Recently, I've been spending a lot of time in Second Life talking to new users, and also talking to companies/institutions that want to get into Second Life. And one thing my colleagues and I have noticed is that some Second Life myths are still very popular among people. That is why I think tha...
Lately I've been spending a lot of time in Moodle; mainly of course as part of my Moodle Teacher Certificate (MTC) program (which I successfully completed last week), but also because of the Austrian Moodle conference, which I attended on Thursday and Friday in Graz (I had a presentation about t...
Ok, yes, I admit: I finally joined the Twitter fever, and I am in fact enjoying it. All for higher research purposes only, of course. Ahem. Anyway, in this post I'd like to share with you some of my first findings/impressions about being a (still newbie! :) ) Twit.So, as you probably know by now...
In the past few weeks I've been curiously exploring Jaiku, Twitter, and even Facebook (more about those in future posts); and that is mostly why I haven't been posting to my blog as much as I would like to. Another thing I've been doing is trying out different virtual worlds (There, Kaneva, Mult...
In case you haven't heard yet: edubloggers now have a new place to get together in Second Life at the brand new Bloggers Cafe.The Bloggers Cafe is an attempt to keep the conversation that started at this year's NECC going (and it is of course a great opportunity for all of us that missed NECC to...
Yesterday I had one of the most magical days in my Second Life thanks to some really great people and a bit of magic coincidence. I haven't had much of Second Life lately due to different first life obligations, so yesterday I had a great chance to do some catching up, and I was really reminded ...
A few days ago I was watching Daniel Livingstone's presentation Immersive and Web-Based Virtual Learning Environments, and although most of the things he talked about were not new to me, it did strike me that teaching in Second Life at the moment is no piece of cake if you don't have certain tec...
Common Crafts does it again: this time they've made an interesting and entertaining presentation of wikis (in the style of the video RSS in plain English). Again, a useful video when you've only have a few minutes to present the concept of wikis to colleagues or friends. Keep them coming Common ...
I've been completely busy in the past few days, but today I've really got to share something with you. You know I'm a huge fan of Apple, but today I came across (via Mac Rumors) a video presentation of a brand new Microsoft product - Microsoft Surface - that just took my breath away. It's a mult...
This Thursday I attended the Eduserv Foundation Symposium: Virtual worlds, real learning? through Second Life. I registered early enough to get a sit at the Eduserv Island, and I must say I had a great time listening to all the presentations. It was quite a long event, so I've got quite some not...
If you are a heavy Web 2.0 user like me, you probably find ordinary TV extremely boring. Nowadays, whenever I watch TV for more than 5 minutes, I always end up dreaming of right-clicks for more info, the ability to skip, fast forward, and most importantly relevant content. There are few things t...
I just wanted to share with you a great video that explains what RSS feeds are in plain English in 3.5 minutes: Click To Play Just what I've been looking for an introduction to RSS! I'm just amazed that so many people are still unaware of this great technology. But of cour...