter- Guth, Chris Dede and his Amazing Harvard RiverCity Project are my book. You are the book.
We are the book. I love the vision that all of these students cast for how these worlds can be used in teaching. For example, a Tale of Two Cities - a tough book to understand - one class learn to use OpenSim and create world - The Tale of Two Cities - yes it would take a month or so - but then, the students coming after would take a day or two to learn in deep ways all about the Tale of Two Cities. We share. We work together.
Friday, February 6, 2009
See our video reflections about Digiteen Island
The second period class reflects on Digiteen Island, their learning, the usefulness of this tool in schools, and how OpenSims can be used in other subjects.
Tomorrow, we'll share the third period reflection. We ustreamed this live during class today. Expect a live ustream most Fridays from this awesome class. They are so busy working that they don't have a lot of time to blog.
Tomorrow, we'll share the third period reflection. We ustreamed this live during class today. Expect a live ustream most Fridays from this awesome class. They are so busy working that they don't have a lot of time to blog.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
How to create clothes in OpenSim
In this video I will show you how to create clothes avatar in OpenSim. (We use the Hippo OpenSim viewer.)
How To Create Gestures in Open Sim (may also work in SL)
This is a video on how to create gestures for your avatar in OpenSim. (We use the Hippo Open Sim viewer.)
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