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Original Entry from The Four Eyed Technologist blog @http://www.bretagdesigns.com/technologist/?p=168 

Oh, It is going to be SWEET!

 What if you could attend a conference that would give you everything you needed to know to get started exploring the possibilities for teaching, learning, and researching a wonderful instructional tool? What if I then told you it was FREE? Would you be interested?

Wait! There is more.What if I told you that you wouldn’t have to leave the comfort of your home? What if you could attend at your convenience? 

Well, that is what the Second Life Best Practice International Conference is offering any and all educators. On May 25, 2007 this conference will have exciting presentations, vendors, and exhibitors all within the world of Second Life for 24 hours straight and at no charge.

K-12 Portion

If you are sitting there saying, “not for me. I’m a K-12 educator”, STOP! This event is ideal for you even if it would be your first time in Second Life. I guarantee it!  Trust me, if you are thinking about Second Life either on your own professionally, as a classroom possibility, or as a fully immersed school, THIS IS A CAN’T MISS OPPORTUNITY!

There are tours, Q &A sessions, social events, and give aways. That doesn’t even include all the presentations geared specifically for the K-12 educators by schools immersed in the Second Life area including a Key Note Panel presentation headed by Peggy Sheehy of Suffern Middle School.

You have my word. You won’t regret coming to this conference EVEN if it is your first time in Second Life. Be sure to register today and join educators from around the world uniting to learn and grow together.

Technorati Tags: SLIC, Second Life, SL Best Practices

1. Mayuko Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
   May 7th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

   Thanks for the info. I’m a newbie to SL and very happy to finding the conference info. through David Warlick’s website. I’ll get used to SL navigation and will be there for the conference.

1. Mayuko Says:
   April 30th, 2007 at 9:08 pm

   So, it looks ilke people never change. I’m in a faculty development area in my college and have seen so many profs using the new technologies for the old purpose, namely, lectures. Welcome to the 21st Century - please leave your old teaching method behind.

Original Posting from Darren Kuropatwa’s blog

 http://adifference.blogspot.com/.

Pay Attention

It's called Pay Attention.

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My Response

Mayuko said...
I really like Darren Draper's presentation. It's well done, so powerful and amazing to know that a PowerPoint presentation can be so captivating. Of course, the content is really wonderful. I should share this with others. I've added this presentation (and wonderful resource page that comes with it) on my del.icio.us. Thanks for sharing.

From 2cents worth @http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2007/03/29/what-do-you-think/

I have been thinking about doing this for a while, adding a polling feature to 2¢ Worth.  Commenting is hard and time consuming, but taking a quick survey may be a better way to get people’s feelings about an issue.

A perfect issue came up this morning, with a link through EduTopia to this NYTimes article about schools and districts that are considering lengthening the school day in order to improve test scores.

Failing Schools See a Solution in Longer Day - New York Times:

States and school districts nationwide are moving to lengthen the day at struggling schools, spurred by grim test results suggesting that more than 10,000 schools are likely to be declared failing under federal law next year.

So, what do you think?  The survey widget to the right will likely remain there for about a week.  Please take the time to vote, yes or no, and check back every once in a while to see the results.

 My response

Mayuko said,

March 29, 2007 @ 10:39 pm
I also voted no for lengthening the day as all the kids I know already have super-busy schedule. However, I think lengthening school year as Heather briefly mentioned makes more sense to me. I grew up in Japan and our summer vacation was only 6 weeks and even that short break, we had to do some homework and book reviews to submit after summer vacation. Although it was not that much homework, it still helped me to retain what we learned in the previous year and also it was a good discipline for us to keep a regular study habit.