Entries tagged as ‘virtual worlds’
PARISH OF READING PRIMLEY, RENAISSANCE ISLAND
Events for November 2-8, 2009
Parish Calendar
Parish Website
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EVENTS OF THE WEEK:
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JOUST PRACTICE
Tuesday, 3 November, 2009
5:00 pm SLT
Tilting Yard, Renaissance Island
Joust practice in the training arena. We practice our jousting and fencing. Anyone is welcome to come practice with us or cheer from the stands. We also have all items necessary available for purchase here in our Village.
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Story Telling
Thursday, 5 November, 2009
5:00 pm SLT
Crown & Rose Tavern, Renaissance Island
Bring your favorite story to tell or just come to listen. Storytellers can use either text or voice chat.
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En Garde Fencing Tournament
Saturday, 7 November, 2009
1:00 pm SLT
Fencing Area, Renaissance Island
Once again our fair Parish will be hosting a United En Garde tournament at 1 PM SL time, next Saturday, November 7th. The tournament is open to all players ranked Class C and below (and if you don’t know what this means you are likely in that category)
25L Entry Fee, all fees go for prize money.
Feel free to come and enter, or watch.
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Weekly Parish Meeting
Sunday, 8 November, 2009
5:00 pm SLT
Location TBD
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Categories: Technology
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, virtual worlds, Tudor England, jousting, fencing
July 30, 2009 · Comments Off
Categories: Technology
Tagged: second life, videos, viewers, virtual worlds
I recently learned that several colleges in Colorado now have an island, Colorado EduIsland, in Second Life:
- Colorado Community College System
- Pikes Peak Community College
- Aims Community College
- Morgan Community College
- Otero Junior College
- Community College of Aurora
- Arapahoe Community College
- Colorado Mountain College
- Red Rocks Community College
- Colorado Community Colleges Online
- Trinidad State Junior College
- Lamar Community College
- Community College of Denver
- Front Range Community College
Yesterday I stook some snapshots on the island, which is still under construction. The slideshow is here.
Categories: Education
Tagged: Colorado, elearning, second life, virtual worlds
July 2, 2009 · Comments Off
Photos of Henry VIII’s coronation on Renaissance Island on 27 June 2009:
Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: Henry VIII, Henry VIII coronation, Renaissance Island, second life, virtual worlds
June 28, 2009 · Comments Off
Photos of Henry VIII knighting new Knights of the Bath on Renaissance Island on 27 June 2009:
Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: Henry VIII, Henry VIII coronation, knighting, Knights of the Bath, Renaissance Island, second life, virtual worlds
June 24, 2009 · Comments Off
Five hundred years ago today, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were jointly crowned at Westminster Abbey.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, Renaissance Island will enact the event on the weekend. The Parish is deep in the throes of cleaning the streets and polishing the Abbey! We hope that you will join us to take part in the pageantry, fun, food, and music, as the 16th century steps out of the history books to meet the 21st!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, June 27
11:30 am SLT (PDT) — Knighting
Location: Church
Two days before coronation at the Tower of London, 26 new Knights of the Bath, including proud fathers Thomas Boleyn and Thomas Parr, were made.
12:00 noon — Procession/Coronation/Banquet
Location: Lagswell Manor, Streets, Church
“The royal procession through the city the next day to Westminster followed a route hung with tapestries and cloth of gold. . . .” (1) The royals will process from Lagswell Manor through the streets to the “Abbey.” Scrumptious banquet to follow at the knot garden!
4:00 pm — Coronation Ball
Location: Lagswell Manor/Knot Garden
Minstrel Gabrielle Riel will spin her magic music. There will be much merriment and dancing!
5:00pm — Fireworks
Location: in the sky
Sunday, June 28
11:00am — Concert by Atheene Dodonpa
Location: Church
Mistress Dodonpa is a minstrel maiden — a musical storyteller who uses various instruments to accompany her soprano voice: recorders and pipes, symphonie, bowed psaltery, rebec, bells and medieval harp.
12:00 noon — Jousting Tournament
Location: Tilting area
Lord Merlin and Knights of the Bath will joust in a tourney with His Majesty bestowing tokens to the winners.
(1) Lucy Wooding. Henry VIII. London: Routledge, 2008. Available through libraries and bookstores everywhere!!
Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: second life, Renaissance Island, virtual worlds, Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Katherine of Aragon
February 28, 2009 · Comments Off
I’m going to be helping some colleagues from Front Range Community College review proposals for a conference coming up next month: Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education. I’ll be looking at ones for the blended teaching/learning and educational tools and products streams. Abstracts/proposals are due today. The conference will take place March 27 through 29 in Second Life.
Categories: Instructional Technology
Tagged: conference, second life, virtual worlds
Yesterday, laura1621, author of Rhetorically Squeaking, commented, “I love what you are doing with Second Life. I have thought about getting involved in/checking out Second Life, but I’m afraid that I would wind up playing versus doing anything remotely work related. Maybe I can figure out a way, now.”
I put the following list together for her and other educators like her who want to check out Second Life but haven’t done it yet.
Websites:
Videos:
Mailing Lists:
Organizations:
Books:
- A Beginner’s Guide to Second Life. Las Vegas: v3image, 2007. at Amazon.com
- Carr, Paul, and Graham Pond. The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2007. at Amazon.com
- Rymaszewski, Michael, et al. Second Life: The Official Guide. 2nd ed. Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2008. at Amazon.com
Categories: Education · Instructional Technology
Tagged: second life, video, virtual worlds
February 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
A Royal Joust will be held Tuesday, February 3, at 5 p.m. PST (SLT) on Renaissance Island, with cash awards for first- and second-place contenders.
Come and cheer on the knight of your choice!!
There be a rumour that good Queen Bess may officiate.
Categories: Education
Tagged: Renaissance Island, second life, virtual worlds
