Gartner announcement on 3D world trends

by Lindy McKeown

Thought this press release form Gartner would be useful for some...

Gartner Says 80 Percent of Active Internet Users Will Have A "Second Life"
in the Virtual World by the End of 2011

Analysts Identify the Five Laws for Virtual Worlds During Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo 2007 Emerging Trends, Analysts Say IT Leaders Must Take the
Initiative to Innovate

STAMFORD, Conn., April 24, 2007 - By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active
Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a "second life", but
not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc.

More at

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503861

Article about CATE-SL in Eugene Weekly (Oregon)

by Jonathon Richter

Here's an article that the Center for Advanced Technology had written about us in our local hip paper, The Eugene Weekly http://www.eugeneweekly.com/

Request for contributions: SL's Konstrukt magazine

From Alexander Kanaev...

... With so many accusations about SL lately, we believe it is important totell the world that Sl has a great potential for creative and innovative ideas. With this in mind, we are trying to devote the next issue of theKONSTRUKT magazine to education.

We are looking for articles on the following topics:
- benefits of SL as an educational platform;
- successful experiments of using SL for educational projects;
- methodology of teaching in a fluid 3D environment;
- tips to institutions establishing or thinking of establishing a presence in Sl;
- the rationale, hopes and lessons learned from institutional "in-world" presence.

Of course this is just a wishlist, and we would be more than happy to listen to what you are willing to share. Ideas, results, problems and advice - anything you would like to share with the community, we are happy to give you a platform to do so. The issue is planned for the 16th of June, and because of limited space, we would ask you to get in touch with us asap.

With best regards
Chaos Venera
Anna Grant

About theKonstrukt: we are a free magazine about SL, available in .PDF format. We are an analytical publication, mostly focusing on WHY things are happening in SL instead of just describing places and events. Visit us in-world or just download your copy at www.thekonstrukt.com

Just Ask the Avatar in the Front Row

"Colleges and universities head into virtual worlds, and student learning and psychology are changed forever."

by Neal Starkman, published on May 1, 2007, in Campus Technology.

Guardian UK Article: "It's a world of possibilities"

An article from today's UK Education Guardian (May 8, 2007)

"Virtual campuses are springing up in Second Life, as universities discover the advantages of cyberspace."

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2074240,00.html

Posted to SLED Listserv (08-MAY-07) by Andy Fossett