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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

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This widespread adoption of mobile phones as well as other mobile devices such as tablets, e-reader, etc. Virtual Environment and Avatars: Virtual learning environments bring the social interaction part of traditional classroom training into the e-learning world.

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

where you vote for one of the finalists in the NTEN Video Content or watch a machinima about Nonprofits in Second Life. General conclusion: culture shift before tech adoption, keep it simple, small steps, and focused on real needs. (It Random Thoughts on Life and Work points us to an excellent resource on wiki adoption patterns.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With video conferencing, broadband, and Second Life, well, we can all safely stay ensconced in our own virtual-reality-sensory-deprivation-tanks and just digitally dance the salsa at the next NTEN gathering.??? Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

as early adopters rather than the phenomenon being linked to youth." Vicky Davis, CoolCatTeacher Blog, writes about how it might be used in a classroom. The Second Life Community Convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago. Sean's take, "Innovations in online philanthropy is often attributed to ???young

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