Insight Virtual College Comes To Chilbo
"The Chilbo community was established in 2006 as an association of mainland land owners determined to be good neighbors to each other. Through the years that ethic has continued to be the foundation for a diverse group of residents with a wide variety of interests, both land owners and renters."
First, the Backstory: A Brief History of the Chilbo Community
What began as a simple Welcome Center with helpful information and freebies for travelers eventually blossomed into a community of fellow learners and explorers.
personal terminals that project a high-quality virtual reality display onto goggles worn by the user, or from grainy black and white public terminals in booths.
These are some historical locations and settings throughtout Second Life.
Spicy Vanilla – Building on the Shoulders of Others
BSG brought Spice to 2013, and the process began: https://bit.ly/SV5Chilbo
Basic Skills Gauntlet
Thinkerer Melville captured BSG with style and a thoroughness few appreciate, much less could match.
My Web presence is only for Educational, Non-commercial and Non-Profit purpose.I try my best to be of a help to the needy and underprivileged students with my limited knowledge and resource.Thank you for stopping by. Warm regards.
Soumen's work in virtual world design is elegant; complex interactions connecting users and components with (and thru) data..
Question: Are these tools ready for prime time?
Note: First use of'resources' tag?
Best Practices in Virtual World Educational Content Design
Note to self: Huh?
Edit: Use this link, instead.
Many lessons learned, almost lost. Thanks archive.org
Note: Other captures may have different content...?
Why Anyone Who Cares About the Metaverse Needs to Move Beyond Second Life; Now, Not Later
Beyond, OK. Now back again.
Note; First use of OSGrid tag?
“a learning theory for the digital age”
Connectivism, digital literacy, and games. Components, connectors, and data
Site Preview HUD
A cool tool born of need after VWBPE 2013.
Mary Anne Clark's Genome Island serves up a master class in virtual world pedagogy, along with the genetics course content.
Nesting statements, conditionally
Looma Locator
Where in Nepal? Here and here.
Video Vocab
Another find, demo for six videos and a wrapper taken to Nepal.
Videos here.
WikiCFP is a semantic wiki for Calls For Papers in science and technology fields.
Call for papers
more
Yes we killed the past
And now, DocDrop.org lets me link directly to this moment in the video: https://docdrop.org/video/RVlYZ00vWPo/#:~:text=yes%20we%20killed%20the%20past
Note: First use of DocDrop with WeebitOffcourse.
throw fish at you guys let's see can you catch those
If you are reading this "in context", then the video is keyed to this very quote.
Annotation cannot capture punctuation, or the 'tone', of John Lester as he delivers a virtual world keynote at the 2017 VWBPE; but, at least DocDrop.org does allows a fine-grain moment-capture notion-linking...or whatever it is that I am doing atm.
Star Trek and STEM Education
Plans for The Virtual Cell include a space port. Would that scene best be served with a Star Trek theme? How about steam punk?
Several areas of inquiry emerge in this narrative, a gold mine of topics to inform any look at effective VW instructional design.
Then Reality Struck!
Yes! Object lessons in managing synchronous activity among twenty or thirty users.
I dutifully went through the orientation process with a newly created avatar a few weeks ago so that I could anticipate what the students would be facing.
Instructional design in virtual worlds reveals many, many challenges. Asking an in-world friend or colleague to visit a build can be a big ask, given that most are engaged in building and design, themselves; still, a fresh look is likely to bring good feedback.
the wealth of apples.
Are these apples, or any of the other delectable goodies on Genome Island, stored in an OAR (or LOR)? Can one find apples of the same design in OSGrid or another VW?
Note: Annotations for this page, a 'category' listing of posts, are not seen if one views any one of the posts. (See this post, for example.)
We had quite a rough orientation experience.
Orientation at Genome Island has evolved, and the pedagogy of 3-D design is there to be observed. Has there been a need to document the design principles for an effective orientation experience? What are the instructions provided for teachers, like the instructor who sent the Peruvian students ?
Today my genetics class visited Second Life for the first time.
