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ventriloquy is the podcast associated with my blog 'voyeurism'. both the blog and the podcast are primarily to document my doctoral research in adolescent cognitive psychology and spatial discourse. the podcast will also include discussion relevant to teachers of Geography and Social Studies, and occasionally information from my home region of Southeast Asia.

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route of the Joint Helicopter Patrol 2011 [Flickr]

Veritas Raymaker posted a photo: this is the route of the Joint Helicopter Patrol of Sansara, 9 June 2011. organised by the Second Life Coast Guard

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Snapshot_001 [Flickr]

Veritas Raymaker posted a photo: ––– Crosspost by Koinup - original here

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Veritas Raymaker posted a photo: ––– Crosspost by Koinup - original here

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Veritas Raymaker posted a photo: ––– Crosspost by Koinup - original here

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Veritas Raymaker posted a photo: ––– Crosspost by Koinup - original here

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recording of keynote from opening of East Zone Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning

as promised, here's the recording of the full keynote delivered by Professor David Hung and myself, on the occasion of the opening of the East Zone Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, at the Dunman High School on the...

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recording of keynote from opening of East Zone Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning

as promised, here's the recording of the full keynote delivered by Professor David Hung and myself, on the occasion of the opening of the East Zone Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, at the Dunman High School on the...

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Teaching and Learning in 3D Immersive Worlds (a little more detail)

the one-hundred-and-ninetieth episode of ventriloquy is an extract of a rehearsal of an address to be delivered on Wednesday the 27th of April, at the Dunman High School, on the occasion of the opening of the Singapore schools' East Zone...

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Teaching and Learning in 3D Immersive Worlds (a little more detail)

the one-hundred-and-ninetieth episode of ventriloquy is an extract of a rehearsal of an address to be delivered on Wednesday the 27th of April, at the Dunman High School, on the occasion of the opening of the Singapore schools' East Zone...

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QuickTime VR panorama of Masada

here's a QuickTime VR panorama i took of the ruins of Masada.

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QuickTime VR panorama of Jerusalem

here's a multi-node QuickTime VR panorama i took of Jerusalem. the first view is from the Mount of Olives, looking across the Kidron Valley. Find the hotspot in the Old City that will take you to a rooftop in the...

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QuickTime VR panoramas of Jerusalem

here are two QuickTime VR panoramas i took of Jerusalem. the first is from the Mount of Olives, looking across the Kidron Valley. the second is from a rooftop within the Armenian Quarter of the Old City, looking back towards...

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QuickTime VR panorama of the Sea of Galilee

here's a QuickTime VR panorama i took overlooking the Sea of Galilee, from the Golan Heights, at sunset.

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QuickTime VR panorama of Tel Aviv beach

here's a QuickTime VR panorama i took along Tel Aviv beach :-)

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book review: Alone Together - Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other

the one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth episode of ventriloquy introduces Professor Sherry Turkle's Alone Together - Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other. as befitting the third in a trilogy, Prof Turkle's latest book draws grand narratival arcs across a...

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a blessed Christmas to all :-)

this year, my annual Christmas episode weighs in at 4 MB. i should say that it contains a spoiler about Tron: Legacy, so if you haven't yet watched the movie but were intending to, feel free to listen to the...

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introducing inim8 - an animation-authoring app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

my good friend Yuan Tao has come up with his first app for iOS! inim8 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is an easy-to-use app which allows for the authoring of animations, which could be used as scaffolds during language-lessons...

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book review: A Practical Guide to Using Second Life in Higher Education

the one hundred and eighty-seventh episode of ventriloquy introduces Maggi Savin-Baden's A Practical Guide to Using Second Life in Higher Education . in 224 concise pages, Dr Savin-Baden successfully takes the reader through an introduction to the affordances of Second...

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True Colors - It Does Get Better

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SS Galaxy featured on SecondLifeTV

on behalf of the Captain and crew of the SS Galaxy, i would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the extremely professional film-crew of SecondLifeTV, for choosing to produce an entire 1 h 22 min episode about the ship,...

