Virtually Speaking: a resource for educators
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Widget Whiteberry
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By way of introduction - I contribute to two adjoining regions of SL: the Commonwealth Islands and Virtually Speaking. The Commonwealth Islands function as a tech incubator for 10-12 NPOs, whose principals learn to navigate SL and determine how to best serve their organization's missions, before (or instead of) investing the time, treasure and attention in their own sims. Commonwealth is a project of the Envirolink Foundation. Member groups are as diverse as
Meeting spaces (tree platforms, sea-side amphitheaters, campgrounds,
etc.) are shared by the member groups for public and private events.
Skyboxes provide private meeting space and, at Eikios Commonwealth,
demonstrate principles of sustainability. Visitors are welcome. Virtually Speaking, produces a weekly public affairs program, launched from a philanthropic impulse in March 2007 to amplify the voices of bloggers and more traditional authors of non fiction work. As some of you have discovered, this is a great resource for educators in SL and I invite you all to make use of it. Hosted by Jay Ackroyd, and supported by a team of volunteer staff, since 2007, Jay has interviewed more than 70 pundits, scholars, authors, politicians, public servants, scientists, historians and economists. The show is produced via Second Life for a digitally present studio audience. Jay and his guest dial into BlogTalkRadio and simultaneously log on to SecondLife. The studio audience participates in text, commenting and asking questions which are read by all.
In recent months, Kate Miranda has been producing live concerts with her talented friends from Music Island Concerts.
We're there every Thursday with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. Twice a month, we begin with music at 4:30 slt. Interviews begin at 6pm slt. The show is simulcast and then archived on the web via Blogtalk Radio. Here is a link to Sam Seder of Air America fame and one to Univ of Michigan Prof Juan Cole discussing the Islamic world:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2009/04/10/Virtually-Speaking-with-Jimbo-Hoyer Sept 10- Cliff Schecter Sept 17- Marcy Wheeler Sept 24- Glenn Greenwald
Oct 8- Lynn Margulis Oct 15- Dave Neiwert Oct 22- Dave Pollard (MIC: Kahuna & Sisi Schumann Duo, an open rehearsal with oboe, piano & musical saw) Oct 29- Sam Seder (MIC: Cindy Ecksol, American Roots music)
Nov 12- Dorion Sagan (MIC: Tip Corbett will perform his compositions and chat about composition.) Nov 19- Glenn W. Smith (MIC: Astronimus Randt, Jazz violin) Nov 26- DARK
Dec 10 - Janine Benyus (Biomimicry Guild) (MIC: Duo Appassionato - Four Seasons) Dec 17 - Dean Baker Dec 24 - DARK Dec 31 - DARK 2010 Jan 7 - Karen Tumulty & Olivier Knox Jan 14 - Josh Knauer (RhizaLabs - controlled crowd sourcing and data visualization) This coming January, we will launch a weekly news roundup on Sunday afternoons, featuring a rotating roster of key bloggers, including Avedon Carol (Sideshow), NYCeve (Gittleson), KagroX (Congress Matters), CS Kendrick (DailyKos), clammyc (DailyKos) and Cliff Schecter (Huffington Post).
-- Widget Whiteberry - Public Affairs and Social Networking Aps Commonwealth Islands in Second Life Residencies for a dozen NGOs learning to use virtual worlds to serve their first world aspirations http://commonwealthisland.ning.com/ Virtually Speaking in Second Life Live, in-depth, intelligent conversations about politics and policy with opinion leaders. Produced before a virtual studio audience. Simulcast on BlogTalkRadio. http://virtuallyspeaking.ning.com/ -- Widget Whiteberry - Public Affairs and Social Networking Aps Commonwealth Islands in Second Life Residencies for a dozen NGOs learning to use virtual worlds to serve their first world aspirations http://commonwealthisland.ning.com/ Virtually Speaking in Second Life Live, in-depth, intelligent conversations about politics and policy with opinion leaders. Produced before a virtual studio audience. Simulcast on BlogTalkRadio. http://virtuallyspeaking.ning.com/ -- Widget Whiteberry - Public Affairs and Social Networking Aps Commonwealth Islands in Second Life Residencies for a dozen NGOs learning to use virtual worlds to serve their first world aspirations http://commonwealthisland.ning.com/ Virtually Speaking in Second Life Live, in-depth, intelligent conversations about politics and policy with opinion leaders. Produced before a virtual studio audience. Simulcast on BlogTalkRadio. http://virtuallyspeaking.ning.com/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators |
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Widget Whiteberry
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Trying to send this once again in time for:
Thursday, Nov 5 - 6pm SLT Media Matters' Eric Boehlert
An award winning jounalist who writes extensively about media and politics, Eric Boehlert is a Senior Fellow for Media Matters for America and a former writer for Salon and Rolling Stone. Eric is the author of Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush and Bloggers on the Bus.
-- Widget Whiteberry - Public Affairs and Social Networking Aps Commonwealth Islands in Second Life Residencies for a dozen NGOs learning to use virtual worlds to serve their first world aspirations http://commonwealthisland.ning.com/ Virtually Speaking in Second Life Live, in-depth, intelligent conversations about politics and policy with opinion leaders. Produced before a virtual studio audience. Simulcast on BlogTalkRadio. http://virtuallyspeaking.ning.com/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators |
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