Archive for 'Virtual Librarian Learning Community' Category
St. Pat’s Party - 3/12/09
17 March 2009On Thursday, March 12, the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries hosted a St. Patrick’s Day party in Second Life on our sim. The party featured a live DJ playing Celtic and blues songs. Approximately 85 people attended from the education and library communities. Many came with their avatars dressed in green for the occasion. [...]
David Warlick - 12/9/08
20 December 2008David Warlick was the guest facilitator at the December AASL-ISTE SIGMS Virtual Learning Community meeting on Tuesday, December 9th. His topic was “Cultivating a Personal Learning Network”. Almost 50 persons attended this rapid-paced discussion about various technologies that educators use to communicate with others about information of common interest. David made the point that, with [...]
AASL-ISTE SIGMS Winter Shopping Spree
7 December 2008On Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008, the AASL-ISTE SIGMS Learning Community met for a “Winter Shopping Spree/Extreme Avatar Makeover” event. Attendees received dozens of free virtual items. Then, groups formed to go on shopping excursions to free areas. Shoppers also received notecards full of landmarks to other stores where they can continue to select free and [...]
Nov AASL-ISTE SIGMS Learning Community Mtg
7 December 2008On November 18, 2008, the AASL-ISTE SIGMS Learning Community meeting was led by guest facilitator Rhonda Trueman (avatar Abbey Zennith). Rhonda Trueman is Head of Reference at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the co-author of the recently released book “Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries: Librarians and Educators in Second Life and Other Multi-User [...]
Virtual Librarian Learning Community Mtg - 11-19-07
22 November 2007On Monday, November 19th, Chicago Public School Department of Libraries held its monthly Virtual Librarian Learning Community meeting in Second Life. The meeting also included attendees from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the ISTE Media Specialists SIG (SIGMS), and the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA). In this month’s meeting, we discussed the [...]