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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

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Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She is using the virtual media capabilities in Second Life , among others, to navigate her continued research. Success in Second Life.

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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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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Jeska Linden in flickr Jeska Linden (Jeska Dzwigalski) is the Community Manager for Linden Lab , the creators of the virtual world Second Life , where she has worked since the summer of 2004. on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life.

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Play2Train: The Island Where Anything Can Go Wrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One form of online learning that Second Life and virtual worlds platforms are particularly well suited for is simulations. The Whose on Second Podcast has an interview with Ramesh Ramloll who is technical director and Neill Piland the overall director of the Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program, IBAPP for short.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

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His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. When I asked Jason why he is interested in so many different NPTech things, he said it’s probably because he spent his formative years in Kitchener Waterloo in West Ontario where he went to Wilfrid Laurier University. Silicon Valley North.

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MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning Briefing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But wait a second, I could attempt to live blog remotely. because the session will take place in Second Life and will also be webcasted. Second Life: NMC Campus Amphitheater (number 5 on the map) (see picture of me above) (NOTE: Please join "NMC Guests" group for access to Amphitheater).

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Why is Shirley Williams My Number 1 Top Friend on Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She is the head of information systems at the University of Reading in the UK. We've participated in online collaboration experiments in Second Life and we are friends on Facebook. Our family is not wealthy, so coming up with the $1,000 donation to the Sharing Foundation which manages the program is a stretch.