Updates on the Metaverse
Posted on February 9, 2008
Filed under Announcement, Helpful, Trends
The metaverse is indeed expanding. First is the announcement that Media Grid’s is looking at a 3-5 year timeline for developing an education grid: “a dedicated, not-for-profit grid of computers for educational content, worlds, and learning games that can be used in a classroom. All information would be marked with metadata so educators could build their own virtual experiences from a large distributed database of content. Pre-constructed virtual learning environments will also be available for quick classroom implementation.” Read more.
Second, the New Media Consortium’s Virtual Worlds program announced its plans for 2008. They’ll be adding new services for educators, including live mentors for newbies, space development services, a learning prize for content development, an educational resources repository. Great stuff.
And finally, the German magazine der Spiegel, interviewed SL founder Rosedale on SL. Making it crash less is his first priority, he says. Read more
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When I was in world this week, someone new in the ISTE group (and probably new to Secondlife) was asking for brick and chalkboard textures to make a classroom… ic…
Why do educators feel that they have to make their virtual worlds like the real ones they inhabit? Although I have many brick textures, I told them that they should have class outside, since it was such a nice day! I would be having class on a cloud or in a garden. Educators need to think outside the box!