tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:34:01 +0000futureNMCeducationTU-SL newsstudent activitiesGetting startedresourcesTU-SL eventsvideoHow to...RezEdconferenceTowson Innovation IslandSecond LifepresentationsTowson Innovation Lab: a virtual learning community in Second Lifehttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)Blogger24125noreply@blogger.comnoTowson Innovation Lab: a virtual learning community in Second Lifetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-4609867096594135663Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:21:00 +00002010-09-14T13:08:32.020-04:00The Towson Innovation Lab island is in full swing with the start of classes and weekly meet-up sessions on Monday night open to the public. Starting at 8:30 pm faculty members, Jan Baum (ART+DESIGN), James Braman (Computer & Information Sciences) and Bridget Sullivan (ART+DESIGN) meet in-world with undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and visitors to the Towson Innovation Lab island in http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2010/09/meet-up-monday-on-nights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-3684266861419599344Tue, 04 May 2010 16:13:00 +00002010-05-04T13:22:23.757-04:00The Interactive Media Design Center hosted Jeff Lipsky (aka Filthy Fluno) at a guest speaker event March 25, 2010 in the Center for the Arts at Towson University. Criselle Anderson, an IAMD student, records her reaction to the event. Filthy Fluno is currently exhibiting his work on the Towson Innovation Lab island in Second Life.Artist Jeff Lipsky has successfully merged his real life art into http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2010/05/filthy-fluno-artists-life-in-second.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-4565537700781060077Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:31:00 +00002010-01-13T16:36:38.569-05:00Second LifeeducationTowson Innovation IslandfutureNew improvements and additions on the Towson Innovation Lab island are taking shape for the start of spring 2010 classes at Towson University. Classes begin Monday 25 January. Stop by and visit the island http://bit.ly/towson-innovation-lab. For more information on how to get started in Second Life view the How to/Getting Started topics on the TUinSecondLife blog.~Beehttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/towson-innovation-lab-island-preparing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-6132385372346878387Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:13:00 +00002010-01-13T15:28:30.012-05:00TU-SL eventseducationTowson Innovation IslandHow to...student activitiesFor the 4th semester running SLTeam faculty will continue to hold informal virtual gatherings on Monday evenings starting at 8:30 pm for Q&A, demonstrations and virtual tours. Anyone interested in joining the group is encouraged to log in and introduce yourself/avatar. We start pretty much on time each week and stay at least until 9 pm, most often until later. These meetings will begin Monday thehttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/join-slteam-faculty-members-monday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-3814769475591227843Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:55:00 +00002010-01-13T15:01:18.641-05:00videoTU-SL eventseducationTowson Innovation IslandAt the fall 2009 Department of Art+Design faculty art exhibition New Work, Professors Jan Baum and Bridget Sullivan exhibited the video Teaching at Towson Takes on a Second Life. You can watch the video here on indefinite display on youtube.com We hope to be adding more in the upcoming months.~beehttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/teaching-at-towson-takes-on-second-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-2346516617507169314Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +00002009-11-13T10:29:47.861-05:00Second LifefutureNew Apple Store on upper West side of Manhattan is visually reminiscent of a retail store in Second Life. Is life imitating art? Wait I think I see Ruby Snook flying around in there!http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-it-real-life-or-second-life-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-2802706148461829379Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:29:00 +00002009-11-03T10:59:58.963-05:00resourcesconferenceSecond LifeeducationfutureNMCProfessor Jan Baum and Bridget Sullivan attended the New Media Consortium Symposium on the Future October 27-29. The conference is the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia and was held in Hakone. The conference explored "actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond."(nmc.org)The presentations and http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-media-consortium-symposium-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-4852573663838269088Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:01:00 +00002009-09-22T15:01:45.608-04:00From the CNBC website: "In business there's nothing more important than relationships, but now people are saying goodbye to face-to-face networking and embracing social media. CNBC's Julia Boorstin has the story." The story includes Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn – and Second Life.http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1198966773&play=1Bridgethttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/09/cnbc-story-new-definition-of-networking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-6343773251373904353Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:54:00 +00002009-08-12T23:58:17.494-04:00presentationsTU-SL newseducationJan Baum, Bridget Sullivan and Jessica Ring, Department of Art+Design, presented the following papers at the Annual Design Education Summit, held in Mobile, Ala., May 28-30: Teaching Design in Second Life: Institutional, Program and Course Level Implementation Strategies, Jan Baum and Bridget Sullivan; Teaching Interactive Media and Object Design using Web2.0 technologies and Second Life, Jan http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/08/tu-design-faculty-present-sl-work-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-7024952515994969501Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:46:00 +00002009-08-12T23:52:35.609-04:00Fall 2009 is just around the corner.If you will be using Second Life in an upcoming course at Towson University you may find previous Getting Started posts useful. For general information, video tutorials and other useful SL resources follow the Getting Started link (also listed under Topics on the left).Beehttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/08/getting-started-in-sl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-4075225807469304576Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:15:00 +00002009-04-03T10:42:55.295-04:00Students, faculty and staff enjoyed in-world refreshments and lively conversation with President Caret in Braman Hall on the Towson Innovation Lab island in SL Thursday 2 April 3:30-4:30pm.Questions included: concern for increased tuition rates, the method for determining a snow closure of the university and its impact on commuter students, would the University support a design collective at TU http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/study-break-with-president-great.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-8266028219089748786Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:16:00 +00002009-03-16T20:39:45.188-04:00TU-SL eventseducationTowson Innovation IslandThe OTS sponsored workshop on building in Second Life was jammed packed with useful information. Karen wasted no time getting us right into the step-by-step process of building a treasure box with a lid that opened and closed when clicked. It was an ambitious demo and everyone learned a lot about building.http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/workshop-with-karen-cramer-aka-ladonna.