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Details for Webcast and Second Life access to the Public Forum on Learning in Virtual Worlds

Filed at 7:45 pm on November 13, 2007 • Leave a comment

At 6pm PST on Wednesday, November 14, join in a public forum on kids’ learning in virtual worlds via webcast or Second Life.

On Wednesday at 6pm PST, the MacArthur Foundation and Common Sense Media will be hosting a public forum on kids’ learning and virtual worlds. You can learn more about the panelists, or for more analysis read Connie Yowell’s thematic overview which introduces blog posts by the four panelists while also describing how MacArthur’s third public forum on digital media and learning differs from the first two.

The event is full, but you can particpate via a webcast and/or in Second Life. Here are directions:

Webcast
To view and submit questions via a webcast:
http://tinyurl.com/2ybmqb  or
http://www.takeonedigital.com/20071114-webcast.html

Second Life
The event will be simulcast into the Second Life main grid. You can view it on the USC Annenberg Island at:  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Annenberg%20Island/81/123/29

The event will be simulcast into Teen Second Life on the Global Kids Estate at:  http://tinyurl.com/2m4dnp

Video on Demand
Video of the event will be available for downloading by 8pm PST at http://takeonedigital.blip.tv/file/488039/

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