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QuickTime VR panorama of the Port of Monaco

here's a QuickTime VR panorama i took at the Port of Monaco :-)

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Augmented Reality demonstration at Citroën's C42 showroom

here's a short video depicting an Augmented Reality demo at Citroën's C42 showroom. the 3D image of the C4 is projected on to the piece of paper i'm holding :-)

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visit to the Citroën Conservatoire!

please pardon the brevity of this post - i'm extremely sleepy :-P here are pictures from my visit to the Citroën Conservatoire at Aulnay-sous-Bois :-) i am very, very grateful to everyone who has in some way or another contributed...

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visit to the Citroën Conservatoire!

please pardon the brevity of this post - i'm extremely sleepy :-P here are pictures from my visit to the Citroën Conservatoire at Aulnay-sous-Bois :-) i am very, very grateful to everyone who has in some way or another contributed...

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the Six Learnings - the brochure

i've done a simple brochure of the Six Learnings curricular design framework for fictive worlds and virtual environments :-)

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RGS-IBG 2010 my presentation on learning geography through Second Life (recording)

the one-hundred-and-eighty-sixth episode of ventriloquy is a recording of my talk six days' ago entitled Avatar Dreaming: considerations of place and space in the design of learning environments in Second Life during the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society...

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a tribute to the volunteers and builders of the SS Galaxy Community Gateway in Second Life

this video commemorates the Community Gateway of the cruise liner SS Galaxy in Second Life. the Gateway welcomed newbies and provided them with an Orientation experience, between 11 May 2009 and 19 August 2010. in total, approximately 25000 new avatars...

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SLCC 2010 my presentation on the Six Learnings framework in action (recording)

the one-hundred-and-eighty-fifth episode of ventriloquy is a recording of my talk yesterday on the Six Learnings framework during the recent Second Life Community Convention 2010 (SLCC 2010). this is a follow-up to episode 160, from which you can access the...

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SLCC 2010 my takeaways from the first day

it's very late as i write this, so i'll just (for now) content myself with journaling the most salient takeaways from the sessions i attended on the first day of SLCC 2010. from Linda Kelley's (SL: Delia Lake - one...

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learning about river basins in a geography lesson, using Second Life

similar to last month's post, here's another video which suggests how Second Life might be used to help novice geographers develop phenomenological primitives (diSessa, 1993) regarding contour-represenations and topographical variation, in order that they might more effectively manage the cognitive...

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contours and geographical understanding with Second Life (student voices)

here's a complementary video to one i posted in March, and includes excerpts from the post-session interview with the students. the video quality has been intentionally blurred. subtitles have also been added. Technorati Tags: assessment, cognition, education, expert, geography, learning,...

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introducing the Zone of Regulatory Development (ZRD)

the one-hundred-and-eighty-fourth episode of ventriloquy introduces the construct of the Zone of Regulatory Development (ZRD). the ZRD is akin to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) but seeks to extend understandings of identity management between self and significant others, in...

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new ePub - Profiling the Educators of the Educators Coop in Second Life

tomorrow marks the seventh anniversary of this blog. originally conceptualised to document my doctoral research, it has evolved to become a primary means for me to journal my thoughts about and adventures in the fictive world of Second Life. one...

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Journal of Virtual Worlds Research issue on Pedagogy is now available as an ePub

it has taken me five days to repurpose Vol 2 No 1 - the special issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research on the theme of Pedagogy, Education, and Innovation in 3-D Virtual Worlds (of which i was Guest...

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my doctoral dissertation is now available as an ePub

hooray! after toiling and toiling over the past four days, i finally managed to get my doctoral dissertation repurposed into an ePub! woohoo :-) so those of you with iBooks on your iPad, please feel free to grab the 6.4...

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exploring a broader conceptualisation of language as a dimension of culture in Second Life

the one-hundred-and-eighty-third episode of ventriloquy is inspired by Grace McDunnough's recent post Is There A Culture in the Virtual World Second Life? in which she proposes a seven-element framework to address that very question. essentially, one of the seven elements...

