Second Life VWLEM 09 Conference Day Two

Alliance Library System
The VWLEM 09 CONFERENCE
"Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education, and Museums"
This machinima is on the first day of the conference.
Saturday, April 25, 2009.
It shows samples of some of the many sessions that took place that day.
Opening keynote address by Bryan Carter.

9:00 a.m. SLT on Saturday:
Track 1 (Libraries): Karen Huffman and Bianca Lipscomb. "Jumping in with Both Feet: Building a Presence for Catholic University in Second Life"
Track 2 (Education): Anton Hand. "Xeniversity: Teaching Classes and Students in Virtual Worlds"
Track 3 (Museums): Yesha Sivan. "CONTIL: Tunnels/Containers 2: Case Study of Virtual Worlds for Museums"
Track 4 (Demos): Lorelei Junot. "Planning an Event in Second Life"

10:00 a.m. SLT on Saturday:
Track 1 (Libraries): Nick Nagel and Jerome Yavarkovsky. "Virtual Libraries in the Immersive Education Initiative: An Introduction to the Library Technology Working Group"
Track 2 (Education): Dallas McPheeters. "Cyborg Learning Theory: Engaging the Minds of the Next Generation"
Track 3 (Museums): Andrew Wheelock. "Virtual Pioneers"
Track 4 (Demos): Krull Aeon. "Using Cool Tools: Survey Guru, Archipelago Board, and the Slideshow Board"
Track 5 (Tours): Goldie LeSuere. "Dresden Gallery Project"

11:00 a.m. SLT on Saturday:
Track 1 (Education): Annabelle Fanshaw. "Second Life Alchemy: Building the Interactive Sim"
Track 2 (Education): JJ Drinkwater, Aldo Stern, and Diogenes Kuhr. "Structuring Support for Virtual Immersive Learning Experiences"
Track 3 (Museums): Physeter Nicholls. "The Immersive Virtual Natural History Experience"
Track 4 (Demos): Puglet Dancer. "Making Your Avatar Look Good"

Music:
Album: Between Two Worlds
Song: Prelude in Eb Major
Artist: Maya Filipic
License: Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/
Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Maya_Filipic

Machinima:
Pia Klaar / 2009

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[valibrarian]

Thanks so much for sharing some moments from the conference!