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-3602694781045539914Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:16:00 +00002009-02-21T23:17:01.206-05:00Please join us for one of the four upcoming Second Life workshops. To register please visit www.towson.edu/otstraining.Workshop 1: Second Life 101 This hands-on workshop is an introduction to Second Life and addresses the basics, such as avatar creation and navigation. The workshop is designed to help faculty, staff and students interested in exploring Second Life, get started. No experience http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/02/upcoming-second-life-workshops_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-7048350331343737535Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:41:00 +00002009-02-16T16:49:04.599-05:00TU-SL eventsTU-SL newsTowson Innovation Islandstudent activitiesLast Monday evening a number of students showed up for an in-world building session. It was great fun and we all had a good LOL while leanring about PRIMS and scripting. Please join us for the fun on an upcoming Monday evening. Bee Zimminy is in world about 8 PM Eastern time. Just IM her for an invite.http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/10/towson-innovation-lab-setting-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-7615469250963616922Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:54:00 +00002008-10-14T16:13:28.729-04:00TU-SL eventsTU-SL newsTowson Innovation IslandLast night Ruby Snook, Valen Voom and Bee Zimminy checked out the terraform build of the new Towson Innovation Lab island in Second Life. The New Media Consortium is building the island for the TU-SL team and Larry Pixel (Larry Johnson CEO, NMC) anticipates it should be complete in the next few weeks.The island is not yet open to the public, but will be as soon as the build is complete.Stay tunedhttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/10/towson-innovation-lab-island-is-born.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-8882454465698485234Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:23:00 +00002008-09-17T14:51:06.821-04:00TU-SL eventsGetting startededucationTowson faculty members Jan Baum (ART), James Braman (COSC), and Bridget Sullivan (ART) meet with students Monday night to chat about Second Life, share SL tips and tricks, and tour a couple of amazing places in-world. Here they are in an environment created by AM Radio.The faculty have arranged to hold in-world group office hours Monday evenings to bring together their students from various http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/fall-2008-semester-kicks-off-new-sl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-8874268593313644559Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:25:00 +00002008-04-25T19:45:04.775-04:00resourcesGetting startededucationRezEdCheck out RezEd.org a new Second Life Hub for Learning and Virtual Worlds providing practitioners using virtual worlds with access to the highest quality resources and research in the field to establish a strong network of those using virtual worlds for learning. This looks like a great resource. Weekly discussions hosted by guest moderators, and you can become a member too. A great way to learn http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-second-life-educators-web-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-7785170788860093175Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:12:00 +00002008-04-25T20:07:23.825-04:00TU-SL newsStudents, professors interact in virtual classrooms (originally posted: 4/14/08 at thetowerlight.com) By: Sharon LeffBee Zimminy (aka Prof. B. Sullivan) with ART641 students in SLImagine a Towson University with all its educational opportunities and social possibilities but none of its parking problems or construction projects.All of that exists in Second Life, www.secondlife.com, a virtual worldhttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/04/getting-education-in-second-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-5897435805815535451Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:46:00 +00002008-04-19T21:38:14.572-04:00TU-SL eventsA well attended event organized by LaTonya Dyer, Instructional Designer and Trainer of CIAT, provided the TU audience of faculty, staff and graduate students with a snapshot view of the potential educational opportunities available through the (MUVE) Multiple User Virtual Environment Second Life.Held in the Digial Media Classroom on February 15th LaTonya Dyer kicked off the presentation with an http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/03/brown-bag-sl-event-held-in-tus-digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-3877029472675394492Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:10:00 +00002008-02-22T14:28:43.380-05:00bee Zimminy looking at IWant Twork's object workIn an effort to make herself more available to her online students bee Zimminy (AKA Prof. Bridget Sullivan Program Director for the online Interactive Media Design graduate certificate) is offering Wednesday evening office hour sessions in the virtual reality environment Second Life. TU's membership in NMC supports Prof. Sullivan's virtual learning http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/02/iamd-students-meeting-at-nmc-sl-campus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-7578567253580619819Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:53:00 +00002009-08-12T23:46:11.267-04:00Getting startedHow to...Multimedia demonstrations and instructions Aaron Gates, IAMD graduate assistant, has prepared three presentations to help you get started in the Second Life virtual environment. Setting up your membership with New Media Consortium. Latest Flash player plug-in required to view this presentation. This free membership permits you to fully access the NMC Campus in Second Life. Downloadinghttp://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/02/get-started-nmc-and-sl-how-to-videos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-4038314504256090309Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:17:00 +00002008-02-22T14:09:41.165-05:00Getting startedHow to... The SL software and account are free. The membership in New Media Consortium is free. The only cost is your time. It will require approximately 6 hours to acclimate yourself to the SL environment. Text Chat in SL is free and requires no additional equipment, however if you wish to use Voice Chat in SL you will need to purchase a USB headset such as the Logitech Premium USB Headset http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/02/getting-started-in-sl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467321151966091092.post-2463432300334887927Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:33:00 +00002008-02-22T14:09:11.877-05:00TU-SL newsTeachers' Buzz workshop held in NMC Campus in SLTowson University students, faculty and staff may now join the New Media Consortium and enjoy the benefits of TU's new insitutional membership. Membership benefits include is the use of the NMC Second Life campus as an alternative learning venue.About NMCThe New Media Consortium (NMC) is an international 501(c)3 not-for-profit consortium of nearly http://towsonusecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/02/getting-started-in-nmc-and-second-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bridget Z. Sullivan)0en-usnonadult