David W. Deeds's Blog (12)

Peterson Schools (peterson.edu.mx) are seeking a high school IT teacher to start in January. IB experience preferred. If interested, contact me: ddeeds@peterson.edu.mx.

Did you miss my Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education presentation? You can get the slides here:

http://www.slideshare.net/davidwdeeds/vwbpe-best-practices-showcase-3d-virtual-worlds-in-k12international-schools

Changchun American International School (www.caischina.org) is looking for an IT Teacher to start…

The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference runs March 15-17 in Second Life. Here's the master schedule: 

http://vwbpe12.vwbpe.org/

My presentation, "Best Practices Showcase: 3D Virtual Worlds in (K-12/International) Schools," will take place in the Main Auditorium March 15 at 8 PM Second Life/Pacific Standard Time. Folks outside the USA should note that Daylight Savings Time took effect last weekend, so check those time…

Unity is a revolutionary FREE games/app development tool.

Jibe is an affordable multiplayer project kit from ReactionGrid.

Now your students can create their own single/multiplayer 3D games/apps, including Android and Apple with the appropriate license(s)!

The e-book is FREE:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81798024/Jibe-Unity-School-Quick-Start-Guide

If you live in China, Scribd…

Part of ASB (American School of Bombay) Unplugged, Feb. 23-25!

There's still time -- but not much -- to sign up as a virtual participant!

I'll be talking about 3D virtual worlds: Second Life, OpenSimulator, Quest Atlantis and Minecraft, with previews of Alice and Jibe/Unity!

http://www.asbunplugged.org/flat-classroom.htm

Announcing the Eracism Project 2012, a global student debate that joins diverse cultures and includes authentic debate for global competence and international mindedness.

Schools selected for the Eracism Project 2012 will be asked to enter a four-person debate team, with the remaining students in the class being researchers around the topic: "Government regulation requiring immigrants to adopt the beliefs, habits, and language of the dominant culture does more harm than…

I'll be presenting November 19th! "Using 3D Virtual Worlds in International Schools." OpenSimulator, Second Life, Quest Atlantis, Unity/Jibe.

http://bls.wab.edu

It's online! I'll be presenting November 15th, 0900 UTC +8 Beijing Time. "Global 3D Virtual Student/Teacher Community."

http://globaleducation.ning.com/

Ni hao again from Changchun, China! The City Where Internet Access Isn't Taken Seriously. ;)

This blog post is actually an assignment for my Flat Classroom Certified Teacher Program, specifically for Module #2, "Connect and Reflect."

http://fcpteacher.flatclassroomproject.org/

To quote from the above website:

"The Flat Classroom®…

3D virtual worlds presentations!

Next edtech conference: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education's (AACE) ED-MEDIA in Lisbon, Portugal:

AACE ED-MEDIA Site

Co-teacher Alex Makosz and I will present our paper: "Using 3D Virtual Worlds -- OpenSimulator, Quest Atlantis -- to Teach International School Students Computer Science and Human Values."

You can get the…

Is it OK to advertise job openings via Classroom 2.0? Hope so. ;)

Changchun American International School is looking for an IT/ICT teacher to start as of August 2011. Experience with 3D virtual worlds -- Second Life, OpenSim, Quest Atlantis -- preferred but not essential. Interest...ENTHUSIASM...is required! For more information, see Digital Learning World (www.digitallearningworld.com) or my blog, InDeeds (…