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contours and geographical understanding with Second Life

here's a video which suggests how Second Life might be used to help novice geographers develop phenomenological primitives (diSessa, 1993) regarding contour-represenations and topographical variation, in order that they might more effectively manage the cognitive transpositions between two- and three-dimensions....

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GQbyCitroën - you can take my order now, thank you :-)

GQbyCitroën... 'nuff said Technorati Tags: Citroën

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brave new world

Second Life Viewer 2.0 is out in public beta :-) more than a simple reskin - it is a significant orientation in the trajectory of Linden Lab and its vision for Second Life. i've put much thought into what Second...

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my presentation at the Digital Media and Learning DML2010 conference

the one-hundred-and-eighty-second episode of ventriloquy is a recording of my presentation yesterday at the inaugural Digital Media and Learning conference (DML2010). after a couple of iterations, i settled on the (admittedly unwieldy) title Whose fire is it anyway? Digital Media...

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the Valentine's 2010 issue of Prim Perfect is out!

the good folks over at Prim Perfect have just published their Valentine's 2010 issue :-) Technorati Tags: Second Life, SS Galaxy

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scenes from the Holy Land

this Christmas, i would like to share with you some photographs taken by my mother on her recent trip to the Holy Land. the photographs form the backdrop to my Christmas episode, in which i invite each of you to...

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Citroën - 90 years of mythical automobiles

way cool video :-) Technorati Tags: Citroën

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the Christmas 2009 issue of Prim Perfect is out!

the good folks over at Prim Perfect have just published their Christmas 2009 issue :-) Technorati Tags: Second Life, SS Galaxy

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a third great toolset for educators in Second Life

following up from episode 179, here's a third great toolset for educators in Second Life :-) it's the Pathways LMS, scripted by Annie Obscure, who is a member of The Pathways Cooperative (the latter is billed as a group of...

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two more students in Singapore talk about Second Life

the one hundred and eightieth episode of ventriloquy is an interview with two thirteen-year-old students in Singapore, who share their thoughts about Second Life. this 76.0 MB download is complementary to episode 178. like the students featured in that episode,...

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two great toolsets for educators in Second Life

the one hundred and seventy-ninth episode of ventriloquy introduces two great toolsets for educators in Second Life, namely the Imagilearning Logic System and the Preso-Matic Game Kit. both have been developed with a view to facilitating the design and construction...

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two students in Singapore talk about Second Life

the one hundred and seventy-eighth episode of ventriloquy is an interview with two fifteen-year-old students in Singapore, who share their thoughts about Second Life. they were part of a group of twenty students from a state-funded school, who had their...

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the Raymaker Field Studies Centre at Praxis

the one hundred and seventy-seventh episode of ventriloquy brings you news that the Raymaker Field Studies Centre at Praxis is now ready for your visit! first previewed in episode 174, the Raymaker Field Studies Centre at Praxis means that after...

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SS Galaxy sponsors Second Life football club TT Sports Parma

the one-hundred-and-seventy-sixth episode of ventriloquy brings news of a year-long sponsorship agreement between the SS Galaxy and the Second Life football club TT Sports Parma :-) TT Sports Parma is owned by ZucaToni Piaggio, and is one of eight Italian...

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celebrating Créative Technologie

those of you following me on Facebook, Twitter or Delicious would likely have noticed that i've been posting a little bit more about Citroën lately. well, the reason is that earlier this month, i placed an order for a C5...

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iPhone 3GS launch event in Singapore

pics from last night's launch of the iPhone 3GS at Singtel Comcentre, Singapore :-) this was how it was supposed to be, but this is much more accurately how it felt :-) (you can actually see me in one of...

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SS Galaxy 2nd Anniversary - feature extracted from Prim Perfect issue 18

the good folks over at Prim Perfect have just published issue 18 :-) in it, they have run a very kind feature on the SS Galaxy's 2nd Anniversary celebrations. Technorati Tags: Second Life, SS Galaxy

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Second Life 6th Anniversary (SL6B) - Directory of Exhibitors

the celebrations for the sixth anniversary of Second Life coming out of beta (SL6B) begin tomorrow. here's a handy directory of the various exhibits. to find the education-themed exhibits (including Bri Gufler's LGBT History Museum, Claire Pascal's the Digital Earth,...

