Thanks to Barbara Sakamoto's tweet, I heard about this conference.

If you follow the link below, you can view many of last year's presentations on video:

http://treet.tv/shows/bpe/

After Slanguages 2009 and for a brief spell, there was a lot of interest in Second Life and the educational opportunities it offers but lately, and especially amongst our Twitter friends, I notice a lot of silence about SL.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

It's been a while now since my last post, no I am not lazy but I have had plenty to do. As I promised a follow up to my first post here is the second. I was waiting for feedback from my students but they have been busy too so it hasn't been possible apart from feedback from one, if in the near future they have the time I will certainly add their comments… Continue

Just in case you missed the earlier sessions, there will be two more to help new teachers get ready for the Unconference.

They'll be Wednesday, 9/23 at 6 pm SLT (PDT) and Thursday 9/24 at 3 am SLT (PDT).

Besides building basic skills, it's a great chance to meet some of the other conference participants!

The schedule is also up now, so time to get excited!

See you in Jokaydia...
http://jokaydia.com/

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I got this from another teacher on the SLED Blog, and thought some of you might be interested. I've picked up the box, and the items are very well made. Even if you don't have a need for these right now, they'd be good to keep in your inventory :)

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Until 9th of September you can get a free box of "props" from Miabella Foxley
(instructions below), who is apparently retiring from SL.
It has things like lights (various kinds) candles, bookstacks, a cupboard, a
rather nice day b… Continue