Evening educators gathering

For the evening after the teachers course I organised a gathering of educators to network, discuss issues and party. We had about 25 at the discussion eventually, including Claudia Linden, who as ever had some heavy questioning but took it all in her stride and seemed encouraged by the activities going on in the UK in particular. So thanks to her for coming and others who are blazing a trail into the unknown with a chink of light spurring us on.

Our first teacher course in second life

The teachers course was a definite success. We had 8 teachers on the course from Acklam Grange School and all of them finished the day with enthusiasm for Second Life. This picture shows some of the teachers busily building and some adding scripts to their objects.
During the day it was noticeable that the time went as fast as a sunny interval in a British summer, but the amount achieved in one day was considerable. We hope to continue with courses in September both in the centre and with interested folks in-world.

Battle scene

Here is the background to the battle scene at night

****World First****

First school production to be completely staged in front of Second Life animated scenes.
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I saw the first night last night and it was amazing.
I created the scenes and borrowed a few (thanks to Gjo and Elvin valley) in world filmed them with a screen capture software on the mac and put the avi files through a media software on the PC called media shout which lined them all up in order and changed them at the click of a button. Worked seamlessly

Lion the witch and the wardrobe

I am using second life to film the back drops for a play of 'The lion the witch an the wardrobe'. Around 20 scenes so far and it has been both an education and an adventure. Finding venues and meeting the people passionate about them. This clip is from the section when Aslan carries the girls on his back.

The Island is taking shape

http://slurl.com/secondlife/MCLC2/130/167/28
It may be blocked if courses are going on :)