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'the Future of Virtual Worlds' - my personal take

the one-hundred-and-seventy-fifth episode of ventriloquy shares with you my personal interpretation of the theme 'the Future of Virtual Worlds', that has been chosen by Linden Lab to characterise the sixth anniversary celebrations of Second Life (SL6B) later this month. in...

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MMORPGs and Virtual Worlds: the Learner as Gamemaster

the one hundred and seventy-fourth episode of ventriloquy was inspired by the question-statement "You are the GM". not referring to 'genetically modified', nor to 'General Motors', nor even to 'General Manager', it's a phrase that i'm beginning to hear with...

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SS Galaxy Continental Terminal by Scope Cleaver

the one-hundred-and-seventy-third episode of ventriloquy features the creative genius of one of the most celebrated architects in Second Life - Scope Cleaver. Scope has totally re-interpreted the space at Clementina, that i first introduced to you just last month. in...

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Second Life Quickstart Guide

the Lindens have just released the Second Life Quickstart Guide :-) Second Life Quickstart Guide Publish at Scribd or explore others: How-to-Guides & Manu howto fast Technorati Tags: Second Life

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Relay for Life of Second Life 2009

the one hundred and seventy-second episode of ventriloquy introduces Relay for Life of Second Life 2009. this three-month-long fundraising event is in aid of cancer research, cancer education, and patient care, in support of the parallel series of Relay for...

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SS Galaxy - Continental Terminal

the one-hundred-and-seventy-first episode of ventriloquy introduces the SS Galaxy - Continental Terminal. designed as a place where residents new to Second Life can feel welcome, the SS Galaxy - Continental Terminal is located in the historic sim of Clementina, halfway...

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Journal of Virtual Worlds Research - Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in 3-D Virtual Worlds

the one-hundred-and-seventieth episode of ventriloquy introduces a special issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, which has as its theme 'Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in 3-D Virtual Worlds'. this issue has been co-edited with my friends and fellow educators...

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visit the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference

the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth episode of ventriloquy previews the Virtual Worlds - Best Practices in Education conference 2009 (VWBPE 2009), to be held in Second Life from the 27th to the 29th of March. specifically, through this 1.8 MB download, i would...

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SS Galaxy - the brochure

here's a brochure that we've designed for the SS Galaxy :-) it's also available in-world in the popular THiNC-book format, for your reading pleasure. Technorati Tags: Second Life, SS Galaxy

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what's wrong with this picture?

the one hundred and sixty-eighth episode of ventriloquy presents a critique of two recent explorations into the educational affordances of New Media, from either side of the Atlantic. from 3D glasses to Facebook, from social constructivism to anatomy - it's...

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book review: Learning and Teaching in the Virtual World of Second Life

the one hundred and sixty-seventh episode of ventriloquy introduces what is likely to be the first education-focussed book on Second Life. edited by Judith Molka-Danielsen (SL: Aklom Haifisch) and Mats Deutschmann, Learning and Teaching in the Virtual World of Second...

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re-opening of St Michel - the Jules Verne Museum

happy New Year to all! :-) i open the year with the one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth episode of ventriloquy, in which i share with you the news of the re-opening yesterday of St Michel - the Jules Verne Museum! those of you who...

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re-opening of St Michel - the Jules Verne Museum

happy New Year to all! :-) i open the year with the one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth episode of ventriloquy, in which i share with you the news of the re-opening yesterday of St Michel - the Jules Verne Museum! those of you who...

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surf's up, dude! introducing Lily Beach

the one hundred and sixty-fifth episode of ventriloquy ends 2008 on a high note with news of the very first surfing beach that i have designed :-) when your schedule permits, please do visit Lily Beach, where you can ride...

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surf's up, dude! introducing Lily Beach

the one hundred and sixty-fifth episode of ventriloquy ends 2008 on a high note with news of the very first surfing beach that i have designed :-) when your schedule permits, please do visit Lily Beach, where you can ride...

