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This week, we will be visiting ISTE Island. Tours will be Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. central. (We also visited AECT and Ed-Tech! But I have no pictures handy.)

First, we'll meet at the Jaguarland Bay Boat Welcome Center ([]). Please be on time, or you'll get left behind. From there, we'll teleport to ISTE Island. We'll tour their information/welcome center then spread out through their large complex. You'll probably want to make sure to befriend Learner Magic (Dr. Dempsey), Aevalle Galicia (Stasia) and Bama Xue (Rebecca) so we can quickly help you out if you need help.

ISTE Island is an extension of the International Society for Technology in Education. For further information about what ISTE does in SL or to volunteer in their effort, you can visit [] or [].

A few questions to get you started on your visit:
 * 1) What are the overriding purposes of ISTE Island? How do these match with what the organization is set up to do?
 * 2) Is the layout of the island easy for visitors to understand? If you were designing it, what would you change?
 * 3) What was your favorite area of the island? What did you learn there?
 * 4) What did you like least about the island? Why?
 * 5) What impact do you think ISTE Island might have on an instructional designer using Second Life for professional purposes? How might an instructional designer use a place like ISTE Island in their work?
 * 6) Are the purposes of AECT and Ed-Tech similar to ISTE in SL?
 * 7) How were the three locations similar?
 * 8) What differences did you notice?

Use the discussion tab above to post your responses and experiences.