October 23, 2008
Kickoff: Sheri Jaffurs and SIMphonic Island
Sheri Jaffurs, from University of Michigan Flint, spoke with us about the Teen Grid and her efforts there to establish a safe space for creative teen musicians to share and collaborate on creative musical works.
Music Making in the Cyber World: New Models of Education - SIMphonic Island, Wolverine Island.
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October 22, 2008
Kickoff: Bruce Maxim on UMD in SL and the Ford Grant
For the Wolverine Kickoff, Bruce Maxim introduced us to the University of Michigan Dearborn campus in Second Life, and the work going on to use Second Life to model and teach about food banks and social good in the real world.
Campus of Hope: Using the Virtual World to Improve Our World
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October 21, 2008
Kickoff: Gus Rosania on Research Tools and Collaborations in Second Life
At the Wolverine Kickoff, Gus Rosania talked about science and research collaborations, with a focus on this amazing tool he's created that takes data from a spreadsheet and creates a 3D visualization in Second Life, complete with images. Truly astounding!
A Real Life Research Tool in Second Life: PrimPlotter
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August 26, 2008
Rosania's Second Life Lab Highlighted in Science 2.0 Presentation
First I was delighted to see Jean-Claude Bradley and Andrew Lang's newest presentation appear in Slideshare; was delighted to see the range of Web 2.0 and social technologies illustrated. But then I noticed our very own Gus Rosania has his lab highlighted in the presentation. w00t! Way to go, Gus!
Here are the slides:
I have more pictures of Gus's lab and will try to get those posted.
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