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never thirst again

who is this Christ, whose birth we celebrate today? He is the Son of God, who came to us at Bethlehem two thousand years ago, so that "whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:...

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never thirst again

who is this Christ, whose birth we celebrate today? He is the Son of God, who came to us at Bethlehem two thousand years ago, so that "whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:...

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the kinetic art of Argos Hawks

in the one hundred and sixty-third episode of ventriloquy, i draw your attention to the talent of Argos Hawks, who has crafted a finely-scripted and -sculpted kinetic artwork based on Rolling Ball Machines. is it Art, or is it Science?...

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the kinetic art of Argos Hawks

in the one hundred and sixty-third episode of ventriloquy, i draw your attention to the talent of Argos Hawks, who has crafted a finely-scripted and -sculpted kinetic artwork based on Rolling Ball Machines. is it Art, or is it Science?...

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Study Trip on IDM and Informal Learning Environments - the podcast and video

the one hundred and sixty-second episode of ventriloquy brings you my main learning points from the recent Study Trip to America :-) in this 71.7 MB download, i bring you video footage of large mammalian fauna which i took while...

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Study Trip on IDM and Informal Learning Environments - Day Four (Project New Media Literacies)

today was the fourth day of our study trip to America. i was tasked to be the note-taker for the second half of the day, so here are my preliminary notes :-) we visited Erin Reilly at Project New Media...

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coming to America #2

the one-hundred-and-sixty-first episode of ventriloquy presents me with an opportunity to share news of a Study Trip to the United States that my colleagues and i will be undertaking. the trip is jointly organised by the Learning Sciences Lab, National...

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the Six Learnings at the Second Life Education Community Conference (SLEDCC) 2008 (recording)

the one-hundred-and-sixtieth episode of ventriloquy is a recording of my talk on the Six Learnings framework during the recent Second Life Education Community Conference (SLEDCC) 2008. this is a follow-up to episode 158, from which you can access my presentation...

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Temasek - Orange Fashion Photo Contest

the one-hundred and fifty-ninth episode of ventriloquy details an opportunity for my team of architects to invite you to consider visiting Temasek, where you can learn about the culture, history, and ecology of Singapore. in this 3.4 MB download, we...

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the Six Learnings at the Second Life Education Community Conference (SLEDCC) 2008 #2

the one hundred and fifty-eighth episode of ventriloquy updates you on my evolving theoretical framework for learning in virtual worlds, which i have termed the Six Learnings. this is a follow-up from my post last month, which - in turn...

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EcoRangers® is granted its patent :-)

the one-hundred-and-fifty-seventh episode of ventriloquy tells the story of EcoRangers® - the multi-player handheld game that is jointly developed by Jason Wang and myself. today, more than four years after EcoRangers® made its debut, Jason and i received the wonderful...

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Temasek - a warm welcome to visitors from International Schools Island (part II)

the one hundred and fiftieth episode of ventriloquy bids visitors from shamblesguru Voom's (RL: Chris Smith) International Schools Island (ISI) a very warm welcome (and not the first time, it must be said) :-) shamblesguru has very kindly accepted my...

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Temasek - introducing our sixth architect

the one hundred and forty-ninth episode of ventriloquy brings you news of a busy weekend of building at Temasek. Temasek is the region in Second Life that will showcase the culture, history and ecology of Singapore. it is being designed...

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book the blog

the one hundred and forty-eighth episode of ventriloquy celebrates my first anniversary in Second Life as Veritas Raymaker :-) i took a great deal of care considering the various ways i could commemorate this milestone, and in the end, i...

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a tale of two (and a half) conferences

the one hundred and forty-seventh episode of ventriloquy presents my main takeaways from two conferences i attend over the past few days - both were loosely on the theme of virtual worlds. the earlier was the vBusiness Expo organised by...

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Introducing the Starling Project

the one-hundred-and-forty-sixth episode of ventriloquy introduces the Starling Project. The Starling Project refers to my proposed research into an education initiative in Second Life and other virtual worlds, that will keep me busy till 2011. i am applying for funding...

