Venues
From Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
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Main Teleport Area and Social Center
Teleport Locations: Rockcliffe Library
The Social area is where you can pick up your gift bag in addition to being the launching point for other activities
Main Presentation Area: Faire Pavillon
Teleport Locations:
The main presentation area is a 4 sim set-up which allows for up to 180-200 people to participate directly with the presenter. Any presentations which will be streamed live will be from this location. There will be several overflow locations available for those that cannot get into one of the sims where you can watch a simulcast of the presentation and participate in group discussions.
Overflow Areas for Streamed Presentations
- Memorial University, Business Classroom Teleport
- Metanomics, Sage Hall Teleport
- Muse Isle Teleport
- Rockcliffe University, Classroom B Teleport
- Rockcliffe University, Corrimal Hall Teleport
Main Presentation Area: Discussions and Panels
Teleport Locations:
The secondary presentation area is a 4 sim set-up which allows for up to 180-200 people to participate directly with the presenter. This location will host many of the non-streamed presentations and all of the roundtable panels
Games, Simulations, Tutorial Presentation Area
Teleport Locations:
- Roundhouse
- Sandbox Tutorials
- Virual World Tours
- Amphitheatre - Seating Right
- Amphitheatre - Seating Left
- Amphitheatre - Seating Center
This three sim set-up is exclusively devoted to games, simulations, and tutorials. Some activities may involve field trips while others will be held directly on the Kennesaw sims themselves.
Poster & Vendor Exhibits
Teleport Location: Muinji'j Island
Poster exhibits and vendors will be set-up in this area. This is a good opportunity to see some of the wares that educators are making use of in teaching in virtual environments in addition to information on various educational essay writing and non-profit groups within Second Life that are helping to create a body of knowledge on educational best practices.
