Educational Machinima with Pooky Amsterdam of PookyMedia for July 27 Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
July 27, 2012, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26
On Friday July 27, Pooky Amsterdam will present about the collaborative process of producing an award winning educational machinima. Pooky Amsterdam who has been producing entertainment on the virtual plane for about 10 years and her company PookyMedia provides top quality real animation also known as machinima. She will present on the educational machinima “Vector Inspectors” which was done for the San Gabriel Vector Control District to help with a study on the spread of the Asian tiger mosquitoes into this area. “Vector Inspectors” won several EduMachinima 2012 awards sponsored by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Special Interest Group Virtual Environment (SIGVE).
http://sigve.iste.wikispaces.net/EduMachinima+Winners+2012
AGENDA
8:30 AM Introductions
8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements
8:45 AM Mentors Central
9:55 Educational Machinima with Pooky Amsterdam of PookyMedia
9:30 AM Open Mic / Announcements
Written by: Zinnia Zauber