Cynthia Calongne's presentation at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference

1. A View from Second Life’s Trenches Are you a Pioneer or a Settler? NMC Summer Conference Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University June 8, 2007

3. Blending Real and Virtual Meetings

5. Exploring New Frontiers

7. A Lush Landscape

9. Settlers or Pioneers?

11. NMC Teachers’ Buzz Meetings

13. CS 672 - 1st Day in SL

14. GlobalKids in Second Life

15. GlobalKids -- Take a Stand

16. English Composition in SL

17. Writing Assignments in SL

18. Virtual Classrooms

19. Slides and Streaming Video

20. Virtual and Real Campus

22. Teaching at NIU in Second Life

24. Virtual World Class Rules

25. Imaginative Instruction

26. Ramapo’s Creative Spaces

27. Studying Immigration

28. Teens in the Courtroom

29. Modeling Geometric Problems

30. Student Conference Center

31. Biographies and Resumes

32. Coca Cola, Sony, Linden Labs

33. Literature at Ramapo Photos courtesy of Peggy Sheehy of Ramapo

34. Facilitated Team Discussions Photos courtesy of Peggy Sheehy of Ramapo, Suffern Middle School in NY

35. Bridging Universities University of Queensboro University of Calif, Davis Survey Instrument in SL Voices and Perception

36. Mathematics Comes to Life Seifert Surface’s Research on Mathematics

37. Modeling the Problem

38. Inside the Model -- New Frontiers

40. Virtual Office Hours

41. Students Explore Without Fear

42. Challenging Safe Practices

43. Projects Grow Between Classes

44. Analogous Problems

45. Defining and Measuring Quality

46. Exams focus on applied and activity-based learning methods

47. Exam Feedback

48. Crossing Boundaries DART Dementasia Aerial Rapid Transit

49. Managing Innovation & Change

50. Modeling Behavioral Changes

51. Emergent Behavior Bridging CS 641 with CS 382 Software Design

52. Team Project - 12 Students

53. Enthusiastic Maze Game Design “ I survived the Maze Game” shirts Traps and Scoreboard

55. Legitimacy in the Academy

56. Assessing Education in SL

58. Art that Comes Alive

61. Blending Pioneers and Settlers

62. A View from Second Life’s Trenches Are you a Pioneer or a Settler? Lyr Lobo in Second Life Ryl Redgrave on the Teen Grid at Ramapo [email_address] For more information, contact