Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education & Museums Conference (VWLEM2008)

A selection of photos from a couple of the conference venues:
Applying Distance Educational Theory to Virtual Worlds
Presented by Rebecca Hedreen

Virtual Worlds for Children
Presented by Fleet Goldenberg
Fleet discussed virtual worlds for children including Whyville, Furcadia, and others. The fastest growing population in virtual worlds is kids, teen and tweens. Fleet will talk about what these virtual worlds have to offer and what if any education activities are happening.

Education on the Teen Grid: The View from Eye4You Alliance Island
Presented by Kelly Czarnecki (Bluewings Hayek in SL), Anthony Curtis (Stone Semyorka in SL), and Beth Kraemer (Alice Burgess in SL)

Buzz Session
Facilitated by Nick Noakes and Alan Levine

The buzz session discussion was (loosely) structured around two questions:
1. Have you used library support inside or outside SL for your SL teaching? If you have, in what ways?
2. What types of library support and integration in SL would you like to see?

Using Second Life Tools to Enhance Exhibits
Presented by Abbey Zenith and Bucky Barkley

Abbey and Bucky will discussed how libraries, education, and museums converge in Second Life and are enhanced by the use of tools created in-world. To illustrate this they will have small demo exhibits and examples of the scripted tools used to develop the exhibits. Bucky, the creator of these tools, will describe how they work and Abbey will talk about how they have used them and how others may use them in libraries, education, and museum settings.

And other presentations...

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items are from between Mar 2008 & 13 Mar 2008.