A Piece of My Mind

Just warming up my speech.

I got a really nice Comment Approval Email in the Inbox the other day. Scott Merrick of real life Nashville, TN, fame and Second Life blogging aficionado left a comment on my Texas SBOE post to inform me that I was one of four educational bloggers nominated for “Blog-o-the-month” in Second Life on ISTE Island.  So, big deal, you’re thinking. Well, when you consider the other three bloggers in the running, it is an honor to me. They are:

“Dr. Z Reflects”–Leigh Zeitz

“Moving at the Speed of Creativity”–Wesley Fryer

“The Strength of Weak Ties”–David Jakes

Those guys turn out some great stuff. So, I will stick with the back-up speech: “It is just an honor to be nominated with such an esteemed group of dedicated educators.” How’s that?

Here is how to vote:

If you would like to vote click on the Slurl.The Slurl is a URL for a location in Second Life:

• You will see a Second Life webpage that is Google Map-ish
  
• Click on the “teleport now” button
• This will launch Second Life and then you log in
  
• You will appear in SL at the Blogger’s Hut. Give it a few seconds to show all of the extras, including the bars you click on to vote. Spin your avatar around if you need to figure out where you are at.
  
• There are four bars. Click on the one you want to vote for. Good luck to all.
• Here is a video Scott Merrick made in case you want to “see” how to vote.

Now, read what Scott Merrick had to say and get over there and vote for your favorite (yes, even if it isn’t me). Is it possible I might achieve Miguel Guhlin greatness with this? One can only hope.

Hey Scott. This is to let you know that this blog is one of the four
in the running for “Blog-o-the-month” at the Blogger’s Hut on ISTE
Island in Second Life. This is a good-natured poll whose winners have
been featured in the Hut’s RSS feed for inworld visitors to enjoy every
month for a year now. Past winners are:

Phasing Grace–Grace McDunnough

From Mr. A to Mr. Z–Jeff Agamenoni

Around the Corner–McGuhlin.net

Fleep’s Deep Thoughts–Fleep Tuque/Chris Colling

NMC Campus–New Media Consortium

PHSPrincipal Blog–Dave Meister

Teaching Math Technology Blog–Maria Anderson

2CentsWorth–David Warlick

The Story of My Second Life–Kevin Jarrett

Oh! Second Life (now Oh! Virtual Learning–Scott Merrick

Spread the word and encourage Second Life Educators to visit and to
vote for your wonderful work for the month of November. The options
this month are:

“Dr. Z Reflects”–Leigh Zeitz

“Moving at the Speed of Creativity”–Wesley Fryer

“The Strength of Weak Ties”–David Jakes

and yours, of course,

“A Piece of My Mind”–Scott S. Floyd

I’ll have a celebration post at my own blog “Oh! Virtual Learning” up in a bit. Congrats!