ISTE Virtual Environments NETWORK
The Virtual Environments Network (formerly Special Interest Group - SIGVE) seeks to explore all things related to education in virtual environments. The group sponsors some regular events as well as some special events that come up during the year. Our regular events are:
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Office Hours/Show and Tell (2nd tuesday)
Second Life:
An informal hangout at the VEN site on Second Life each week on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 5:00 SLT (Pacific time) til 6:00 SLT to answer Virtual World Questions, make suggestions, share successes and hear recommendations.
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/62/99/22
(8PM Eastern)
How to create a Second Life account: HERE
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
An informal hangout at the VEN site on Second Life each week on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 5:00 SLT (Pacific time) til 6:00 SLT to answer Virtual World Questions, make suggestions, share successes and hear recommendations.
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/62/99/22
(8PM Eastern)
How to create a Second Life account: HERE
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 (formerly Speaker Sessions) feature noted practitioners of education in virtual environments, in an interactive setting, every 3rd Tuesday, in the Focus Session area of ISTE VEN's site in Second Life (SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/24/105/22)
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EDuMachinima Night on AvaCon Grid (4th tuesday)
The 4th Tuesday of every Month we are having a Machinima Night with Gridjumper in our OpenSim parcel on the AvaCon grid. Various Machinima will be displayed and discussed. We will talk about elements of machinima, narrative, and educational relevance. 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.
EduMachinma Flicker site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/edumachinima
EduMachinma Flicker site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/edumachinima
Immersive World Tours
ISTE VEN Tours are on hiatus for the present. Fidget (fidgetswidgets Resident) has very generously and ably coordinated these for the year following the death of founder Cyrus Hush's typist.
Cyrus also founded Expedition Central, a collection of educational sims in Second Life. Expedition Central is hosted by the Chilbo communityin 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 is hosted by the Chilbo communityin Second Life. Many of the landmarks are also available in the Teacher Resource Center on VSTE Island in Second Life.
Minecraft Meetups
Virtual Environment Network is exploring the sandbox world of Minecraft.
We have had many of our members work and explore in Minecraft. While we used to have a night dedicated to Minecraft, we have found our wonderful friends at VSTE Island have a Minecraft Monday once a month.
Check out their Google Plus Group for info:
VSTE PLN
We have had many of our members work and explore in Minecraft. While we used to have a night dedicated to Minecraft, we have found our wonderful friends at VSTE Island have a Minecraft Monday once a month.
Check out their Google Plus Group for info:
VSTE PLN
ISTE VEN Writers' Group
The ISTE VEN Writers Group will not be regularly scheduled. The group 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. 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 Google+ Community
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