People


 * CTC SL Experts:**

I****nstitution:** Tacoma Community College
 * [[image:jsvavoom-1-15-10.jpg caption="John Miller: JS Vavoom in SL"]]media type="skypestatus" key="JSMillerRN" ARG0="bigclassic" width="142" height="32"
 * Contact:** JS Vavoom in SL (John Miller RN, MN), nursing faculty (since 1982), former faculty tech developer and trainer, JSMillerRN@gmail.com, Skype-Google Talk, user JSMillerRN, cell 253.820.7115
 * Experience:**
 * In Second Life since 4/1/06
 * Founder of MUVErs (Second Life educational development company)
 * Presented at numerous national conferences on teaching in Second Life
 * Consulted with numerous colleges and universities on teaching in Second Life
 * Teaching RN-ADN students in Second Life since March 07. Current course site, open to the public: @http://sites.google.com/site/nurs143f09/
 * Completed graduate class from Boise State, Teaching in SL, December 07
 * Goals:**
 * Innovate education in SL and for other web 3.0 platforms.
 * Present, train faculty and students of any discipline to use virtual worlds and web 2.0 technology.


 * [[image:stihl_shot.jpg width="127" height="161" align="left" caption="Puffy Faced Stihl Heron aka Scott Dennis"]]Institution:** Lower Columbia College
 * Contact:** Scott Dennis, eLearning Manager sdennis@lcc.ctc.edu
 * Second Life Avatars:** Stihl Heron
 * Experience:** About a year in-world researching. Limited building and scripting.
 * Institutional Goals:** Like most in the system, our institution is moving to dramatically expand our online offerings. We also have some online component for about 80% of our on-ground courses using the ANGEL LMS. My goal in SL is to monitor and see how educational response to the metaverse continues to evolve. We may pilot our first in-class use of SL within the coming year as we develop a new series of healthcare related courses.
 * Contributions to This Project:** I can test, maintain and give input. I'm far from expert but hope to make useful contributions.

**Institution:** State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
 * Contact:** Cable Green, eLearning Director, cgreen@sbctc.edu 360-704-4334
 * Second Life Avatar:** Cable Green
 * Experience:** Several years playing. Set up a consortia island in Ohio. Learned from people smarter than me!
 * Institutional Goals:** To pilot, play, experiment with the goal of determining how virtual worlds and games bring new learning opportunities to everyone.
 * Contributions to This Project:** Catalyst. I'll provide the space, find the money, and try to stay out of the way.


 * [[image:YunGulli.jpg align="left" caption="Yun Gulli"]]Institution:** Seattle Central Community College (SCCD)
 * Contact:** Yun Moh, Instructor and Program Coordinator, ymoh@sccd.ctc.edu 206-344-4342
 * Second Life Avatar:** Yun Gulli
 * Experience:** Several days of playing. I have a lot to learn in SL.
 * Institutional Goals:** I want to increase the awareness of SL to the rest of SCCD faculty and admin.
 * Contributions to This Project:** I am going to follow for now. I will learn and eventually help other faculty to build teaching tools.

**Institution**: Cascadia Community College
 * Contact**: Stephanie Delaney, Director of Distance Learning, sdelaney@cascadia.edu, 425-352-8166
 * Second Life Avatar**: Jubchas Anthony
 * Experience**: Complete Newbie.
 * Institutional Goals**: Cascadia hopes to greatly expand distance learning, serving both a local and international audience. Second Life seems like one option to expand synchronous communication opportunities.
 * Contributions to This Project**: Since I am new to Second Life, I see my role as a helper and supporter.

**Institution:** Tacoma Community College
 * Contact:** Andy Duckworth, Distance Learning & Mulitmedia Services Coordinator, aduckworth@tacomacc.edu, 253-460-3958
 * Second Life Avatar:** Bubba Darwin
 * Experience:** I have played around with the software here and there for a couple of years, but still consider myself a noob.
 * Institutional Goals:** What Geoff said. ;)
 * Contributions to This Project:** I am interested in learning how to build, script and anything else to help support faculty use of this medium.

