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Here's a great new class from Florida Virtual School as chronicled in eSchoolNews.

Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is set to pilot what it describes as the first complete online game-based course for high school students. School officials and the game's creators hope the course will help engage students who struggle in traditional classroom settings.

The game is called Conspiracy Code, and it's the first in a series of online game-based courses created by 360Ed Inc., an educational game development company. The first Conspiracy Code course fulfills a full credit of history and is aligned with state and national standards.

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Last night I spoke to a parents' group about Social Networking and balancing the opportunities and dangers on the Internet for kids of varying ages. By the end, we started to get to the fact that we really are at the very beginning of all of this when we look at things like Club Penguin or MySpace. Today, I came across this slide show from Cory Ondrejka . Mr. Continue reading...

This item caught my eye today.

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Last night I tried something new. I attended a concert. But this was a bit different. This concert was held in Second Life and performed by the avatars of musicians and attended by the avatars of fans. Second Life is a virtual world where you can be anyone you like and participate in all of the things you might ordinarily do or might just want to try. My avatar is pretty ordinary and I do pretty ordinary things. Except I can fly from place to place! But let me take you back to the beginning. Continue reading...