ISTE Virtual Environments NETWORK
The International Society for Technology in Education's Virtual Environments Network seeks to explore all things related to education in Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Environments. This ISTE PLN (Professional Learning Network) sponsors regular events as well as special events that come up during the year.
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Important Announcement:
Our cherished Second Life Community: We just moved! After eight great years of funding support from ISTE at our previous HQ at Eduisland 9, economic circumstances of the times have required that we strike out on our own, at least in supporting our Second Life community with a place to meet. We are grateful to ISTE for those years of support and we remain proud to be ISTE's spokes-group in Virtual Environments; not just in Second Life, but in all Virtual Worlds and, now, in all Virtual Reality platforms wherever you may find them. Learn more about us at right here and join us for our many ongoing events, including regular open office hours (5pm SLT--U.S.Pacific-- every 1st Tuesday of the month) and a monthly Focus Session each 3rd Tuesday of the month at the same time slot. This summer we continue our daily, Monday-Friday, Mystery Education Theater series, in a different virtual world environment every two weeks!
Oh. we're at http://bit.ly/istevenhq now! Come see us!
Our cherished Second Life Community: We just moved! After eight great years of funding support from ISTE at our previous HQ at Eduisland 9, economic circumstances of the times have required that we strike out on our own, at least in supporting our Second Life community with a place to meet. We are grateful to ISTE for those years of support and we remain proud to be ISTE's spokes-group in Virtual Environments; not just in Second Life, but in all Virtual Worlds and, now, in all Virtual Reality platforms wherever you may find them. Learn more about us at right here and join us for our many ongoing events, including regular open office hours (5pm SLT--U.S.Pacific-- every 1st Tuesday of the month) and a monthly Focus Session each 3rd Tuesday of the month at the same time slot. This summer we continue our daily, Monday-Friday, Mystery Education Theater series, in a different virtual world environment every two weeks!
Oh. we're at http://bit.ly/istevenhq now! Come see us!
Mystery Education Theater (M-F)
As a way to get together on a regular basis, and to bring some levity and learning to our days (that are increasingly being filled with Zoom meetings and mandated online PD), ISTE VEN has concocted a Professional Learning event we call Mystery Education Theater. We hold it in two week sessions, each of which takes place in a different virtual world. The first session was in Second Life, our go-to for being "together at a distance," and the second followed in VirBELA. Next we enjoyed meeting and learning together in Engage, and week four finds us in AltspaceVR. Interested in how a fun hour between educators flows differently in different virtual environments? This is your ticket! Join us! All the info can be found at our Mystery Education Theater website. This'll be FUN!
Office Hours/Show and Tell (1st tuesday)
@ our Headquarters in Second Life:
VEN OOH are informal hangouts at the VEN site on Second Life on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 5:00 SLT (Pacific time) til 6:00 SLT to discuss events and projects, make suggestions, share successes and learn from one another.
SLURL: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Von%20Emster/170/206/60/
(8PM Eastern)
Create a free Second Life account HERE
Also visit our Headquarters on Avacon Grid:
This is an education-and-nonprofit-only Grid. If you already have an OpenSimulator account that is Hypergrid enabled, you can Hypergrid jump to http://grid.avacon.org:8002. When you arrive, friend one of us and we will get you to our location.
Free AvaCon accounts can be set up HERE
VEN OOH are informal hangouts at the VEN site on Second Life on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 5:00 SLT (Pacific time) til 6:00 SLT to discuss events and projects, make suggestions, share successes and learn from one another.
SLURL: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Von%20Emster/170/206/60/
(8PM Eastern)
Create a free Second Life account HERE
Also visit our Headquarters on Avacon Grid:
This is an education-and-nonprofit-only Grid. If you already have an OpenSimulator account that is Hypergrid enabled, you can Hypergrid jump to http://grid.avacon.org:8002. When you arrive, friend one of us and we will get you to our location.
Free AvaCon accounts can be set up HERE
Focus Sessions (3rd Tuesday)
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ISTE VEN Focus Sessions feature noted practitioners of education in virtual environments in an interactive setting, every 3rd Tuesday of each month from 5:00 SLT (Pacific time) til 6:00 SLTat ISTE VEN's site in Second Life.(SLurl: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Von%20Emster/170/206/60/
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WILDCARD NIGHT (4th tuesday)
The 4th Tuesday of every month has been our EduMachinima Night but is currently open for ad hoc events and meet-ups in virtual worlds, including Avacon Grid (Opensimulator). For help getting to AvaCon, see https://www.avacon.org/blog/avacon-grid/. You do not need an AvaCon account, but when you arrive for the first time you'll need a teleport from us.
Visit the EduMachinma Flicker site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/edumachinima
Visit the EduMachinma Flicker site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/edumachinima
Immersive World Tours
ISTE VEN Tours are on hiatus for the present. Fidget (fidgetswidgets Resident) very generously and ably coordinated these for the year following the untimely death of VEN Tours founder Cyrus Hush.
Cyrus also founded Expedition Central, a collection of educational sims in Second Life. Expedition Central lives on, hosted by the Chilbo community in Second Life. Many of the landmarks are also available in the Teacher Resource Center on VSTE Island in Second Life.
Cyrus also founded Expedition Central, a collection of educational sims in Second Life. Expedition Central lives on, hosted by the Chilbo community in Second Life. Many of the landmarks are also available in the Teacher Resource Center on VSTE Island in Second Life.
Minecraft Meetups
Many of our members have worked and explored in Minecraft. Our wonderful friends at VSTE Island have a Minecraft Monday once a month.
Check out their Google Plus Group for info:
VSTE PLN
Check out their Google Plus Group for info:
VSTE PLN
ISTE VEN Writers' Group
The ISTE VEN Writers Group occasionally meets to explore an immersive environment in Second Life, after which members are invited to create a work based on the experience, whether it be prose, poetry, essay, machinima, etc. to share with the group the following month. You can find landmarks to some of the places we've been at the ISTE VEN Headquarters in Second Life at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/24/105/22.
Check out our next exploration!
Check out our next exploration!
LInk to: VEN Massive Open Online Calendar (Click +Google at the bottom right to add to your own Google calendar)
Link to: VEN Facebook Page
Link to: VEN Flickr
Link to: Linkedin Recommendations
SIGVE Twitter: @ISTE_VENetwork
Link to: VEN Facebook Page
Link to: VEN Flickr
Link to: Linkedin Recommendations
SIGVE Twitter: @ISTE_VENetwork
