Jacob's Chess Set

Jacob is doing independent work on the Reaction Grid because he was in band and could not sign up for the regular Reaction Grid class and completed the chess set in less than two class periods! Way to go Jacob! He doesn't have the company of other avatars so he is very focused on the work. Working in a virtual world is also a social environment. Luckily Jacob had a chance to experience that in a previous class.

Chess Set Challenge

Students are now working with Rokuro to create a sculpted prim chess set on the Reaction Grid after finishing their new t-shirt designs. Rokuro is a virtual lathe, so the students also learned what a lathe does in real life. (See video below)

Rokuro and Tokoroten = Lathe and Extruder for Sculpted Prims

We have been so busy creating sculpted prims using the open source programs Rokuro and Tokoroten that I haven't captured any of the progress on the floor plans. Now we are using Gimp to create graphics with transparent backgrounds to create plants and animals. After that we are going to design t-shirts for our avatars using Robin Wood's templates. (See video below)

Second Semester Building Begins

Some of the students choose Virtual Worlds as an elective again but some of the students were brand new. The continuing students just took up where they left off and required very little from me during the class period. That gave me lots of time to work with the newbies. (See video below)

We Got Blogged!

We got mentioned in this educational blog today! Please check out the article.

Day Two of Floor Plan Challenge

Students continue working on their floor plans. It's amazing to watch them work! (See video below)

Students Begin Floor Plan Challenge

Today the students in my 8th hour Reaction Grid class began their first collaborative project. Groups of four students began work on a real floor plan. They had six choices and although they had a bit of a shaky start placing themselves on the building platforms in groups, once they had their plan, they went right to work. (See video below)