Sign of the Kite

By and For the Kitely Community

Sign of the Kite is a website by and for residents
of the Kitely community of virtual worlds.

Archives for January 2016

SOTK Newsletter 29 Jan 16

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Welcome to the third Sign of the Kite (SOTK) newsletter of 2016. Remember SOTK is the shortform newsletter that keeps you up to speed with all things Kitely and OpenSim. It is written BY residents FOR residents and is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Kitely. Got news of your world or group, an event, a recruitment drive, a newsworthy shop, product or promotion? Drop a brief … [Read more...]

Engineering Active Learning in 3D Virtual Worlds

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By Dr. Michael Vallance Department of Media Architecture, Future University Hakodate, Japan. To advance education in the 21st century, experts in neuroscience argue for more ‘active learning’ through experience. A practical implementation for such active, experiential and, we propose, multi-disciplinary learning is for students to consider, analyze, solve and make personal … [Read more...]

Sign of the Kite Newsletter 15 Jan 16

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Welcome  to the second Sign of the Kite (SOTK) newsletter of 2016. This week we focus in particular on history builds in Kitely, a popular genre and a subject we will likely return to again in the future as new builds for education and roleplay reach fruition. Remember SOTK is the shortform  newsletter that keeps you up to speed with all things Kitely and OpenSim. It is … [Read more...]

Sign of the Kite Newsletter 8 Jan 2016

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PDF Welcome to the first Sign of the Kite (SOTK) newsletter of 2016 and best wishes from all at SOTK for the coming year. Remember SOTK is the shortform newsletter that keeps you up to speed with all things Kitely and OpenSim. It is written BY residents FOR residents and is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Kitely. Got  news of your world or group, an event, a … [Read more...]

Shakespeare in Kitely

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Did you know that 2016 will mark the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 1616?  I didn't know that either, but thanks to Graham Mills' post in the forums, now I do!  Yet another reason to read those forums folks. An anniversary like this deserves some virtual world attention. Virtual worlds give us an opportunity to walk around in a historical setting which is a great … [Read more...]