Friday, January 25, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, 10:00 Central,
9:00 Mountain, 8:00 Pacific, and 5:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
Friday, January 25, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 2:00 Central, 1:00
Mountain, noon Pacific, and 8:00 p.m. GMT/UTC/Zulu:
lds for Kids, Tweens, and Teens: Whyville
According to a recent New York Times article, 2008 will be the year of
virtual worlds for kids, with rapid population growth and many
ventures. Libraries and other educational and cultural organizations
are exploring these virtual worlds for kids, too. This hour long
seminar will feature speakers Tom Peters of TAP Information Services
providing an overview of the growth of virtual worlds for kids, Cliff
Zintgraff of Whyville providing an introduction and tour of Whyville,
and Kelly Czarnecki of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg
County talking about why it is important for librarians and educators
to be in virtual worlds such as Whyville.
To participate go to the OPAL Online Auditorium at
http://www.conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs1641902f62b4
New users will need to download a small software applet before
entering the room.
For more information contact Lori Bell at
lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com or Tom Peters at
tapinformation@yahoo.com
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Lori Bell
Director of Innovation
Alliance Library System
600 High Point Lane
East Peoria, IL 61611
(309)694-9200 ext. 2128
skype: lbell927
lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com
lbell927@gmail.com
acrewdson Post author
For those of you who couldn’t make this session in the Opal Online Auditorium, archived slides can be found at this link:
http://www.opal-online.org/archivelis.htm
Great session by presenters: Cliff Zintgraff from Whyville, Kelly Czarnecki from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, and Tom Peters from TAP Information Services.