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Second Life College Fair

20 Oct Filed under Education. 2 Comments.

Octo­ber 24th and 25th: This is great net­work­ing oppor­tu­nity for stu­dents and col­lege rep­re­sen­ta­tives to meet in Sec­ond Life to exchange infor­ma­tion, pro­mote a school, and cre­ate con­nec­tions. It will be orga­nized like a tra­di­tional col­lege fair with booths and tables for the var­i­ous col­leges. Above being able … Read More →

Experimenting with Blender Software

Sculpty: with or with out salt? Using Blender

14 Aug Filed under 3D, Building Tools, Buy it, Education. No comments.

As I have com­plained about before, I find myself get­ting more and more aggre­vated with build­ing the FIT cam­pus. I have torn down so many build­ings and amphithe­aters try­ing to find the sweet spot between func­tion and design. Many of the edu­ca­tional sites are great in offer­ing free­bies … Read More →

e-textbook anyone?

10 Aug Filed under Education. No comments.

I am pass­ing on this post by Keene Hay­wood through the New Media Con­sor­tium. The New York Times ran an arti­cle on Sat­ur­day dis­cussing an ini­tia­tive called Beyond Text­booksthat com­bines web-based tools with cur­ricu­lum. The arti­cle quotes a Dr. Abshire, Chief Tech­nol­ogy Offi­cer for the Cal­casieu … Read More →

Representation of "Fallingwater"

Frank Lloyd Wright Museum in Second Life

8 Aug Filed under Architecture. No comments.

Wow. I was doing a search on Frank Lloyd Wright style fur­ni­ture and came across the newly devel­oped FLW museum in Sec­ond Life. I was floored. Not only can you tour the museum to learn about the famous archi­tect, you can also view his designs in chrono­log­i­cal order, … Read More →

Wordle used from my RSS feed

Wordle of the Day

5 Aug Filed under Uncategorized. No comments.

I love wor­dle! I can see using this for a train­ing ses­sion or fac­ulty meeting.

Students enjoying the show

FIT Photography BFA show in SL

24 May Filed under Education, Fashion Institute of Technology. No comments.

I wanted to con­grat­u­late Mar­duk Hag­g­wood for putting together the FIT BFA show for Pho­tog­ra­phy.  This was the sec­ond show that Mar­duk over­saw and I am really look­ing for­ward to work­ing with him on devel­op­ing the new FIT parcels. The stu­dents had a great time, many in SL … Read More →