Peer Support Workshop

"Suicide and Self Harm - Working With Vulnerable Populations"

This workshop is designed for SL peer supporters and those who work with people struggling with thoughts of suicide or self harm. We will discuss crisis intervention, bridging to real life resources, and ways to best help within the limitations of a virtual world.

Sunday November 15, 2009. 2:00 - 3:00pm SLT

Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wellness%20Island/91/214/22

Sponsored by Guiding Lights Peer Support Training and Wellness Island.

RSVP to Avalon Birke in-world.


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3 October 2009


Grand Opening for Innovation InfoIsland Oct. 3!


Come witness the birth of a grand idea – a sim devoted to the innovative thinking and projects of educators, librarians and information technologists!

The grand opening of Innovation InfoIsland will be a day-long celebration Saturday, Oct. 3.

Innovation InfoIsland will be home to wide ranging projects created by some of Second Life’s most innovative and imaginative residents. The intent of the sim is to give these thinkers, inventors and designers a place to work, create and display their ideas in a beautiful setting reminiscent of New Orleans.

The Grand Opening will showcase a taste of what will be in store: an eclectic variety of live music, discussion from a panel of distinguished professionals, singing and dancing by a talented duo, a book discussion and, of course, dancing!

Keynote address will be delivered by Pathfinder Linden at 11 a.m. SLT. Throughout the day visitors are encouraged to tour the island, see some of the projects currently underway and talk to some of the project developers.

Here is the complete schedule of events. All times are SLT.

8 a.m. Studying Psychic Experiences with Rodolfo Mirabella and Maggie Larimore of The AZIRE Library on Innovation Infoislands. Mirabella and Larimore will talk about their research into the psychology of psychic experiences, training a new generation of researchers and the importance of Second Life libraries and museums to the education process. Their almost 30 years of collaboration in RL research and education has focused on the out-of-body experience, and the history of parapsychology.

9 a.m. - Book discussion of "The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm" by Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman. The discussion will be led by Maxito Ricardo, who in real life is Tom Peters, founder and CEO of TAP Information Services, a company that helps libraries and other organizations innovate.

11 a.m. - Keynote, Pathfinder Linden, "Innovation in Education in Second Life"

12 p.m. - Music Island Concerts@Innovation Island presents violinist Young Zeid. Zeid (Xi Yang in RL) has had a distinguished music career, beginning with his solo debut at age 9. He studied at the Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China, and won the National Violin Competition in Shanghai. At age 17 he was a semi-finalist in the Jacques Tibaud International Violin Competition in Paris. He is a graduate of Indiana University School of Music at Bloomington. He is the the Assistant Concertmaster, guest conductor and soloist with the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Arcangelo Piano Quartet and Duo Appassionato. He is also the founding music director and conductor of the Youth Symphony of Florida.

1 p.m. - Music Island Concerts@Innovation Island presents the ambient electronic innovations of AldoManutio Abruzzo. Abruzzo performs a unique blend of improvisational ambient guitar with inspirations from classical and world music. He has studied classical guitar, Renaissance and Baroque lute, trombone and recorder and he records and performs under his project name of "usr/sbin."


2 p.m. Panel discussion "Innovation in Education & Libraries.

Panelists are:



Valerie Hill (Valibrarian Gregg) 2-2:10pm

Valerie Hill is a school librarian and doctoral student at Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Studies.

Topic: Innovative Librarianship



Esther Grassian (Alexandria Knight) 2:10-2:20

Esther Grassian is an adjunct lecturer at UCLA Dept. of Information Studies & Information Literacy Librarian at UCLA College Library

Topic: Innovative Information Literacy



Elaine Plybon (Celestia Cazalet) 2:20-2:30pm

Elaine Plybon is a Chemistry teacher and Instructional Technology Specialist at the Jack E. Singley Academy in Irving, Texas. She is the chairperson for the Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council in Texas and serves on the Leadership Council for the Discovery Educator Network in Second Life.

Topic: Innovative Emerging Technology Trends



Sheila Webber (Sheila Yoshikawa) 2:30-2:40

Sheila Webber is a senior lecturer at the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK.

Topic: Innovative Media Literacy



Keith Mitchell (Larry Klugman) 2:40-2:50pm

Keith Mitchell is the Coordinator for Technology Initiatives for the Center
for Science and Mathematics Education- University of Texas in Austin

Topic: Building a Professional Development Community
with Second Life



Marianne Malmstrom (Knowclue Kidd) 2:50-3pm

Marianne Malmstrom is a Technology Teacher and machinimatographer.

Topic: Machinima in Education



4 p.m Krull Quar - Will discuss "Cool Tools in Second Life" and the dynamics of tying in real world informatics
and Second Life. As well as discuss tools which allow administrators
and program developers to mine and collect data about their
audience and participants.

Show some of the tools available in Second Life that make it
possible to interact with participants and viewers.

5 p.m. Kate Miranda - Music Island Concerts- and Jay Ackroyd - Virtually Speaking - stand at the intersection between the Arts and public conversations about the social, economic, political and scientific issues that confront the modern world. They will discuss the particular challenges and opportunities that confront them as content providers, the trajectories of their two programs, and their emerging collaboration.


