Archive for 'CPS SL Events' Category
December Orientation Meeting
5 December 2007On Monday, December 3rd, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Dept of Libraries hosted our December Orientation meeting. Attendees from the ISTE Media Specialists Special Interest Group (SIGMS), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), and the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA), joined CPS librarians in learning about navigating in Second Life. Each person was provided […]
Librarian Learning Community Mtg - 10/29/07
30 October 2007Yesterday, the CPS Virtual Librarian Learning Community held its first meeting of the school year on the top of our temporary offices in Songnisan. Five of us gathered to discuss the new AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner. (See http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm) In this meeting, we focused our comments on reactions to the Nine Foundational Common […]
Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies Program - 6-12-07
10 June 2007Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Educational Web Resources
Presented in the “Second Life” Virtual Reality Environment
The ISTE Media Specialists SIG sponsored a program, “Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Educational Web Resources” in the virtual reality environment Second Life (www.secondlife.com). This online program took place on Tuesday, June 12th. It was highly successful, maxing out the sim to […]
New Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) Office
31 May 2007My latest project is to help the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) (http://www.islma.org) set up their virtual office on Cybrary City. While I am not finished yet, there have been some early impromptu visits to the office. Incoming ISLMA president Jane Sharka (AV=JaneAnn Allen) has visited several times and has given her input into […]
Geofferson Qinan 5-28-07
31 May 2007On May 28th, the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries received a visit from Geoffferson Qinan of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (http://freedomcenter.org) in Cincinnati, Ohio. I gave him a tour of the office and we also discussed ways that we can use Second Life to provide additional educational resources for teachers and librarians.
Second Life Best Practices in Education Conference 5-25-07
26 May 2007The Second Life Best Practices in Education Conference occurred yesterday in Second Life. (See the conference wiki at http://slbestpractices2007.wikispaces.com) By latest reports, it was attended by over 1,200 avatars. From my experiences, it was very valuable and well-organized. In this 24-hour international conference, there were presentations occurring almost every hour in various locations around Second […]
Meeting - 5-22-07
23 May 2007I’ve been meeting with various people lately just to catch up and hear what they are working on now. Last night, Amarris Aabye (in real life, a CPS elementary librarian) and I met in the CPS Department of Libraries office to discuss a recent conference she had attended and its implications for training in Second […]
Monday Mixer - 5-7-07
14 May 2007This week, the CPS “Monday Mixer” went to the Second Louvre Museum. This museum is not affliated with the real Louvre Museum. Instead, it features artwork from various SL artists. The museum features a grand entryway with a huge statue of Achilles and many paintings. Off the main hall are two three-story wings which contain […]
Illinois Interlopers Party 5-4-07
6 May 2007Last Friday, about twenty avatars who are members of the Illinois Interlopers group held their second party. This party was held on the rooftop of the new Alliance Library System International Headquarters. We danced, ate virtual refreshments, and talked with each other. The Illinois Interlopers is a group of professionals within SL […]
CPS Monday Mixer 4-9-07
10 April 2007Last night, we held our second Monday Mixer event. Librarian Amarris Aabye took our little group on a tour of the NOAA glacier simulation. We looked at the stages of glaciation and identified web-based teacher resources to assist in teaching the concept. Later, Amarris took our group to an aquarium.