The year 2007 found a great many educators—including former educators like me—gathering in Second Life. That was after the goldrush. (see The Second Life hype cycle - 2007)
A multitude of lessons in design have been learned, and the gatherings have continued. Where can new users, educators entering like those in 2007, find tips and tricks and strategies honed by the veteran around in 2007?
Sea Mizin's 'California Redwoods'
Where else can be found Sea's creations?
Sea Mizin
Where might other online content be found?
THE FEDERALIST PAPERS
Should one flag this URL, or the earliest capture of this URL at archive.org? Does that depend on the purpose, the context by which the annotation is to be used?
Edit: Is there another tag that could be used here?
The Final Presentation for the OAN Trestle’s Competition
archive.org does it again.
(Images for this blog post go missing in the Wordpress site.)
Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)
"I'm a teapot"
That's some twentieth century stuff. Still, it did inspire this teacup design
Point solutions could evolve socially, and so, collaboratively.
Strands of content form fibers that can be tthreaded best in a local K-12 space.
Karen Costa suggests that someone "create a tool for students to plan their online work and time management. It needs to aggregate all of their courses and include due dates"
Is there a bottom-line where the horizon meets these challenges, or…
Yes! At the local level.
Who in your local school district is using tools that work well with students?
What tools work best for which learners, and perform most efficiently for their mentors?
user
Search Hypothes.is annotations
Objects built in Minecraft do not have builder identifiers like those in SL and similar worlds, and anyone can make or break objects anywhere.
"...makes it really difficult to figure "
wilson Huckleberry may have a solution in his pockets already...
Note: First tag in Booklady's space.
Works with
Works with...
Also works with Chrome's copy-link-to-highlight (option on right-click of highlighted text, like this:
https://docdrop.org/video/p7-XIp7iSAI/#:~:text=run%20into%20the-,Pope,-%2C%20and%20he%20says
WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” Introduces Block Widgets
WP Tavern: New on tap...
'Users can now use them in any available sidebar."
she said you could be one of those people that sits in the back and answers
Inviting folks like Dorothy Nell to see this cool new tool in action!
(Clicking on highlighted text should open the annotation tool.)
lesson content imported from another site
Allows me to bring a viewer to a specific comment in the video, with notes. And this is just a demo/test site?
Marvelous.
Facilitating Asynchronous Virtual World Meetings
testing H.WP plugin
Middle School Science Units that Support Disciplinary Literacy
Digital literacy taught alongside science curriculum = Disciplinary Literacy?
Students need special help to rise to the challenge of reading to learn science.
Hear, hear!
Experience API (xAPI) Standard CONTENTS Overview xAPI History Associated Projects xAPI Technical Details LRS Conformance LRS Endpoints xAPI Profiles Security and Privacy Resources Videos
"...xAPI enables detailed recording and transfer of “learning experience” data,"
an attempt to make surfing the web into a multiplayer game
Teaching Metadata IG
"Metadata...presents educators and trainers with continually evolving pedagogical challenges."
"...a forum for exchanging experiences and advice on the content of curricula and on classroom methodologies"
"innovation in metadata design, implementation & best practice"
Cape Able
"Cape Able island within Second Life® is a haven for deaf, hard of hearing and people with disabilities."
Media Cafe
Visitors to this Second Life coffee shop could wear their own objects.
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Here, Hypothes.is annotation layer provides a collaborative space for communication. Next, I will post a comment to this old, old blog post, given readers a link to this public annotation.
Shouldn’t Tech Developers (such as yourself) be reaching out to Schools/ Teachers/ Districts FIRST to create and design tech rather than the other way around?”
Edit
Reaching out again with new project MentorsOnline.NET
Notes: 1st edit of annotation for update of info
LTI-test-teamGoogle Meet training and help
Scenario: Team building exercise, group tag(s) sorting downstream readers/ viewers (audience).
Note: First use of tag: LTI-test-team
The Corn Field is a region of mythological status where once naughty avatars were sent to think about what they had done.
"mythological status"
Reinforcing middle school grammar and writing skills while promoting social learning around topics such as a mythology in a game such as Minecraft or Roblox.
