RezEd Update: May 22, 2008
The month of May continues the RezEd focus on educational virtual worlds, to be followed by June’s focus on education in or through commercial virtual worlds.
This week on RezEd:
-- Podcast: Peggy Sheehy, Middle School information specialist facilitating the Ramapo Islands Project and the first school-based educator to use Teen Second Life in the classroom. Listen to her interview “Reports from the Field: The first middle school to bring Teen Second Life to the classroom.”
-- Best Practice: This week’s best practice, titled, “Virtual Interdisciplinary Practices” is submitted by Dr. Pamela Mitchell of Kent State University.
-- Featured Discussion: In response to Peggy Sheeh’s interview, Kevin Jarret moderates this week’s discussion on “Clearing the hurdles for successful school-based virtual world projects”
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Most Active Member-created Groups:
Over 320 members have participated in the BETA of RezEd since it launched last month, creating new discussions and groups for K-8 educators, language learning, gender in virtual worlds, and more.
Gaming and Learning in Virtual Worlds
Language Learning in Virtual Worlds
K-8 Educators in Virtual Worlds
Create one for your own interest or community.
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Call for Best Practices:
A major component of RezEd is to make accessible and practical the type of learning that is happening for many members of this growing community and connect it with practitioners in the field to inform their work.
Interested in sharing your own experiences on learning and virtual worlds through a Best Practice submission for RezEd? Click here for the RezEd Best Practice Form.
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RezEd: The Hub for Learning and Virtual Worlds provides practitioners using virtual worlds access to the highest quality resources and research in the field to establish a strong network of those using virtual worlds for learning. It is produced by Global Kids, Inc. through the generous support of HASTAC and the John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
