About Author: Katy Lumkin

Description: Project Leader for MacICT 3D Virtual Worlds

Posts by Katy Lumkin

Balgowlah Boy’s Campus Avatars in Action

Posted on September 18, 2011 | No Comments
So what does a virtual world classroom look like? Well it looks something like this: students engaged, motivated to learn, designing and creating in a safe environment.
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3D Virtual Worlds Challenge

Posted on September 16, 2011 | No Comments
Year 9 students from Balgowlah Boys’ Campus have recently completed two comprehensive training days at MacICT using OpenSim. Activities included avatar creation, building alignment, inventory management, form manipulation and design....
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MacICT 3D Virtual Worlds: WHEN2050

Posted on June 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
Year 10 students from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design have developed architectural prototypes for Australian cities in a 3D multi-user virtual environment (Opensimulator) that incorporate ideas that...
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3D Virtual Worlds for other subjects: A student’s perspective

Posted on June 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
Jason, a Year 10 Visual Arts student from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design wrote recently in Edmodo, how he sees 3D Virtual Worlds could be used in...
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Teacher Reflections: Future Directions

Posted on June 12, 2011 | 2 Comments
Peter Wootten, Senior Visual Arts teacher from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design writes about how 3D Virtual Worlds can be integrated in all Key Learning Areas (KLAs)...
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WHEN2050: Teacher’s Final Reflection

Posted on June 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
Peter Wootten, Senior Visual Arts Teacher from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design reflects on the WHEN2050: 3D Virtual Worlds Project. “When 2050” is the second stage of...
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A Tale of Two Cities: The Ying and Yang

Posted on May 20, 2011 | No Comments
Students from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design have been using Edmodo to reflect and evaluate their design work in Trinity. Here are some of their thoughts. Jason:...
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Sustainable Designs in Development

Posted on March 16, 2011 | No Comments
Students from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design are transferring their ideas from paper into 3D forms in Trinity, our virtual world. Here are some examples of their...
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Concept Development: “A Tale of Two Cities”

Posted on March 9, 2011 | No Comments
Students from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design were asked to write a report on how historical and/or contemporary architectural design informs their design choices in the virtual...
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3D Virtual Worlds: Quality Professional Learning

Posted on February 20, 2011 | 7 Comments
Project Objective: Evaluate innovative applications of virtual worlds in education, focusing on supporting teachers to develop curriculum centred student design and construction activities. Teachers on our project have now completed...
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