All teachers are learners - All learners are teachers

Well my first week at edsoft was wonderful.  I spent the week learning about different software applications and brushing up on my promethean and teamboard knowledge.  It is wonderful to have the opportunity to develop training packages with IWB’s that relate to effective IWB usage not just tips and tricks on how to use IWB software.  I believe that effective professional learning needs to be in the forefront of anyones mind when looking to purchase IWBs and am very excited to be in a position to provide this. 

I have been conducting my own personal professional learning lately with the assistance of jo kay and the wonderful residents of jokaydia in Second Life.  I have recently become a resident of Jokaydia in my quest to further explore and understand the fantastic potential of 3d virtual worlds in education.  Personally I have been reflecting what an amazing learning experience Second Life has been for me over the last two weeks.  As an educator who has done the rounds of the ict festivals and conferences where blogs, wikis and social bookmarking have been the flavour of the year it is great to be inspired about the potential 3d virtual worlds have to offer. 

I have rented a space “Interactively Utopia” where I hope to further explore building and learning in second life.  I am being helped along in second life in my learning journey by an amazing group of educators such as Al Upton, HeyJudeJenns, Dean Groom, and Sapphire .  I thought twitter was a great network (and still is) but the personal support I am finding in Second Life is just amazing. 

I encourage everyone to come and visit me (Dewi Kittaj) in Second Life at my new home which you can find at http://slurl.com/secondlife/jokaydia%20II/196/141/25 and I look forward to sharing many tales of my learning journey through my blog.  I would also love to hear how others are using second life in education.. 

Here is a photo of my second me