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The Department of Education has declared the month of August to be Connected Educator Month! So we’re connecting! Please save the dates of November 2nd and 3rd for the Virtual Worlds & Games UnSymposium! We’ll be working with a number … Continue reading →

November 2 & November 3, 2012 are the dates for the 3rd Annual UnSymposium! If you would like to join us now, we’re currently playing in the ARG Academy May 7 – 28 over at P2P University and will be … Continue reading →

World of Warcraft Week in Virtual Worlds, Games and Education Tour April 2- 9, 2012 in P2P University The beginning of the sessions on Monday and Tuesday are in Second Life. The Second Life HQ for our Group is on … Continue reading →

Virtual Worlds Best Practices is Looking for Some More Volunteers during their ramp-up time.  VWBPE is fully online mostly in Second Life and is held from March 15- 17, 2012. To sign-up go to  http://bit.ly/qNmbjP  Posters The poster area with Abacus … Continue reading →

Based on community request, the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) is reopening the call for proposals. CFP Animoto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwtfVg6RH4 The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education is a grass-roots community conference; it is YOUR conference, and your chance … Continue reading →

My Nominations for Edu Blog Awards Best individual blog  -Design for Learning http://deangroom.wordpress.com/ Best individual tweeter – @jackiegerstein Best new blog – Gridjumper’s Blog http://gridjumper.net/ Best ed tech / resource sharing blog – Gridjumper’s Blog http://gridjumper.net/ Best twitter hashtag – #iste11 Best teacher blog – Edurealms http://edurealms.com/ Best School … Continue reading →

At the UnSymposium – we spent some time and came up with a CFP for a Games and Simulation Fest for VWBPE! The crowd thought it was especially important to celebrate creativity and user created content whether it was in … Continue reading →

From the editor: Virtual Education Journal http://www.virtualeducationjournal.com/ VEJ – Issue 3, Deadline November 20th. Help us get the message out to people about the important educational work that is going on in virtual environments! As many of us talked about … Continue reading →

Hello everyone, The tentative schedule is now up! You can find it on the menu to the left or by going to VWGUS 2011 Schedule (http://vw.unsymposium.org/vwus-2011-schedule)

Here are a description of some the Games, Play and Community sessions; Discussion on World of Warcraft, cognitive surplus and theorycraft. We are going to do a in-depth look and discussion on how MMORPG players are using their cognitive surplus … Continue reading →