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Second Life and Communities of Practice Group Action Learning Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right now there's a group of us trying to do some action learning about how to facilitate virtual collaborative work and learning in Second Life. It was amazing because the participants spanned the globe - literally - we had representatives from UK, Spain, Denmark, Asia, Austraila, and US. I met with the group last week.

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Brighton Beach Brainstorm

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. Of course, Second Life is completely inaccessible to blind people right now. phenomena. When teacher is present, it's about textbook access.

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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

She studied the German, Czech, and Spanish languages and has lived and traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia, including Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Dress snazzy if you like, to be red-carpet ready.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Events, Twitters, and Green Web Hosting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. And, next week, nonprofits and bloggers in Southeast Asia and Cambodia will be gathering for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit.

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More on Burma - Protests in Real Life and Online

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Via Facebook updates, I learned from Tharum that Preetaim Rai, the Southeast Asia Editor for Global Voices, posts a roundup of protests and prayer vigils in neighboring countries. He points over to a post from Mean Lux in Cambodia and his flickr set.

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