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Course reflection is an important part of the learning process.

At the UnSymposium - we spent some time and came up with a CFP for a Games and Simulation Fest for VWBPE! The crowd thought it was especially important to celebrate creativity and user created content whether it was in a very open system like Second Life or if it was developing additional quests for World of Warcraft.

An epic (from theGreek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos) "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetry "Be all Epic and stuff." a classroom mantra in Mrs. Sheehy's WoW in School http://wowinschool.pbworks.com.

Inworldz is a free virtual world based on the OpenSim software. Here are the basics to getting started.

Read and download presentations by Cynthia Calongnen (aka Lyr Lobo), a resource that should not be abused. Please do not use/take/steal without the proper citation and acknowledgment to the creator. She has spent a considerable amount of time to make these and has graciously offered her presentations as tools for teachers and educators to use and teach with. DO NOT ABUSE!

Machinima entitled "Crumple's Pet Skunk Tutorial. Created in LegoUniverse by an Elementary Student under the instruction of Knowclue Kidd.

The VWBPE MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) is a "afterglow space" or "work out room" for out- of-conference REFLECTION and "muscle strengthening." REFLECTION is a "best practice" IN EDUCATION. Get your teaching muscles buffed! J Upon reflection, educators may find they experience some of the same frustrations that students face (not enough time to fully process important data).

EVE Online is a battle, strategy simulation virtual world. EveOnline is centered around "New Eden," outer space in the distant future. Players are pilots of their own spaceships and can specialize in a myriad of skills. Here are the basics to getting started.