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Here is a copy of the presentation Cris Guenter and I will be using for the MERLOT conference. This presentation will be given in San Jose, CA and in Second Life at 1:30pm. SLT.

If you need a break from your first life, consider Second Life!

an excerpt of a blog post by Cris Guenter, CSU Chico faculty and MERLOT member

Second Life (SL), a 3D virtual world that is created by its millions of residents from around the world, is providing ever-engaging opportunities and situations for educators and their students. There will be two 3-hour preconference hands-on sessions at MIC ‘09 (Thursday, August 13) to provide attendees with skill development and educational use in SL. Ann Steckel and I, representing California State University, Chico, will conduct these sessions inworld as our avatars, Olivia Hotshot and Friday Karu respectively, and as our face-to-face, good-natured selves in real life.

To Read More of Cris Guenter’s blog post …

http://merlotconf.wordpress.com/

Date: Feb 23
Time: 3pm Pacific
Place: Online – Register Here

Presenters:
Dr. Cris Guenter, CSU, Chico
Mike Carter, Pima Community College;
Vartouhi Asherian, College of Southern Nevada;

Mike Carter of Pima Community College teaches his faculty how to use Blackboard. Vartouhi Asherian at the College of Southern Nevada works with Spanish and ESL instructors, and Dr. Cris Guenter – who won the National Arts Educator of the Year Award – teaches arts courses to students in mountainous northern California.

Learn how schools in Arizona, California, and Nevada use online technologies to do everything from teaching faculty how to use Blackboard, to teaching ESL and Spanish online, to reaching very remote students.

When Brett Christie came to CSU Chico to conduct his presentation about the Horizon Report and Web 2.0 applications, he demonstrated Sketchcast, “a new way to communicate something online by recording a sketch, optionally with your voice speaking.” The reaction to Sketchcast among the faculty who were in attendance was very positive. People seemed to especially like the tool because the resulting product could be embedded for play-back in an LMS, blog or web page.

Today Cris Guenter and I were speaking, and she pointed me to her inaugural “sketch” in which she describes the Rule of Thirds. I watched and my take on it is that for a first try, it is pretty darn good! She said she enjoyed making it and sharing it with others and when I checked this morning she had nearly 230 views!

It is my hope that others here at CSU Chico will investigate Sketchcast and possibly create some creative “sketches” to share with their students and colleagues. If you have tried it and want to share your reaction, we would enjoy hearing from you.