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10 year old article on the value of virtual worlds in online ed...lessons still to learn.

This Special Interest Group welcomes educators, administrators, and educational technologists who are interested in the development of any 3D Virtual Environment platform for connection and collaboration. We intend to be a valuable pivot point for all things virtual environment.

What is EduCon 2.2? EduCon 2.2 is both a conversation and a conference. And it is not a technology conference. It is an education conference. It is, hopefully, an innovation conference where we can come together, both in person and virtually, to discuss the future of schools. Every session will be an opportunity to discuss and debate ideas -- from the very practical to the big dreams.

BackChannel and ChatEdit Chatzy TinyChat Today's Meet Gabbly CoveritLive Six Tips to Enhance Your Next Meeting (Steve Hargadon) UStream LiveStream Pal Bee FreeConferenceCall.com WiZiQ (virtual classroom and quizzes) For more check the microblogging page

Many of the underlying standards that define modern e-mail technology were originally developed in the 1980s. Almost 30 years after the birth of SMTP, e-mail is still the dominant Internet communication medium despite its significant limitations and increasingly anachronistic design. Supplementary services like instant messaging and microblogging have emerged to fill in some of the gaps, but virtually no attempts have been made to build a holistic replacement for e-mail. Our most important day-to-day messaging infrastructure remains intractably mired in antiquity

"Welcome to Moodle Central, the central repository for anything I've written or encountered regarding the use of Moodle in K-16 teaching and learning virtual spaces. On this page, you'll find some presentations I've prepared, links to articles, Moodle tips, and notes from conference/workshop sessions I've attended regarding Moodle. All is shared under CC-NC-SA-Attrib copyright.Subscribe via RSS to this Page - external image rss.gif"

"Welcome to Moodle Central, the central repository for anything I've written or encountered regarding the use of Moodle in K-16 teaching and learning virtual spaces. On this page, you'll find some presentations I've prepared, links to articles, Moodle tips, and notes from conference/workshop sessions I've attended regarding Moodle"

These biology mini-lessons are illustrated with interactive Web animation. The Adobe Flash plug-in is required for these click and learn features. Download it free from Adobe.com.