Higher Ed – time in class + time online

Stephen Downes – Collaboration Tools & Web 2.0

Stephen Downes – How the Net Works

Web 2.0 Tools in Your Classroom

Wikis in Education

Bryan Alexander – Web 2.0 – The Next Wave of Collaboration

Stephen Downes – Trends & Impacts of E-Learning 2.0

Second Life ….just what is it?

The online virtual world called Second Life (created by Linden Lab) can be reached with the same interface via Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computer machines. The software download and membership are free. If you’ve heard of Second Life and want to take a look and experience it for yourself firsthand…go ahead!

Second Life is a simulated 3D environment, in which players move about, interact with each other, and manipulate the environment. While Second Life at first may seem like 3D games that allow players to customize the appearance of their “avatars” or personifications, Second Life is not a game — SL doesn’t have built-in activities designed by Linden Lab for members to participate in. But a lot of events and actions take place in Second Life. They are created by members or “residents” within Second Life itself using three-dimensional objects and scripts to govern their functions. Universities are buying space in Second Life. Organizations (even churches and monasteries) are taking space in SL. Businesses (IBM, Nissan, and many others) are present as well. Some are speculating even that Second Life will either become or replace the Internet as we know it today.

Read more from NewsForge…an online newspaper for Linux and Open Source:

http://entertainment.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/03/2151256

Here is a screen shot from the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s space in Second Life.

 

Digital News

Top 10 US Newspapers

………..by Circulation

USA Today

Circulation: 2,281,831

Wall Street Journal

Circulation: 2,070,498

New York Times

Circulation: 1,121,623

Los Angeles Times

Circulation: 907,997

Washington Post

Circulation: 740,947

New York Daily News

Circulation: 708,773

Chicago Tribune

Circulation: 643,086

New York Post

Circulation: 565,679

Long Island Newsday

Circulation: 527,744

Houston Chronicle

Circulation: 477,493

http://www.newspapers.com/top100.html

Finding other newspapers / other stories online…..easy with these lists:

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

http://www.nettizen.com/newspaper/

http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

http://library.uncg.edu/news/

http://www.newslink.org/news.html

http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm?mid=int

http://www.newspapers.com/country.htm

http://www.newspapers.com/

http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Countries/

http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

http://www.megamallandmall.com/newspapers.html

the next 5 top newspapers

11 San Francisco ChronicleCirculation: 468,739

· 12 New York NewsdayCirculation: 459,305

· 13 Arizona RepublicCirculation:452,016

· 14 Chicago Sun-TimesCirculation: 432,230

· 15 Boston GlobeCirculation: 429,552

Virtual Medical Sites in SL

Here is a link to a list of top Virtual Medical Sites in SL…

Medical Library at Health Info Island: you can do PubMed searches from Second Life; see Breast Cancer Awareness area TELEPORT

Virtual Neurological Education Centre: an online virtual environment for training and demonstrating a virtual experience of a neurological disorder. TELEPORT

Center for Disease Control (CDC) : .TELEPORT

 

Ann Myers Medical Center: assists students with initial exam history and physicals and in the analysis of MRIs, CTs and X-rays. TELEPORT!

…see…Science Roll Blog