[CPSLibraries] January Librarian Events in Second Life

[Perez, Lisa E]

Dear School Library Media Specialist -

 

You are invited to attend January school librarian events in the virtual
reality environment "Second Life" brought to you by the Chicago Public
Schools Department of Libraries & Information Services.  All events will
be at 9pm EST/ 8pm CST/ 7pm MST/ 6pm PST for one hour.

 

*	Monday, January 14 - Librarian Orientation to Second Life -
Learn the basics of moving, communicating, and navigating in Second
Life.  Instant message Elaine Tulip or Corinne Fleury for a teleport to
this event.

 

*	Tuesday, January 15 - Maintaining Intellectual Freedom in a
Filtered World, Speaker: Doug Johnson
	This session will summarize the concepts of intellectual freedom
as they have traditionally applied to schools and libraries, suggest
ways that these values should be extended to online resources, and
conclude a strategy for using Internet filters appropriately. Discussion
will follow.  See Doug's blog at http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com
<http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/>  .  This event will take place on
the ISTE Auditorium.  Use the SLURL
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/204/61/22 or instant message
Elaine Tulip for a teleport to the event.  

 

*	Monday, January 28 - Virtual Librarian Learning Community
Meeting - We will discuss the AASL Standard #3 "Learners Use skills,
resources, and tools to share knowledge and participate ethically and
productively as members of our democratic society."
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cf
m .  Review the standard prior to meeting.  Instant message Elaine Tulip
or Corinne Fleury for a teleport.

 

To participate:

 

1.	At least several days before meeting, create your free avatar
account at www.secondlife.com <http://www.secondlife.com/> .  
2.	Download the viewer interface linked from bottom of the Second
Life (SL) website homepage.  See systems requirements at
http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php 
3.	Log into SL using the downloaded client view with your avatar
name and password.
4.	Participate in the orientation activities to learn basics of SL.
5.	On the evening of the event, log on at least 15 minutes early.
The Jan 15 event may fill the sim, so plan to arrive 30-15 minutes in
advance. Use the directions for each event to teleport to the correct
location. 

 

We look forward to seeing you!

 

Lisa E. Perez

Area Library Coordinator (HS)

CPS Professional Librarian

Medill Training Center

1326 W. 14th Pl, Rm 216

Chicago, Illinois  60608

773-553-6212 (ph), 773-553-6211 (fax)

http://www.cps.k12.il.us/aboutcps/departments/libraries

ISTE Media Specialists SIG Chair-Elect

Second Life Avatar: Elaine Tulip

http://blogs.cuip.net/dlis

 

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