PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

Free Video Tutorials: Sandy, our SW Site Coordinator found this great website where you can watch free video tutorials on a variety of subject areas including basics of MS Word, iMovie, Searching the internet, Social and Professional online networking, iPhone and iPod basics and more!   The ones I’ve looked at so far are great!  www.woopid.com

Getting Started in Second Life: At the PATINS Tech Expo next week, I’ll be at the Second Life/PATINS-Project booth talking about Second Life and it’s potential benefits to education and more specifically to Professional Development.  We’ll be handing out a 1-page sheet on Getting Started in Second Life as well.  If you’d like that sheet ahead of time, you can download it below.  It might be beneficial for you to create an avatar before arriving at the Tech Expo so that you might have some more specific/details questions for me.  Download the getting started guide here: second-life-getting-started-info

Tech Expo: Pre-registration is offically over for the Tech Expo, however walk in registration is welcome…although a lunch may not be available for walk ins. Please see Glenda Thompson the day of Tech Expo to see if a lunch is available for you if you did not pre-register.

Teaching Every Student Ning: ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) has started a NING on the book we use for our Indiana UDL Program.  Check it out here: http://teachingeverystudent.ning.com/

Second Life Tips from the Traveling Avatar: I just recently came across this FREE podcast.  It’s actually no longer being produced with the last episode having been published on 1/8/2008.  However, it is still offered for subscription (free) on iTunes and offers some nice little tips for utilizing Second Life.  Keep in mind that it is not intended for educational uses entirely, but it does offer some great tips for getting the most out of Second Life in general.  Some of the topics that looked interesting to me included: Reducing Lag, Securing Your Land, Etiquette in SL, Voice Chat Hardware and Etiquette, How to make a picture display in Second Life, etc.

…Another couple of podcasts that might be of interest:

• Global Kids Digital Media Initiatives Podcast Series and
• RezEd Podcast Series: This one is outstanding if you haven’t checked it out yet!