Research Blog

SciLands Panel

Tue, 4 Sep 2007 05:40:46 -0400

Sadly, I couldn’t attend the Second Life Community Conference in Chicago last month. However, five of my collaborators were part of an excellent panel reviewing aspects of the SciLands. Here’s a vi

Coverage in the Blogosphere

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:20:31 -0400

Last week, I attended Cosmos in the Classroom 2007, a symposium for professors teaching Astronomy 101. I was invited to present two workshops on astronomy education and used the time to teach my fell

Ant Invasion

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:07:04 -0400

Elon University’s Second Life island got its first mention in New World Notes (and in Boing Boing), before we even opened it up! Jotole Helios, an Elon professor, has been using the island as a “math

Front Page of the Times-News

Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:25:16 -0500

My wife Dana and I were featured in the “Real People” section of the Burlington Times-News. The article, “A family living in the stars,” focused on Dana’s work with Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter and my

First build on Elon Island

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:29:35 -0500

Though we haven’t even sent the check to Linden Lab, Jotole Helios (an Elon University math professor) has already started using our new Second Life island for building fractal-based structures. Big