The
4th Annual Best Practices in Education (VWBPE 2011) conference is just
around the corner! It will take place in Second Life on March 17-19,
2011. Attendance and presentations grows each year and the VWBPE has
become widely regarded as one of the most important inworld education
events of the year and a great opportunity for you, as an educator, to
share knowledge
and experiences with your colleagues from around the globe.
Last
year, more than 2,000 people from 69 countries and territories attended
170 presentations over an action-packed 48 hours. This year’s event will again include the popular international
stream and, for the first time, a machinima stream--giving all budding
metaverse directors an opportunity to showcase their work. We also welcome our recently transferred Teen
Second Life educators to this year’s event and look forward to learning
more about the great work that they do. The conference won’t be all work
though. Continuing in the spirit of past years, fun social activities
will have people buzzing over the entire 53 hour event. In the words of
the event coordinator, "Dust off your best frock, or tux, and get ready
for the gala awards ceremony. We’re told it’s the place to be seen!"
Details
about the entire range of events and presentations will be available
when the organizing committee releases the program in the next couple of
weeks. Until then, if you’ve got a question about streams, or anything
else relating to the event, then you can contact the organizers at info@vwbpe.org or check the official website at www.vwbpe.org.
The gateway sim, VWBPE Gateway, will open to the public on March 16, so feel free to drop by to say ‘hello’ to the organizers.
And, if you’re interested in volunteering, then the event organizers would love to hear from you at volunteers@vwbpe.org.
VWBPE
2011 is being organized and run by the education community for the
education community – it is YOUR conference. It is a FREE conference
that is made possible by the generous contributions of time, money, and
facilities by volunteers and conference partners: Linden Lab, Thinkerer
Studios, Rockcliffe, SpotOn3D, and Designing Digitally. While
acknowledging the generous sponsorship already in place, the conference
organizers advise that extra funds for activities such as providing
transcribers and recording the sessions for viewing after the event are
always welcome! If you or someone you know is interested in sponsoring, then please direct
them here.
VWBPE
2011 will be your chance to join the educator community, share best practices and celebrate all
that is great about this vibrant and important community. We look
forward to another great conference and seeing you there!