APB: Ephemeral Flan, Booklady...wilson Huckleberry too
This annotation flags archive.org's 2009 capture (its earliest) of this Second Life Wiki article. It could also be a launchpad* for an assignment.
LTI Note archive.org's timeline panel, in the context of constructive learning, could lead to engaging inquiry about particular subjects.
"They all had music; but... No knobs and dials."
what that resource looks like to a computer
components, connectors and data...oh my
Hypothesis tools
Thank you, Jön.
Cool Beans Coffee Shop
Cup o' joe with folks at Cool Beans was a steady blend of irregulars with some top shelf virtual world designers .
"Enjoy some good music and great coffee."
The music was good.
The list of all Alt Codes for special characters and symbols. Learn How to use Alt Key Codes? for special characters and symbols.
Drag-n-drop learning.
Da Vinci Theme for Art
My own use of "widget" began with notes speculating on the use of one particular object.
Contents
Howdy, Tim, others! Here's a fine resource. But, I'm biased.
3 Annotation Tools to Promote Active Reading on MasteryConnect Assessments
Staking out the Canvas annotation space on a hunch. Will we see Hypothes.is implement Presence first? Messaging and presence mean chat/notifications, right there in the sidebar, managing presence.
Dictionary of affixes
What's in a word? https://www.worldwidewords.org/genindex.htm Let's tunnel in here.
enhance a web browser's capabilities. These add-ons let you choose from thousands of user scripts that modify web page behavior and appearance.
In a few months many tools described in this article might be standard UI options to be selected.
"...by letting the user** "choose from thousands of user scripts that modify web page behavior and appearance."
The 10 Annotation Commandments:
"a manual for new users, and a reference tool"Genius!
Astronomy Calendar — Upcoming Events
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub where users can follow friends and discover new ones.
initially
woopsie daisy
Product DevelopmentStrategic DirectionOperations and PlanningGlobal Partners and Resources
Yes!
Building the future one idea at a time.
Here's an idea...
Scenario: students follow lesson links to this page, having
...and, all bundled in one tool [or an educational browser]...
...then plug content from another space (i.e., Canvas, or maybe WebQuests) and sky's the limit.
Familiar with Hypothes.is? Follow this link to MMORGs
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Scenario: students follow lesson links to this page, having
...and, all bundled in one tool [or a new browser]...
...then plug content from another space (i.e., Canvas, or maybe WebQuests) and sky's the limit.
Vocabulary highlighting with theTool performed well, considering the amount of time and effort needed to add once the tool was live.
UI Note: In Google Drive docs, Hypothes.is annotations are shunted into Page Notes on save. (Find: How to merge Hyp-tags: Mentor... vs. mentors...)
WebRangers is an effort to harness oeen technologies, already available on the Internet, to augment education. A vocabulary highlighter could note each word in a pdf, page or article, compare it against a set of terms (managed by parent/mentor/teacher),
Bookmarking: Possible features
Late in '16, when this browser extension came to life, several functions and features jumped out as likely candidates for secondary education.
One of these was vocabulary highlighting: importing a vocabulary set to highlight each term (where it appears in any page) with tooltip definitions...on any page visited...incredible!
If you are interested in developing an integration
Evernote's UI/UX is top shelf; slick, elegant; but, is it extensible? Does it bring the X in XMPP?
For example: An empty button could be added to the pop-up. A module that can be customized to inject approved widgets...such as chat/IM, or just a Home button keyed to the school's website.
I once bought a game add-on ($2-3) that came with an extensible button by default. That was a million dollar seller, if memory serves. (See mystical cookie).
It’s also most effective when the instructor is alongside students, participating in the annotations and conversations.
Agreed!
Adding messaging and chat to Hypothesis could go a long way toward helping with this.
David Bokan proposes WebAnnotation in the Browser
Of course, if you’re interested, I am more than happy to talk more with you about social annotation and these particular tools, as well as demo them for you as well.
