http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife A journal of the development of Pender County School Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:42:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The past few weeks have been extremely busy on PCS Island.  Our island has hosted roughly 13 educators from across the state who are learning the basics of Second Life and virtual worlds for teaching and collaboration.  We were also recognized last week at the state technology conference, NCTIES, by ... http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife/?p=12 My flag project turned out to be more of an undertaking than I had anticipated. My goal was to create a flag representing each school, using their logos/mascots, and arrange them in some fashion near the building that I've set up to be the virtual "Central Office." This ... http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife/?p=11 My opportunities for island development have been few and far between, however, in the past months I have completed three sections of the island: The Staff Development Center - a tropical, tiki-themed region which includes meeting spaces, an auditorium suspended over a coral reef, and huts for resource sharing. (shown here) An ... http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife/?p=9 Time for some original object creation.  I decided that we'd need some sort of visual cue for visitors and users of our island so they'd know what region of the island they were visiting should they take the paths that will one day be created.  I decided I'd try my ... http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife/?p=8 After discussion with another member of our district's instructional team, we decided that a good way to "divide" up the island would be based on curricular areas. I came up with a list of sections I thought would be appropriate for the island (science, mathematics, office space, an auditorium ... http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife/?p=7 Talk about a blank canvas!  Here I am on our recently "delivered" island in Second Life.  When I ordered the island I was able to make a request regarding its location in "the Grid."  I requested that we be located somewhere near UNC Chapel Hill's island or near ISTE's islands.  ... http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife/?p=6 Pender County Schools has recently purchased an island in Second Life for the purposes of staff development, collaboration, and resource sharing.  This blog's purpose is to record the history of its development so that other school systems considering such a venture might have a reference.  As we plan and develop ... http://pcs-tech.net/secondlife/?p=4