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Virginia Society for Technology in Education

The VSTE VE PLN Is On the Move in Second Life!

For over 10 years, the VSTE Virtual Environments Professional Learning Network has maintained VSTE Island, a full region in Second Life, as part of our professional development program. With a shift in focus to expanding to other virtual environments, we have decided to downsize and move to a parcel on the Second Life Mainland, with significantly lower costs. The new parcel … [Read more...]

Learn More About Game Engines, VE PLN, March 11, 2019

The Virtual Environments Professional Learning Network (VEPLN) will be hosting Dr. William Schmactenberg on Monday, March 11, 2019 on VSTE Island In Second Life discussing Unity 3D. More schools are using modern day game engines to help student create digital projects in programs such as Unity 3D. Unity 3D can be used to create high quality Educational games and Virtual Reality … [Read more...]

VSTE PLN Holiday Store

The VSTE VE PLN Holiday Store Front building contest is well under way. 17 of 18 windows have been claimed and a few seem to be finished or nearly finished. This is a GREAT time for new Second Life users, or those who have been gone for a while, to come in and see what's here on VSTE Island. We can help you get accustomed to SL. Email [email protected] to set up a time to … [Read more...]

VEPLN Summer of Survival

The Virtual Environments Professional Learning Network (VEPLN) will be sponsoring the second annual Survive the Summer event at VSTE Place in Minecraft. WHAT Yes! We are doing this again! Shorter and sweeter, this summer, July 2 through July 31, VSTE Place will hold its second Summer of Survival! Participants will be able to warp to survival mode for a completely different … [Read more...]

Building In Second Life: An Introduction to Rokuro

While many people experience Second Life as a consumer, one of the powers of virtual environments is the ability to learn to build in three dimensions. On Monday, May 21, at 8 PM, the VE PLN will host Norma Underwood who will teach participants how to create sculpted prims, or complex shapes that are difficult to produce with the standard building tools in Second Life. Creating … [Read more...]

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