Many threads emerging in the annotations here: https://github.com/bokand/web-annotations
commonplace book From IndieWeb Jump to: navigation, search
Commonplace books - "a way to compile and store knowledge, usually by writing information into books, notebooks, card catalogs, or in more modern settings on one's own website."
next
Must stop. Head is spinning. Now recursively hyperlinkinga assorted annotations about annotations. Maybe a toggle filter for [show annotations in last hour/day/week/year]?
where we're headed
Still looking for this presentation at YouTube...
A grantmaking process that would solicit and receive proposals to expand the existing universe of open source software that implements or works with the Open Annotation specification
Is The Fund still funded? How about a new module for educators...a new button on the Hypothes.is UI, that taps into emerging shared knowledge repositories.
shared knowledge repositories
Social bookmarking. Flagging, tagging, sticky notes, anchors?
How are these combined?
Does this mean multiple sources that are entirely separate repositories? (So, one could engage or "subscribe to" annotations through channels such as might be available from MIT, NYTimes, or the Texas Department of Education?)
I have annotated this same sentence using Hypothes.is, but in another group ("Anyone Can Join", link). Is that a different "source", or a different layer?
Would annotations last longer for archived files (i.e., archive.org), as opposed to being attached to the original post (such as this page note)? Mapping the liquid margins of (what can become) the curriculum.
Emperor Ashok of the Maurya dynasty visited Lumbini in 249 B.C. accompanied by his preceptor Upagupta. He erected a pillar in Lumbini to mark the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha. He also erected pillars in Niglihawa and Gotihawa to mark the birth and Kanakmuni of Krakuchhanda respectively.
Emperor Ashok's edicts are declared in Indo-Aryan on these pillars.
plug-ins for annotator; see marginalia, heatmap, MIT Annotation Data Store ...is WikiEdu course data available?
Battle of Schwaderloh
1499 European History
ERTH 4303
tagging course ID creates a thread
ping again <insert course desc, syllabus, wiki/blog/forum>
ping
inherited similarities
Discuss inherited similarities in light of...
"inherited similarities"
We launched PMOG in closed beta in February 2008 - people could play, but only with an invitation. This allowed us to gradually grow the game, to be sure our servers held up and we weren't getting overwhelmed with new customers.
gameLayers in '08, "how we failed"
§112.18. Science, Grade 6, Adopted 2017.
Lorem ipsum...
slag
Is there one layer of waste to be removed in bottom of unit, or do each of the zones have a slag layer?
We artists will serve you as an avant-garde, the power of the arts is most immediate: when we want to spread new ideas we inscribe them on marble or canvas. What a magnificent destiny for the arts is that of exercising a positive power over society, a true priestly function and of marching in the van [i.e. vanguard] of all the intellectual faculties!
A review of the visual arts—discerning schools or trends, eras and movements—has been motivated by a desire to properly frame a collaborative effort recently begun with a rough screenplay titled "Elaborate". That journey has landed here.
Students will develop an understanding of the challenges Nigerians face and then be able to clearly articulate in a paper or presentation the reasons behind these challenges.
Clearly defined outcomes pave inroads for teachers and students as they certain-navigate the Interwebs.
to help fill some of the acute gaps in thinking, implementation, and discovery which exist
What would you want to do, if you were right there with your students...in their browser window?
The Arizona Science Standard adopted in 2004 is the current science standard.
Remarkably expected; still, literacy is addressed.
Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards
Writing underway for VA, TX, CA. Provide supporting reference to standards listed here and likelihood of educators using the activity/quest/lesson increases significantly.
January 2008
Are these S.S. SoLs still in effect?
MentorsOnline
Coming soon: mentorsonline.net
Easy access to instructional content simplifies navigation.
Less clicking, more learning. Browser extensions can place instructional content right there, where it is needed, adding an interface layer* that enhances learning.
designate a lesson
What can be done here, Booklady?
Train newcomers through a program of supervised engagement.
What forum or bug-reporting facility is needed for the team? Is it enough to use shared Google-Documents (i.e.,UAT Scripts)?
During development, users can easily record observations during testing by entering comments directly in chat.
