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Some of my experiences on the Teen Grid in Second Life, as presented on 26-Feb-2008 at ISTE Island in Second Life
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Schooled: Confessions of an
Educator on the Teen Grid
KJ Hax aka Yankee Sparker (rl: Kevin Jarrett)
StoryofMySecondLife.com
Iste Island Speaker Series Presentation, 26-Feb-2008
Roadmap
• In The Beginning…• Where we are & How we Got Here• About the Schome Park Project• What’s Gone Well• What Could Have Been Better• Key Learnings• Other Teen Grid Projects
In the beginning…
http://tinyurl.com/yska59
http://tinyurl.com/3xpvcx
http://tinyurl.com/2nb8ba
Where We Are…
About Schome
Park
http://www.schome.ac.uk/
Schome Park Projects• Governance of the island - wiki page and discussion
– Building Department - wiki page and discussion – Community Liaison - wiki page
• Educational Activities (strands)- – Archaeology - wiki page and discussion – Ethics and Philosophy - SPii wiki page, SNP wiki page and
discussion – Physics - wiki page and discussion and more – Language Lovers - Language Lab wiki page – Machinima – Readers and Writers - Writers' Corner wiki page – Research - wiki page and discussion – Media and Design - Editing the newsletter – Space - Our satellite proposal
• Other community activities- – Artificial Intelligence - AI workshop. and AI Wiki Page – Schome Marina - wiki page – Theme Park - Wiki Page – Skate Park - Wiki Page
Did I mention it’s
FREE?
What’s Gone Well…
What Could Have Been
Better…
Key Learnings…(our after-
school club)
1.Specific objectives = good2.Frequent meetings = good3.Expect home connectivity
issues, have alternatives4.Be virtually realistic5.Expect some fallout6.Keep the faith!
Other Teen Grid
Projects…
• Schome Parkhttp://schome.open.ac.uk
• EyeforYou Alliancehttp://eye4youalliance.youthtech.info
• Skoolaboratehttp://www.skoolaborate.com
• Global Kidshttp://www.holymeatballs.org
• Chris Smith’s Teen Grid Projects Listhttp://tinyurl.com/2stdvw
Q&A
Thank You!