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first build

the one hundred and forty-fifth episode of ventriloquy shares my thoughts on the potential role that Second Life could play in nurturing Communities of Practice. as in so many things, the catalysts behind these recent musings come from two seemingly...

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in solidarity, in memory

one year on, we stand in remembrance. Virginia Tech Second Life® Memorial Tribute Video

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active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (February 2008)

following up on February's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for February 2008, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook). for those of you who...

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introduction to Second Life, in Mandarin Chinese, to visitors from Taiwan

the one hundred and forty-fourth episode of ventriloquy is a recording of a talk by my colleague - Assistant Professor Chen Wenli - as she introduced Second Life to a group of visitors to the National Institute of Education, Nanyang...

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visit by faculty and grad students from the University of Texas at Austin to the Raymaker Field Studies Centre at Norma

the one-hundred-and-forty-third episode of ventriloquy is a recording of a brief visit by about 150 faculty and graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin, to the Raymaker Field Studies Centre at Norma. the visit was part of a...

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"Design of Interactive Learning Environments" talk on An Introduction to Second Life, National Institute of Education, Singapore (part II)

this is the concluding part of episode 142, which is a recording of the discussion which ensued after an introductory talk i gave to a class of Masters candidates at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. it...

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"Design of Interactive Learning Environments" talk on An Introduction to Second Life, National Institute of Education, Singapore (part I)

the one-hundred-and-forty-second episode of ventriloquy is a recording of a talk i gave to Masters candidates at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, here in Singapore. i was invited to talk about Second Life, by my friend and...

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21st century pen-pal

the one-hundred-and-forty-first episode of ventriloquy celebrates the Slovenian presidency of the European Union, by bringing you a comparison between Singapore and Slovenia, and how these similarities and differences are mediated in Second Life. please do join me in this 3.0...

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Temasek - a place like home

the one-hundred-and-fortieth episode of ventriloquy brings you some of my initial reflections in the first five days building the sim Temasek. Temasek is designed to be a showcase of the best that Singapore has to offer, in terms of her...

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St Michel - the Jules Verne Museum featured in Deja Vu International magazine

The March 2008 issue (Issue Number 5) of Deja Vu International, features a very complimentary write-up of St Michel - the Jules Verne Museum :-) i would like to thank Anna Avalanche for taking the time and effort to cover...

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Raymaker Land Management - the Raymaker Hotel at Unzen, and the M/V Scheherazade

the one hundred and thirty-ninth episode of ventriloquy documents several of the more pertinent learning points that have been personally meaningful to me, during these first twelve days as an entrepreneur in the Second Life land management business. i have...

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Raymaker Land Management - the brochure is ready :-)

i've just finished a simple brochure about Raymaker Land Management :-) it's available as a PDF, as well as in the popular THiNC-book format for you to read within Second Life :-) the brochure is available in-world from any of...

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the London-Raymaker Gallery at Etopia Prime

the one hundred and thirty-eighth episode of ventriloquy celebrates three exciting developments in my learning journey in Second Life as Veritas Raymaker. these are: - the London-Raymaker Gallery at Etopia Prime, which represents my second project in partnership with Sanspareil...

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love is in the air

the one-hundred-and-thirty-seventh episode of ventriloquy celebrates two weddings - one in Real Life, and one in Second Life. does the celebration of love need further explanation or justification? :-) please do join me in this 1.5 MB download, as i...

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the Raymaker Vulcanigallery at Da Boom

the one hundred and thirty-sixth episode of ventriloquy introduces you to my most recent learning facility in Second Life: the Raymaker Vulcanigallery at Da Boom. as its name implies, the Vulcanigallery allows you to come up close and personal with...

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Sanspareil London's Lava Gallery at van Gogh

happy New Year to all! :-) i open the year with the one-hundred-and-thirty-fifth episode of ventriloquy, in which i invite you to visit a gallery of fine art and furniture designed and crafted by my friend Sanspareil London. Sanspareil's Lava...

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all glory, laud and honour

i can't get this song out of my head... :-) We will glorify the King of kings We will glorify the Lamb We will glorify the Lord of lords Who is the great I AM Lord Jehovah reigns in majesty...

