Introduction

On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, around 8:00PM, Miguel Guhlin had the opportunity to share SAISD’s Technology Integration Lead Teacher (TILT) program with around 100–150 folks while IN Second Life, a virtual environment. “Second Life® is a 3-D virtual world,” states the SL web site, “created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe.” Many of those residents are educators and include virtual presences by the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA), PBS TeacherLine, and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

Miguel’s presentation was done at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Island. This is one in a series of presentations hosted by ISTE for a worldwide audience of educators online.

Incarnate Word University—with the help of Dr. Phil Youngblood—will be hosting Miguel (and SAISD) for this presentation.

Preplanning

Special thanks to KJ Hax, Vic, and Joie Despres for their support in making sure everything worked and looked good!! KJ is a master at getting the whiteboard set-up, offering advice, and Joie Despres for wardrobe and coordination of the event.

Snapshots

A close-up of the third slide in the presentation. I was testing moving around and getting a different perspective.
Another shot of the Acknowledgements slide
Testing out the audio and gestures. Thanks to KJ for helping me “install” additional speaker gestures that will occur as I speak without any special maneuvering on my part.
Check out a wide view shot of the auditorium. Note that Joie Despres and Vic are in the audience.

Actual Presentation

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TILT Presentation at ISTE Island, Second Life

Introduction

Preplanning

Snapshots

Actual Presentation

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