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Monday, November 10, 2008

Interesting Webinars offered by One Day University

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Each Webinar will feature Wendy Schiller of Brown as she explores President Obama's daunting challenges and Shawn Achor of Harvard as he examines the science of happiness.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Educators embracing virtual worlds in Ontario

clipped from www.itbusiness.ca

Second Life opens new world of opportunity to Ontario students

"Virtual worlds have been used as training environments for many years," Hudson said. "In the past 30 years, if you've ever flown on an airplane, the pilot was probably trained in a virtual world – on a simulator."

Hudson calls it "practice in a non-threatening environment."

And one such environment that Hudson has used extensively to train his own students is Second Life, a 3-D virtual world created by its "residents", where users can socialize, connect and create using voice and text chat.

Read about how Hudson has turned Loyalist's Second Life experience into a business: Canadian college turns virtual world creation into real business venture

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Monday, November 3, 2008

"Ethics of Practice in Virtual Worlds"

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CLE Seminar “Ethics of Practice in Virtual Worlds” in Second Life Saturday Nov. 8 at Noon PST

As part of the SL Bar Association’s speaker series, I’m presenting “Ethics of Practice in Virtual Worlds” in Second Life Saturday, November 8 at 12:00 Noon Pacific time.

I’ll be talking about a wide range of professional responsibility issues that should be on the radar of any lawyer practicing — or thinking about practicing — in a virtual world.  I’ll discuss advertising in virtual worlds, confidentiality of communication, unauthorized practice of law, conflicts of interest, and much more.  I will also take questions.

You can sign up for a free spot at the seminar and also sign up and pay for CLE credit at the SL Bar Association’s site.  You can pay for the CLE credit via PayPal or in-world using Linden Dollars.

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Friday, October 31, 2008

CMS Watch

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  • Our critical analysis
    exposes product weaknesses as well as strengths
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  • We only work for buyers -- never for vendors
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    Thursday, October 30, 2008

    Where to buy a Birkin Bag

    Bag, Borrow or Steal
    http://www.bagborroworsteal.com/ui/search!search

    Luxurynavi.com
    http://luxurynavi.com/30cm-birkin-handbag-in-dark-green-lizard-skin-p-8865.html?zenid=0d4a491a64ec482edbdba795976c152c

    Creaturs Deluxe
    http://www.createursdeluxe.com/bags.asp

    *Links provided here are for research purposes. Consumer due diligence regarding vendor reliability, product quality, etc is still required.

    Now this is what Second Life is for...

    "the ideas and visions for students here is endless. Economics majors can do research and learn the values of the Linden Dollar (L$) - Second Life's general source of currency. Psychology majors can meet new people and talk to them about their experiences and how it relates to Second Life. Art majors can go behind the scenes making their own buildings or putting their newest creations in a digital gallery. Business majors can follow the trends of the Second Life marketplace and marketing majors can learn how it all works."

    University purchases virtual island through grant

    Even though the world is virtual and the land is only net space, building an island on Second Life is not cheap. The University received a sizable grant from Verizon's Thinkfinity fund with a primary goal to get the University on the Second Life map.
    Beth Gordon Klingner, the assistant dean for Instructional Technology at the Pleasantville campus, is very excited to be working on Second Life. Just as her job title entails, she assists faculty and students in their goal to use technology in teaching and learning.
    The students, faculty and staff are working hard on making the best possible result but also keeping it light and fun.
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