Venues

From Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education

Contents 1 Main Teleport Area and Social Center 2 Main Presentation Area: Faire Pavillon 3 Main Presentation Area: Discussions and Panels 4 Games, Simulations, Tutorial Presentation Area 5 Poster & Vendor Exhibits

Main Teleport Area and Social Center

Activities

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

Activities

Teleport Locations:

1. Faire
2. Supporte
3. Olde

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

Activities

Teleport Locations:

1. ISTE Island
2. ISTE Island 2
3. ISTE Island 4

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

Activities

Teleport Locations:

1. Roundhouse
2. Sandbox Tutorials
3. Virual World Tours
4. Amphitheatre - Seating Right
5. Amphitheatre - Seating Left
6. 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.