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May 24, 2012
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Global Education Initiative--Really?

scottmerrickdotnet ― There is a global initiative to offer global standards aligned education over the internetz (sic) to any child anywhere. Yes, really, there is. Embroiled in and committed as I am to my own rather local work, I can see myself moving out and on to this... (More)
Posted 3 days ago
May 19, 2012
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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)
Posted 8 days ago
May 9, 2012
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CDBaby Music Widget

scottmerrickdotnet ― Late last evening, I was at a friend's home last night listening to my dear son, Colin, play acoustically a couple of his brilliant original songs, soon to be available in the form of a 4 song EP, and one of the little audience asked me what kind of... (More)
Posted 18 days ago
May 3, 2012
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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)
May Day May Day! Hit ctrl+alt+teach!
Posted 24 days ago
Apr 28, 2012
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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)
Posted 28 days ago
Apr 27, 2012
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Glad to be Welcomed into the ISTE SIGOL Fold!

scottmerrickdotnet ― Anita Edmonds Harris, from SIGOL on FacebookSIGOL's Leadership Team would like to congratulate Scott Merrick on his election as our new Professional Development Chair! We are pleased and honored that Scott has accepted this position.Scott is... (More)
Posted on Apr 27th, 2012
Apr 25, 2012
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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)
Live Reading in Second Life: Cyrus Hush, Snow Crash!
Posted on Apr 25th, 2012
Apr 22, 2012
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Join a SIG!

scottmerrickdotnet ― I just shared this in Facebook, but realizing some folks don't like that Big Social Brother platform, I want to repost here:I was really sharing the whole page at http://www.iste.org/connect/special-interest-groups.aspx and my status update went... (More)
Posted on Apr 22nd, 2012
Apr 17, 2012
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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)
Join Us Tonight for Our Monthly SIGVE Speaker Session!
Posted on Apr 17th, 2012
Apr 16, 2012
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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)
Avalon Virtual Round Table Web Conference THIS Weekend!
Posted on Apr 16th, 2012
Apr 15, 2012
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Podcamp Nashville 2012 was a BLAST!

scottmerrickdotnet ― Well it was a hoot. Woot. I was so glad that my dear colleague Mike Terry made the jump into geekland with me and attended this annual free "unconference" down at Tequila Cowboy, a Lower Broadway Nashville bar that was formerly called Cadillac Ranch... (More)
Posted on Apr 15th, 2012
Apr 4, 2012
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SocialLearningSummit 2012--Free Learning!

scottmerrickdotnet ― Very cool:As if Podcamp Nashville 2012 on April 14 won't fill you up, the very next Saturday, April 21, online in the Blackboard Collaborate platform, you can learn all you care to learn about Social Media in the service of learning and teaching... (More)
SocialLearningSummit 2012--Free Learning!
Posted on Apr 4th, 2012
Apr 3, 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)
Posted on Apr 3rd, 2012
Apr 1, 2012
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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)
Preschool
Posted on Apr 1st, 2012
Mar 28, 2012
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MNPS Virtual School's New Principal!

scottmerrickdotnet ― Metro Nashville Public Schools announced yesterday that it had selected a new Principal for our MNPS Virtual School who will begin working with us April 9! The tiny but capable, earnest, tight-knit team here, who have been working together daily for... (More)
Posted on Mar 28th, 2012
Mar 23, 2012
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Podcamp Nashville 2012!

scottmerrickdotnet ― 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)
Podcamp Nashville 2012!
Posted on Mar 23rd, 2012
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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)
Podcamp Nashville -- Virtual Worlds!!!
Posted on Mar 23rd, 2012
Mar 20, 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)
Posted on Mar 20th, 2012
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ISTE Senior Director of Education Leadership -- call to apply

scottmerrickdotnet ― ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, is on the hunt for a top-tier educational thought leader who is primed to lead, inspire, and impact the lives of educators worldwide in the years to come. This new Senior Director of... (More)
Posted on Mar 20th, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
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ISTE SIG Leadership Positions Election Now Open!

scottmerrickdotnet ― For those of you who are members of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, I want to share the ballot for Special Interest Groups positions in the ongoing election, which closes April 12. Here's the announcement from ISTE, along... (More)
Posted on Mar 13th, 2012
Mar 9, 2012
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Changes at Virtual School

scottmerrickdotnet ― Today is the last day for our Coordinator/Acting Principal's tenure at MNPS Virtual School. Our staff is now comprised of a full-time Specialist (moi), a full-time Senior Secretary, a 10-month Registrar, and a 10-month Counselor. A Principal's... (More)
Changes at Virtual School
Posted on Mar 9th, 2012
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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)
VWBPE 2012!
Posted on Mar 9th, 2012
Mar 5, 2012
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Social Exclusino

scottmerrickdotnet ― My pal Kevin Jarrett recently asked me for a copy of an image I snapped on the way to NSA with my son Colin last week. BTW, Kevin has an excellent educational blog and Colin will be releasing a 4 original song EP in the next month or so. Both those... (More)
Social Exclusino
Posted on Mar 5th, 2012
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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)
March Blog-o'-the-Month -- Late but Not Never!
Posted on Mar 5th, 2012
Mar 2, 2012
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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)
Intervention On the Wire
Posted on Mar 2nd, 2012
Feb 23, 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)
Posted on Feb 23rd, 2012
Feb 14, 2012
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Tuesday, February 21, at ISTE Island! Join Us!

Oh!VirtualLearning!
Tuesday, February 21, at ISTE Island! Join Us!
Posted on Feb 14th, 2012
Feb 11, 2012
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My Mantra

scottmerrickdotnet ― I have been thinking recently that I should share this and so here it is: my mantra.What's a mantra, you may ask?Well I'm not going the wikipedia route here, though you certainly may, if you wish, to check my definition. Here's the story. I was first... (More)
Posted on Feb 11th, 2012
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March is the Month for Rebirth of ISTE SIGVE

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― As of March 1, ISTE Island will no longer be. That's for sure.Whether it rolls in like a lion or a lamb, March will roll in without ISTE Island in Second Life. The task force that examined options recommended two of them to the ISTE administration... (More)
March is the Month for Rebirth of ISTE SIGVE
Posted on Feb 11th, 2012
Feb 1, 2012
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Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog is "Blog-o'-the-Month!"

Oh!VirtualLearning! ― Hello Mrs.February, nice to see you again. I hope I get to see you many many more timesbefore I don't. Our Blog-o'-the-Month for you is Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog, Runner-up at this year's Edublogger Awards but a winner in our book. You'll besitting... (More)
Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog is
Posted on Feb 1st, 2012

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