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Oh!VirtualLearning!

one educator's education in virtual environments, written by the founding Lowly High Grand Poobah of the ISTE Special Interest Group for Virtual...
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Speaker Sessions Continue to Rock in Second Life!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Okay, so our scheduled speaker, Kimberly Flack of Mission-U.S., cancelled at the last minute due to her immersion in a grant writing crunch--we've most of us been there and can easily forgive her. The stand-in hour with our own Lowly High Grand... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted 8 days ago
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May Day May Day! Hit ctrl+alt+teach!

May Day May Day! Hit ctrl+alt+teach!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― I love the blog's title and its content, and I love that we had a record number of votes for the May Blog-o'-the-Month during the month of April! It appears that our move to our new location at ISTE SIGVE on Eduisland 9 has gone some distance toward... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted 24 days ago
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MNPSVS in Kitely

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― If you want an invite to explore this build on your own you'll need to message me in Facebook. I know that the Israeli development team will be adding whitelisting by email soon. That there will be a game changer. But watch, if you will, this little... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted 28 days ago
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Live Reading in Second Life: Cyrus Hush, Snow Crash!

Live Reading in Second Life: Cyrus Hush, Snow Crash!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Group Notice From: Virtual Pioneers, Cyrus HushJoin guest host Cyrus Hush at http://tinyurl.com/sigvehome on Thursday the 26th at 5 pm SL (Pacific) Time as he reads selected (hopefully clean) passages from Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Bantam Books,... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Apr 25th, 2012
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Join Us Tonight for Our Monthly SIGVE Speaker Session!

Join Us Tonight for Our Monthly SIGVE Speaker Session!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― scottmerrick.oh shared a snapshot.SIGVE Speaker Series Tuesday,17 Apr 2012 01:28:10 GMT WHEN: Tuesday April 17th WHERE: SLEEC Island Bandshell TIME: 5pm SL time What: Please join... MoreSLEEC Island Visit location1 minute ago Love Comment (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Apr 17th, 2012
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Avalon Virtual Round Table Web Conference THIS Weekend!

Avalon Virtual Round Table Web Conference THIS Weekend!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Awwww, heck. I'm just gonna copy paste from my email here:Heike Philp aka Gwen Gwasi has invited you to the event '5th Virtual Round Table Web Conference 20-22 April 2012' on AVALON! There will be two 90min sessions on virtual worlds.. Time: April 20... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Apr 16th, 2012
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Podcamp Nashville April 14 is SCHEDULED!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― I'll blatently republish from the Podcamp Nashville website. This just in, scheduled for 2:15 pm Central, 12:15 SLT, and 3:15 Eastern on Saturday, April 14, 2012:3D Virtual Worlds: What's In Them For You?Panel/Discussion Where RockBar global... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Apr 3rd, 2012
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Preschool "Flights of Whimsy" Awarded April Blog-o'-the-Month!

Preschool "Flights of Whimsy" Awarded April Blog-o'-the-Month!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Happy April,No foolin'!Flights of Whimsy display at the ISTE SIGVE hut!We're going all internationally early-ed and touchy-feely this month and I couldn't love it more that voters at our new ISTE SIGVE digs selected "Flights of Whimsy" blog at http:/... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Apr 1st, 2012
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Podcamp Nashville -- Virtual Worlds!!!

Podcamp Nashville -- Virtual Worlds!!!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Hey, y'all,I am sooooo looking forward to sharing some of my insights (yes, I do have a few) from what I would say is my mixed bag of avocational and professional experiences in virtual three dimensional worlds at Podcamp Nashville 2012. You could... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Mar 23rd, 2012
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John Carter McKnight at ISTE Speaker Session 032012!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Thanks to VSTE for hosting our very first session on the Virtual Road as nomads. This 1 hour, 14 minute experience is WELL worth the watch, and I'm pasting in the chat below it----warning, this will be a long 'un! Many of the questions posed in the... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Mar 20th, 2012
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VWBPE 2012!

VWBPE 2012!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Break out of your silo. Treat yourself to a few hours next weekend learning more about what is REALLY going on in Second Life and other innovative spaces online. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference invites you to rub avatar... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Mar 9th, 2012
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March Blog-o'-the-Month -- Late but Not Never!

March Blog-o'-the-Month -- Late but Not Never!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Happy March,I'm a bit late getting this up at the site but I'm sure ya'll will understand, what with the little bit o' change we are experiencing. At any rate CONGRATULATIONS to the eLearning It CoP, a "virtual "Community of Practice" for educators,... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Mar 5th, 2012
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Intervention On the Wire

Intervention On the Wire

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Intervention--on the wire by Scott Merrick is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Mar 2nd, 2012
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Bye Bye Bloggers Hut!

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Yesterday early a.m., the morning following the wonderful ISTE Island Memories party, I slipped onto the Island to dismantle my 5 years of work there. The video below details the process of taking back my prims, an act accomplished in 9 minutes and 4... (more)
 Scottmerrick ― Posted on Feb 23rd, 2012
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