PATINS PROJECT -Rapid Fire-

Virtual Worlds Best Practices In Education is Happening RIGHT NOW! This is the third year I’ve attended and my second year presenting at this amazing 3 day, online, free, international educational conference. If you can possibly get into Second Life to attend any of this conference today.  It started at 5pm EST last evening and [...]

Open Source Content/Virtual School: http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/03/02/Open-Content-in-Practice.aspx?Page=1 What Is OPEN CONTENT? www.opencontent.org/definition Open High School Website: www.openhighschool.org Why Open Source Textbooks? (Video): http://davidwees.com/content/why-textbooks-should-be-open-source Audiobook Creator: I had a couple of emails this week from teachers wanting to take some audiobooks they had and bread or divide them up into more manageable chunks.  The books they have are [...]

SORRY I’M LATE this week!  I’ve been terribly sick for nearly a full week now and hope none of you get this nasty virus!  I do have some great things to share however and better late than never! AT Overview Module: NW Site Coordinator, Jim Lambert, has done an awesome job creating this online module [...]

IASP Conference Podcast: I was fortunate enough to attend and be asked to record some podcast interviews and recording of the panel session a the Annual Fall Indiana Association of School Psychologists (IASP) Conference.  Watch for this podcast soon!  I’ll announce it here and link to it.  It’ll also be available from the IASP Website: [...]

~ONLINE TEACHING & LEARNING~ (Download a larger version of the PATINS ISLAND map above by clicking on it) As you know, you may request a training, workshop, or presentation from PATINS Staff at any time.  However, as a state, we are moving rapidly away from face-to-face trainings and beginning to utilize more online tools. PATINS [...]

Getting Started in Second Life (pdf files): Getting Started in SL First Login Location Viewer2 PATINS Island IP Address Video Tutorials, Calendar of Events and more:  www.patinsproject.com/SLEventsCalendar.html PDF of the Flyer Below: JunePATINSSLFlyer Click Image Below to View Larger Getting Started in Second Life (pdf files): Getting Started in SL First Login Location Viewer2 PATINS [...]

David Davis Presentation Recording on the PATINS Second Life Island: Watch and listen to the recording of this event here!  As this was my first attempt at recording a session while also participating in it, it’s not perfect, but I think the content is conveyed just fine for the most part.  I’ll promise to work [...]

Virtual Worlds Best Practices In Education -3rd Annual International Conference- March 12,13, 2010 Once again, several of the PATINS Staff will be attending this free, online, virtual, international educational conference.  I will also be presenting a session this year on the Friday. “The Virtual World Best Practices 2010 focus is “Imagination Around the World”.  From the North, [...]

“According to a research report from Forrester, by 2012, “3-D Virtual Platforms will be as important for work as the Web is today.” Are you prepared for this?  Are you prepared to prepare your students for this?  How about to prepare your students with disabilities for this? National Presenter: David Davis on, “Virtual Instruction and [...]

A screenshot of my avatar observing the working solar system model on the STEMmED Island in Second Life (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Education). ARE YOU READY TO TEACH (and learn) ONLINE? The STEMmED Island (above image) is actually a close neighbor of the PATINS-Project Island on the Second Life Grid and I just happened upon [...]