Video: Penn in Second Life

Here’s a great video showing some of the work Penn is doing in virtual worlds, put together by Deke Kassabian. Enjoy!

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clip: {
scaling: ‘fit’,
url: ‘isc/networking/SL_final4_15_1000.flv’,
autoPlay: false,
[...]

April 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Education & Training, Virtual Worlds | Leave a comment

Virtual Worlds in Academia: Beyond the Hyperbole

huntsman_at_night1Wharton Computing and the Philadelphia Future Salon are proud to present an event, in conjunction with the Wharton Learning Lab’s Evolution of Learning Symposium: Virtual Worlds in Academia: Beyond the Hyperbole. The panel is free for anyone to attend, and we encourage people attending the symposium in the morning to join us after lunch. A hands-on demonstration will follow, in which people are encouraged to give some projects a test drive!

Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. ROOM: 340

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 13th, 2pm – 4pm

More details after the jump.

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April 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Education & Training, Events & Conferences, Legal Issues, Virtual Worlds | 2 comments

Obama Appoints Werbach to Transition Team

Kevin Werbach, founder of Supernova

Friend of Peregrine Salon Kevin Werbach, a fellow Whartonite (as of December 1st!), has been appointed to Obama’s FCC transition team. This is great news for those of us who believe in net neutrality! Kevin is the driving force behind the yearly Supernova conference, and this year, the theme was Privacy [...]

November 18th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Legal Issues, Virtual Worlds | Leave a comment