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Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area, New York United States
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Education
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www2.wnyric.org/awheelock
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Welcome to the Department of Wild and Crazy Ideas!
It's lonely here so I am always interested in learning from other wild and crazy educators who like to empower their students and colleagues using new technologies.
My most recent endeavor is a NY State Department of Education Funded project called the Islands of Enlightenment. This project uses an OpenSim virtual world technology designed to help students learn about The Holocaust, Life in a Medieval Village, and the principles of architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. This project has had tremendous support and help from WNED our PBS affiliate, The Anne Frank Project (Buffalo State College), and The Martin Complex. Please see the pr...
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Presentations
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(27)Information Literacy in Virtual Worlds
Valerie Hill
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9 years ago
Augmented Mind- The evolution of learning tools from language to immersive reality.
John Lester
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10 years ago
Native American Cultures 1491-1607
Tom Richey
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11 years ago
Installing OpenSim (Diva Distro) to Create Your Own Private Sim Sandbox
Fleep Tuque
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14 years ago
MOOCs and Other Learning Communities--Kae Novak
Scott Merrick
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12 years ago
Orientation textures handed out in notecard form
Beverly G. McCarter
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14 years ago
IRA Institute 16: Copyright Clarity
Renee Hobbs
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13 years ago
Twitter for teachers
Jo Fothergill
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16 years ago
Be epic learn how to make machinimas from scratch in five weeks
TinkererAngel
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13 years ago
Marc Prensky, Keynote
HandheldLearning
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17 years ago
50sites ver3
David Kapuler
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13 years ago
30 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
Richard Byrne
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13 years ago
Video Games for the Social Studies
Glenn Wiebe
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18 years ago
Digital citizenship, briefly
ConnectSafely
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13 years ago
Digital reputations
Anne Collier
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13 years ago
Making the case for digital citizenship
ConnectSafely
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13 years ago
10 challenges we all face
Richard Byrne
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14 years ago
Super book of web tools for educators
Lee Kolbert
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14 years ago
Understanding the Holocaust in the 21st Century
ISTE
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14 years ago
Utopianfutureofeducation
Scott Merrick
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14 years ago
Rethinking concepts in virtual worlds and education research
Eduserv
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15 years ago
Virtual Worlds Project Proposal - Reaction Grid
Lucy Barrow
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15 years ago
Yes You Can Use Copyrighted Materials
Renee Hobbs
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15 years ago
Education & Technology Quotes
Tony Vincent
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16 years ago
Education and the SL Ecosystem
Terrence Cummings
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15 years ago
Netsafetyoct30 Sound
Larry Magid
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16 years ago
Second Life: Teachers' Perceptions
Paul Penfold
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17 years ago
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area, New York United States
Industry
Education
Website
www2.wnyric.org/awheelock
About
Welcome to the Department of Wild and Crazy Ideas!
It's lonely here so I am always interested in learning from other wild and crazy educators who like to empower their students and colleagues using new technologies.
My most recent endeavor is a NY State Department of Education Funded project called the Islands of Enlightenment. This project uses an OpenSim virtual world technology designed to help students learn about The Holocaust, Life in a Medieval Village, and the principles of architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. This project has had tremendous support and help from WNED our PBS affiliate, The Anne Frank Project (Buffalo State College), and The Martin Complex. Please see the pr...
Tags
virtual environments
social studies
secondlife virtualpioneers socialstudies secondlif
sloodle secondlife education socialstudies
virtual pioneers social studies virtual worlds sec
internetsafety
21st century skills
holocaust cslo
history virtual_environments
professional development
pln
cslo
anne frank
holocaust afp anne frank
history
gaming
social studies.
muve
opensim virtual worlds
See more