Archive for February, 2008
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The British Invasion Hits Infotainment Island
Last Sunday marked the opening of the Museum of Music’s British Invasion Exhibit and celebrated not only the opening of an event but a historical month in music! Forty-four years ago this February the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and led the way for the music of the British Invasion that [...]
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Courses for Educators and Librarians on Virtual Worlds in Second Life
The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science is offering a variety of continuing education courses for librarians and educators interested in virtual worlds! Spring courses for March include: Second Life 101, Survey of Librarianship in Virtual Worlds, Technical Skills for the Virtual World of Second Life,
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[meeting] main grid planning meeting
This was one of our first meetings on the main grid on the Land of Lincoln island. Since adults need to be background checked before coming to the teen grid to work with teens, we talked about connections we have to get adults interested.
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[meeting] Planning the sim
Today was one of our first meetings on tg to plan ideas for the sim. While it is called the Land of Lincoln sim, it’s focus will abe on the 1850’s and 1860’s, and not necessarily particular to Lincoln. Some of the ideas included:
*wild west theme (saloon, merchants, ship/dock)
*slavery
*town hall
*civil war
*more of an Epcot Center [...]