6 p.m. Satin Galli and Erin68 Frog take to the stage to sing a mix of duets and solos highlighting the music of hit vocalists from the past 30 to 40 years. Come prepared to dance to their delightful music. Galli and Frog were winners of the Anthology Awards 2009 for Best Duo and the Live Entertainment Music Awards 2009.


7 p.m. Music Island Concerts @ Innovation InfoIsland will present a concert at the island jazz club, featuring Cindy Ecksol. Ecksol has been making and teaching music with voice, autoharp, fiddle and a variety of other instruments for as long as she can remember. She is particularly interested in traditional music of many varieties, and her repertoire includes everything from Irish tunes and Israeli dance music played on autoharp to dark Appalachian fiddle tunes from the mountains of West Virginia, as well as amusing modern songs about real life.




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Lori Bell
Director of Innovation
Alliance Library System
600 High Point Lane
East Peoria, IL 61611
(309)694-9200 ext. 2128
skype: lbell927
lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com<mailto:lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com>
lbell927@gmail.com<mailto:lbell927@gmail.com>
"Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries"
http://books.infotoday.com/books/VirtualWorlds.shtml


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GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP

Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:00am SLT
Ongoing peer support 24/7 - join our Group in-world


http://www.slwellness.com/grief.htm
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2009-10-01

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at noon Second Life time (PST).
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From: alliancesecondlife@googlegroups.com [alliancesecondlife@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lori Bell [lbell927@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:26 AM
To: alliancesecondlife@googlegroups.com; healthcare-request@lists.secondlife.com; nonprofits-request@lists.secondlife.com
Subject: Second Life Education the key to stopping the HIV/AIDS pandemic

Dear Colleagues,

There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that education is the key to stopping the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Education, however, must go hand in hand with de-stigmatizing and personalizing the subject matter. People must be helped to not only understand the need for prevention, but to become passionate participants in the effort to find a cure as well. There is no better method for accomplishing both goals than storytelling.

If you doubt the truth of that statement, please take two minutes to watch the video below. Filmed at a workshop on HIV/AIDS and healthcare in Second Life, it chronicles how workshop participants reacted to a groundbreaking new approach to sharing the stories of those dealing with HIV/AIDS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCVLwFKxYU


If this short film clip gets you as excited about exploring the use of storytelling as a tool for education and outreach as it does me, then I invite you to do three things:



· Familiarize yourself with the work of The Virtual Worlds Story Project (TVWSP): http://www.tvwsp.com/premiere.html. This visionary organization, founded by Jena Ball and Marty Keltz (yes the same Marty Keltz responsible for The Magic School Bus, Goosebumps, and The Indian in the Cupboard), is the developer and driving force behind the use of story quests to educate, engage, and create community.



· Make plans to attend the film premiere and quest on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at noon Second Life time (PST). Entitled, “Stories Without Borders: The life and times of Uncle D,” the event documents how immersive and interactive storytelling can change lives.



You can do this by: attending the live event in Second Life (email Jena at Jenaia@TVWSP.com<mailto:Jenaia@TVWSP.com> for details), you will not want to miss the opportunity to experience this powerful storytelling tool firsthand.



· Spread the word and support TVWSP’s and Karuna’s work:

o Share the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCVLwFKxYU<http://mail.google.com/mail/www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCVLwFKxYU>

o Join the TVWSP mailing list: www.tvwsp.com<http://mail.google.com/mail/www.tvwsp.com>

o Read the blog: www.tvwsp.typepad.com/tvwsp<http://mail.google.com/mail/www.tvwsp.typepad.com/tvwsp>

o Follow TVWSP on Twitter and tweet the hash: #TVWSP

o Join TVWSP’s Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Virtual-Worlds-Story-Project/125488109340?v=wall&viewas=1297574895

o Visit the Karuna inworld: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Karuna/33/213/29

o Visit the Karuna Web site: www.karunahiv.com<http://mail.google.com/mail/www.karunahiv.com>

o If you are in Second Life, become a member of “Friends of Karuna.”

o Consider donating to support TVWSP’s outreach efforts. Your contribution entitles you to a sponsorship page featuring your logo, web URL, and short blurb about your organization in the “Stories Without Borders” collectors’ journal.

o Contact Jena Ball (Jenaia@tvwsp.com<mailto:Jenaia@tvwsp.com>) or Marty Keltz (Marty@tvwsp.com<mailto:Marty@tvwsp.com>) directly. They will be happy to help you get inworld to attend the event and discuss opportunities to collaborate.




--
Lori Bell
Director of Innovation
Alliance Library System
600 High Point Lane
East Peoria, IL 61611
(309)694-9200 ext. 2128
skype: lbell927
lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com<mailto:lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com>
lbell927@gmail.com<mailto:lbell927@gmail.com>
"Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries"
http://books.infotoday.com/books/VirtualWorlds.shtml


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2009- 4 2
Tell us how YOU feel about The Path of Support!

You are invited to attend a S.W.O.T. exercise on SLThursday, April 2, 2009 at 6pm SLT. Join us to talk about the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of The Path of Support, so that The Path’s leaders can make it better for you and others who use it. The exercise will last approximately one hour and will take place in the Consumer Health Library on Health Info Island.

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/41/138/24
Can’t make it, but want to give us feedback? Please take a few minutes to complete our S.W.O.T. survey: Click Here to take survey
This exercise will be done by MSW students at Indiana University School of Social Work.