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SLCC: Day Two (Really!), Second Life on HBO
Sorry about the title of yesterday's article (and the promise of more!) with the "day two" business. Friday's SLCC was mostly registration and socializing, and Saturday was Day One. Sunday, today, is Day Two. We all gathered in the International Ballroom, picked up all the swag from exhibitors, and were then treated to a preview of Douglas Gayeton's "The Diaries of Molotov Alva." This ten-part series of machinma have been picked up for broadcast on HBO. As if Second Life doesn't get enough publicity, this really blows the doors off and shows off what it's about!
Yesterday, I followed a number of panels on the Education track. Some important points:
Learning is collaborative not competitive.
Barry Joseph (GlobalKids Bixby) had a great presentation about Global Kids and Best Practices for SL Education by handing out parts of a puzzle and asking attendees to forms groups to put them together. It was the model by which they have kids work together and learn.
This leads very well into one of this morning's presentations about "social entrepreneurism" and that if begun at an early age blossoms into incredible impacts (think Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Philip Rosedale) in later life. This was the message of Youth Venture speaker, Adam Aberman, Director of Online Global Strategy. He talked about change-makers, "people who recognize a problem, and take it upon themselves to solve it." Also on this panel was a "change-maker" we all know and love, Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot) who talked about how her small central Illinois organization started out with a little rental unit and grew it into the information archipelago we all work on in SL!
If I should not be able to get back later today, I would like to remark about the community that has attended this convention: it consists of blue hairs and real blue hairs! The diversity of people here is breathtaking and includes people with disabilities, most notably, Simon Stevens (Simon Walsh), whose profile is placed elsewhere on this page. His story is a very potent illustration of the real power of Second Life in affecting real life.
I've gotten so much information and inspiration from this convention, my head is liable to explore. Nonetheless, I must return to the afternoon sessions!
Yesterday, I followed a number of panels on the Education track. Some important points:
Learning is collaborative not competitive.
Barry Joseph (GlobalKids Bixby) had a great presentation about Global Kids and Best Practices for SL Education by handing out parts of a puzzle and asking attendees to forms groups to put them together. It was the model by which they have kids work together and learn.
This leads very well into one of this morning's presentations about "social entrepreneurism" and that if begun at an early age blossoms into incredible impacts (think Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Philip Rosedale) in later life. This was the message of Youth Venture speaker, Adam Aberman, Director of Online Global Strategy. He talked about change-makers, "people who recognize a problem, and take it upon themselves to solve it." Also on this panel was a "change-maker" we all know and love, Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot) who talked about how her small central Illinois organization started out with a little rental unit and grew it into the information archipelago we all work on in SL!
If I should not be able to get back later today, I would like to remark about the community that has attended this convention: it consists of blue hairs and real blue hairs! The diversity of people here is breathtaking and includes people with disabilities, most notably, Simon Stevens (Simon Walsh), whose profile is placed elsewhere on this page. His story is a very potent illustration of the real power of Second Life in affecting real life.
I've gotten so much information and inspiration from this convention, my head is liable to explore. Nonetheless, I must return to the afternoon sessions!
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