Join our friends at Second Life Israel for the opening of the exhibit, ‘The Israeli Entrepreneurial Spirit’ on Sunday May 31st at 10 AM SLT (1 PM NYC, 8 PM Jerusalem time). Click here to access Second Life Israel (if you are new, you will need to download the Second Life software and join Second [...]
I had the pleasure of hearing David Klevan speak today at the 3DTLC Conference in Washington about his work at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. David shared his experiences related to the work that the USHMM is doing in Second Life. In observance of the annual Days of Remembrance, the United States Holocaust Memorial [...]
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay, computer scientist My friend and colleague, Arnie Samlan, aka the Notorious R.A.V., recently started a discussion on CAJEnet about what professional development for Jewish educators might look like, especially in the face of the community’s loss of CAJE. Arnie writes: With [...]
Can’t make it to this year’s NECC in person? There are many different opportunities to participate: NECC 2008 Community Network Podcasts Webcasts, video on demand Second Life events And of course, read your favorite educational blogs, tweets, podcasts, etc. to catch up on personal takes of a very exciting conference. It’s fascinating to see how [...]
New in Second Life – virtual Israel! Come visit! Below is the press release about Second Life Israel: * * * * * * * * This January, join us in Israel for an exceptional launch party. SL Israel, the first complete virtual Israel, to launch January 13th in Second Life In one of Second [...]
VoiceThread is a digital storytelling tool that allows users to create and share multimedia audio-video presentations. Students, teachers, and families are using this nifty tool to tell their stories and share ideas. Here’s an example of how an Israeli class at Maaganim School at Kibbutz Maagan Michael used VoiceThread to practice Hebrew and English language [...]
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