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the Raymaker Vulcanigallery at Norma

the one-hundred-and-thirty-fourth episode of ventriloquy is somewhat of a retrospective on 2007, and represents a status report of sorts of my first eight months in Second Life as Veritas Raymaker. the 1.8 MB download ends with an invitation to visit...

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celebrating the Saviour's birth

a very blessed Christmas to all! :-) this year, the Christmas episode of ventriloquy is backgrounded by scenes from my plots of land from within Second Life. please join me in this 19.1 MB celebration :-) "For unto us a...

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"Communicating Across Disciplinary Cultures in Second Life" Final Project, University of Texas at Austin

the one-hundred-and-thirty-second episode of ventriloquy is inspired by the sustainable development models - known as the Alley Flat Initiative - showcased by the graduate students of Dr Leslie Jarmon's "Communicating Across Disciplinary Cultures in Second Life". the students were Kim...

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hope it's infectious

the one-hundred-and-thirty-first episode of ventriloquy introduces Solafirma - an architectural build by Alex Bader. Alex has very kindly granted me living space within Solafirma, and i take the opportunity to pose the question of the relationship between architectural builds and...

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face in the crowd

following up on the theme of findability - from Episode 130 of my podcast ventriloquy - i'm pleased to draw your attention to the creative output of two distinguished Second Life residents, both released today :-) Do try out Tateru...

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heart of the ocean

here's a sneak preview of something in which i have had a small part to play :-) many, many thanks to Morphius Barbosa for making space in the realisation of his dream, for me. :-) Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second...

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two artists

i'd just like to draw your attention to the work of two artists, both of whom i had the privilege of interacting with earlier today. both are British, and both are pioneers in their respective fields. Sanspareil London is the...

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National Stadium, Singapore, 1973 - 2007

the one-hundredth-and-fourteenth episode of ventriloquy commemorates the National Stadium in Singapore. the National Stadium was recently officially closed, and will be demolished. the site will be redeveloped as the Singapore Sports Hub. i wanted to capture this landmark structure for...

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bright lights, big city

exploring Las Vegas has provided me the rare opportunity to be my own guinea pig. these past couple of years, i've been studying how other people make sense of unfamiliar environments. now, in the ninth episode of ventriloquy, i turn...

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finding freedom fries

on the trail of freedom fries, i have some thoughts on globalisation. from a fifteen-century Chinese general, to wikipedia.com, slurping a coffee frappuccino on the way. i present the eighth episode of ventriloquy, at 3.2 MB; with links to: -...

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obfuscating obsolescence?

in this episode of ventriloquy, we cast a critical eye on 'old' technology - what constitutes so-called 'old' technology, what makes it old, and is such technology really good for nothing? along the way i salute a long-time mentor -...

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a 19th century Russian psychologist on podcasting

there's been much written recently about where podcasting is going, and how it's going to transform the didactic modelof teaching and its antiquated power structures. ah... but haven't we all been here before? enter Lev Vygotsky (1896 - 1934)...

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in memory of those who perished - London 7 July 2005

i'm sure all of us reacted to the news of the blasts in London with abhorrence and disgust. after the initial shock, i was prompted to discover anew the thoughts and prayers of one of my former students - Frederick...

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thegender agenda

do men and women have different ways of thinking about space? what really lies behind the avowed reluctance of men to ask directions? what's all this got to do with the geography classroom? find out the answers to all these,...

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thinking about space, talking about place

i've learnt so much over the past couple of days, i decided to share the highlights with you every which way i can. hot on the heels of my recent mega-entry on cognitive maps and spatial discourse, comes the condensed...

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on podcasts and learning

whoa! the muse hit me and i have produced the second installment of ventriloquy :-) hear some of my preliminary thoughts on podcasts in education :-) it's a 3.1 MB file. here are the sites mentioned in this episode: -...

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introducing ventriloquy

just over a month after dipping my toes into moblogging with my experimental moblog 'vertigo', i've decided to take yet another plunge, this time into the pool known as podcasting. just like with 'vertigo', there was much i had to...

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