Virtual Pioneers - Exploring New Frontiers in a Virtual World

Exploring New Frontiers in a Virtual World

This site is dedicated to teachers exploring the potential of using MUVEs for teaching and learning about Social Studies

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November 22

Sunday

ATour of Japan- NEW TIME

November 22, 2009 from 3pm to 5pm – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Japan%20Chubu/117/169/20

NEW TIME! To accommodate our hosts we need to move our meeting time up 2 hours to begin at 3pm Second Life time. (Pacific) Please join us for this special tour that will give us a unique glimpse o...

Organized by Andrew Wheelock | Type: historical, tour

December 6

Sunday

Understanding History through Second Life Building!

December 6, 2009 from 5pm to 6pm – LIghthouse Learning Island- Sandbox

Please join expert builder- Serena Offcourse and amateur historian Spiff Whitfield for this unique event. We will begin with a short historical informational session on Fort Johnson and its famous...

Organized by Andrew Wheelock | Type: hands, on, presentation

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National Parks with Kimmer

Kimmer's presentation was once again a huge success. What a great way to make learning fun! As you can see from the picture above she had the stage decked out in full campsite themed fun. She ha...

Tagged: pbs, kimmer_jameson, national_parks

Started by Andrew Wheelock in Group Discussions Nov 18.

Virtual King Tut Photo Contest 1 Reply

I found this today and wanted to share. 100 real US dollars to 3 winners that submit awesome photos of the King Tut sim. http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/11/virtual-tut-conte

Started by Julie LaChance in For Your Information. Last reply by Andrew Wheelock Nov 15.

Understanding Islam Links- Submitted by Mandie Mimulus

http://dancinginkproductions.com/projects/understa Big, Easy Money Report: http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14 published a version of that story here: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-wo...

Tagged: notes, islam

Started by Andrew Wheelock in For Your Information Oct 12.

The History of Race- Please give feedback! 2 Replies

Special thanks to Sampson, Rocksie, Alex, and Marc Aronson, for such a great presentation last Sunday. I think this sim really represents a powerful way to take a piece of non-fiction beyond text! ...

Tagged: feedback, race

Started by Andrew Wheelock in Group Discussions. Last reply by Andrew Wheelock Oct 3.