*Edit* see also: "onboarding"
the human side of open source development
roadmap
Get to the library.
Thinking about Digital Literacy while looking for possible resources for a Life Science WebQuest...and this line practically jumped off the page. A multi-day (week long?) small group research project could combine Library Research with independent web research strategies.
Several of Virginia's Standards of Learning would be supported (see G-Doc).
meet students where they’re at
Encouraged to find this report from opening with an idea that is central in the MentorsOnline project, which asks: "What would YOU want to do, if you could be with your students, right there in the browser?" Glad to have found this. (Glad for the course correction back to good material.)
simple PHP application that doesn't use any framework
Looking for a solution to replace EventSource in the MentorsOnline prototype. This could work.
Helping students understand the difference between how they play Minecraft at home versus at school is one of the most important aspects of using MinecraftEdu as an educational tool.
"Courses" in Canvas LMS do not need to be elaborate. The MentorsOnline prototype pulls a complete "lesson" from a single Canvas "assignment"...very simple. (How we use Canvas with the tool differs from how we use Canvas in general.)
For more about the project, see this page.
Default: login info not stored, in case of shared devices like Chromebooks
Some design decisions await feedback from educators. This is one example... (What is the routine in schools where Chromebooks are shared?)
the integration of the actions that make life easier
This is the goal of the MentorsOnline project: making it convenient for teachers to share links, and simplifying navigation for students.
To read "about" the project, see this page. (Rendered in the Hypothes.is annotation tool.)
parasitoid ovipositor tips have teeth-like structures, preferentially enriched with zinc, unlike the smooth morphology of pollinator ovipositors
The presence of zinc seems to be a strategy "of the ovipositioning apparatus to endure fracture and fatigue." That is some heavy metal.
I think we can make it easier for students to navigate the web
This is the primary motivation for the MentorsOnline project. By making it convenient for teachers to share links, we make it easier for students to learn on the Internet.
jump
Here, annotation could enhance a document like this, reinforcing the study of Nepali vocabulary...maybe even importing definitions from WordsAPI.
What is necessary, however, is that enough investment be put into presentation that newcomers can get past the initial obstacle of unfamiliarity.
"Investment" being the key term, here...difficult judging how much time to invest in documentation and presentation, as opposed to continuing to develop the application.
@Adrian: This comment was added using the Hypothes.is browser extension. You are viewing the file (archive.org) as rendered by the Hypothes.is proxy, which emulates the effect of that browser extension.
Bush telly : campfire
My favorite Australian slang, so far...
Contact azwaldo at gmail dot com for more information.
This install guide closes a gap. Now, users can 1) register an account (click the face, use "mentor" as pass key), 2) add links to database, 3) create a lesson, 4) DL/install the browser extension, and 5) SEE THEIR LESSON in the application.
More info here: https://azwaldo.com/wordpress/category/project/ (blog category)
What is necessary, however, is that enough investment be put into presentation that newcomers can get past the initial obstacle of unfamiliarity.
This is good news, as it is precisely what has been happening in the project. More info here: https://azwaldo.com/wordpress/category/project/
I second the notion. #MentorsOnline #edtechatx
digital literacy education
Curriculum, resources, online video editing
Observing supersymmetric particles that are also light
Super-symmetry
particles never before created in a human-made particle accelerator.
New stuff!
blended
students (K-8) are required on standardized tests to highlight text to use as evidence in their answers to comprehension and analysis questions
Canvas LMS users might find Hypothes.is to be useful.
Does the average high school or college graduate know where the alphabet comes from, something of its development, and anything about its psychic and social effects? Does he or she know anything about illuminated manuscripts, about the origin of the printing press and its role in reshaping Western culture, about the origins of newspapers and magazines? Do our students know where clocks, telescopes, microscopes, X rays, and computers come from? Do they have any idea about how such technologies have changed the economic, social, and political life of Western culture?
What are the "Six Big Questions" regarding digital literacy and digital citizenship? (See http://azwaldo.com/wordpress/the-interface-layer/ )