Institution: SBCTC Contact: Noreen Light, Faculty Development Coordinator, nlight@sbctc.edu, 360.704.4345 Second Life Avatar: Lumiere Loire Experience: Next to none! I'll be learning from the rest of you... Institutional Goals: Learn how SL can be useful for the statewide Assessment, Teaching and Learning Community. Contributions to this Project: Provide opportunities for faculty training on use of SL, and encourage faculty participation.

**Institution:** State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
 * Contact:** David Arthurs, Computer and Network Support, darthurs@sbctc.edu 360-704-4367 **Second Life Avatar:** Sumgye Deerhunter
 * Experience:** I am new to Second Life. I learn quickly and have a lot of experience with computers and software. I also know that there is always more to learn. I learn a lot from how other people use the technology and I’m interested in how virtual worlds and social networking are changing how our society interacts.
 * Contributions to This Project:** I’m here to offer support in any way I can, but most of all I’m here to learn.


 * [[image:DLGaffer1_003Small.jpg width="236" height="199" align="left" caption="DL Gaffer" link="http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/distance"]]Institution:** Pierce College
 * Contact:** Edward A. Bachmann, Director Distance Learning ebachmann@pierce.ctc.edu
 * Second Life Avatars:** DL Gaffer
 * Experience:** Just bumping around in exploration - manage to find and request addition to the WASBCTC DLC group and the Nursing Group!!.
 * Institutional Goals:** Looking for ways to support faculty in their exploration and use of this Web 2.0 environment to enhance and improve DL teaching and Learning.
 * Contributions to This Project:** I make a great tester and breaker of things....Learning Times has an Island with meeting rooms....Squirrel Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Squirrel%20Island/216/107/22.
 * News:** Bring your activities and learning to the NW/MET Conference in Walla Walla on March 19-21!! Send me your presentation proposals for the following theme:
 * //Managing Educational Technology in a Web 2.0 World//**
 * //Getting Real: Practices, Pitfalls and Potential for Teaching-Learning!//**


 * Institution:** SBCTC
 * Contact:** Kayeri Akweks, Online Student Services Manager: kakweks@sbctc.edu, cell 360-704-8442, office 360-704-4319,
 * Second Life Avatars:** Ite Sittingbull
 * Experience:** Brand new
 * Institutional Goals:** See what type of online student services are needed and work within the 2nd Life platform. See what type of art curriculum work in 2nd Life. Build environments with students that work imaginatively with all of the possibilities within 2nd Life.
 * Contributions to This Project:** I would love to help develop standards and guidelines to help people be successful teaching, learning, recruiting and supporting students in 2nd Life.

**Institution:** Seattle Vocational Institute (Seattle Community College District) Cell 206-412-3663, Office 206-587-4959.
 * Contact:** Dennis Kamarainen, Instructor of Business Computer Applications: dkamarainen@sccd.ctc.edu,
 * Second Life Avatar:** Denon Kanto
 * Experience:** Since Dec 2007, I have built houses, rocks, waterfalls, and furniture, and have created and imported textures. As a beginner at scripting, I want to learn how to animate objects and people. With another avatar, I have been conducting classes on ego and consciousness. I have learned much about Second Life's political and social environment.
 * Institutional Goals:** To explore the value of virtual environments in improving learner understanding, engagement in learning, teamwork, and social networking. Having found Second Life to be a valuable learning tool, I plan to develop virtual classrooms that realize new pedogogical standards for this kind of learning environment.
 * Contributions to This Project:** I am an activist in bringing effective technology into the learning process. Being relatively capable at learning new software, I hope to help develop inviting learning environments that contain the tools necessary to accomplish effective learning, i.e. buildings, communication systems, and instructional displays.

**Institution:** Columbia Basin College jlewis@columbiabasin.edu 509-542-4465 Skype: jlewis001, Windows Messenger: MrEeeks@hotmail.com
 * Contact:** Jerry Lewis, Director of eLearning & Web Services
 * Second Life Avitar:** Gerard Latte
 * Experience:** Exploring since December 2007
 * Institutional goals:** To see if there are uses that SL would be better than other methods of communication/instruction and share that with our instructors
 * Contributions to this project:** Whatever, whenever. I'm just learning, but I'd be happy to share what I'm finding and hear how others are using SL, or would like to. I'm interested in learning building and scripting and would like to collaborate on creating simulations.