A Techno Teacher’s Second Life

Here’s the RL Instructional Technology trio in SL…TigerLilly, Penguin, and Tyna.  TigerLilly joined us for a short tour of NOAA at the beginning of June.  We hope to see more of her!

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School is out in real life, and I have time to finish all those half written posts just waiting to be published!  It’s embarrassing to look at them, actually…especially the one about Best Practices in Education that I never published.  But alas…no more excuses.   I want to catch up before NECC…which I will be attending [...]

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The NOAA is another must see! Once again, you can quickly imagine the possibilities of using a place like this in the classroom. There are quite a few things to explore at NOAA (it’s taken me three times to see everything!)

Fly Through a Hurricane
Experience a Tsunami
Explore Oceanic Life on a Submarine
Climb a [...]

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I discovered the Genome Island after being in SL for only a few weeks….well, I shouldn’t say I discovered it. A random person flying by my apartment landed on the deck and gave me the landmark. I’m sorry to say I don’t remember his name, but I do appreciate the tip!
The Genome Island [...]

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It all started with the Groucho Marx noses. That should have clued me in: this was not going to be a “sit behind a desk and answer questions politely” night. I have to say…out of all the evenings I have spent in SL, this one finally overwhelmed me completely. It [...]

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In real life (RL), my dog is my side kick. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was missing something in second life (SL)…so one of my very first purchases (other than hair, which was a total necessity), was a dog. Like my RL dog, he’s a miniature schnauzer. He’ll sit, stay, [...]

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I lead two lives: Instructional Technology Resource Teacher by day; Avatar, Tyna Catteneo, by night. My goals are the same..to find ways to integrate technology into classrooms. As I explore Second Life, I thought I might write about it on this blog. Maybe you’ll read and find it funny, maybe you’ll [...]

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