Australia Workshop

All this week (May 2010) I'm in Sydney Australia running a series of workshops.  Today had a focus on social networks and virtual worlds ... for part of the session we went into Second Life and had a conversation with avatar "Little Mynx" who is in Cornwall, England in real life.
Little Mynx recorded the session using http://www.fraps.com/

Shamblesguru Voom talks to Little Mynx about the use of Secondlife as an educational tool. from Julala Dando on Vimeo.

International Schools (k-12) Group

If you listen very carefully ... you can hear the faint echos from bygone educators ... "A school is not a collection of buildings but a community of learners"
Advice that is relevant just as much in a virtual world as in the real world .... it is with this advice in mind that we have set up a group in Second Life called "International Schools (k-12) Group".
Learner teachers are without doubt the most important part of the equation when setting up the whole isi experience ... so to find out more about the group, it's relevance to you, how to join, it's purpose and what to expect then visit the groups webpage.
www.shambles.net/secondlife/isi_group/