voyeurism

learning about river basins in a geography lesson, using Second Life

similar to last month's post, here's another video which suggests how Second Life might be used to help novice geographers develop phenomenological primitives (diSessa, 1993) regarding contour-represenations and topographical variation, in order that they might more effectively manage the cognitive transpositions between two- and three-dimensions.

the video quality has been intentionally blurred. subtitles have also been added.

Technorati Tags: assessment, cognition, education, expert, geography, learning, maps, Pathways, Second Life, Singapore, Six Learnings, Starling Project, TLLM

land of the lost

sharing a moment of surreality with you :-)

... only in Second Life :-P

programme is out for the Royal Geographical Society's annual international conference :-)

as promised, i'm posting an update about the Royal Geographical Society's annual international conference :-)

the programme is now out.

and what a packed an exciting programme it is, too :-)

my session - entitled 'Avatar Dreaming: considerations of place and space in the design of learning environments in Second Life' - is on Thursday 2nd September, from approximately 1150 hrs to 1210 hrs. it's part of a larger session organised by Jennifer Hill and Derek France, namely 'Innovative spaces of learning: debating their origin, nature and pedagogical significance'. this larger session runs from 0900 hrs to 1250 hrs.

the session will be held at the RGS-IBG Pavilion.

umm... i honestly haven't a clue where that is :-P

my namecards are ready for SLCC 2010 :-)

with a tip of the hat to Arminasx Saiman of Electric Pixels in Second Life, i've got my namecards ready for next month's Second Life Community Convention in Boston :-)

Apple Time Capsule warranty extension programme (worldwide)

do you have an early-model Apple Time Capsule?

if so, this technical support document might be useful to you :-)

Second Life Community Convention 2010 - my presentation proposal has been accepted :-)

thanks be to God :-)

my presentation proposal for this year's Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) has been accepted :-)

the presentation is entitled 'The Six Learnings framework in action: Examples from geography education in Singapore schools', and it's part of the convention's Education and Research track (ably chaired by Kevin Feenan (SL: Phelan Corrimal).

here's the description of the presentation:

This presentation will elaborate on the Six Learnings framework (which was introduced at SLCC 2008) by sharing how schools in Singapore have (over the course of 2010) been designing interventions in Second Life in Science, Languages and Geography. These interventions have been co-designed by curriculum officers from the Ministry of Education, by teachers, by developers (ie, builders / scripters) and by the presenter (representing the researcher in the Learning Sciences). The Six Learnings framework will be used as an organisational lens through which to examine the diversity of the interventions, with focus being - as far as possible - on the interventions themselves and their associated learning outcomes.

if you possibly can, please do join me in Boston this August :-)

Clarkson, Hammond and May on the Citroën DS3

from Series 15 Episode 2 of BBC Top Gear (original air date 4 July 2010):

*****

Clarkson:
"oh now, there aren't very many things that we all agree on, except this: we all think that the best small car that you can buy at the moment is the Citroën DS3. we're not joking about this, that is a genuinely brilliant little car"

Hammond:
"there's something about it, it's like a Mini that smokes Gauloises"

Clarkson:
"it is, it's fantastic"

May:
"the weird thing is, it's got exactly the same engine as the Mini, hasn't it, but it just feels better"

Clarkson:
"it does, it's great"

Technorati Tags: Citroën

learning geography through terraforming

gee, i wish i had had my own 120-metre by 32-metre terraformable sandbox to mess around with when i was 14-years-old :-)