Dr. Cynthia Calongne, also known as Lyr Lobo, has worked as a professor at multiple universities and mentored over 400 eighth graders in Second Life from 2007-2009. She has given talks at conferences such as the National Media Consortium (NMC) Southwest Regional Conference in 2006 about lessons that can be learned from virtual worlds. The document discusses her experiences teaching and presenting in Second Life, including developing content and activities with other educators. It also references her work adapting Jane McGonigal's research on positive and negative emotions experienced in virtual worlds and games.

1. Dr. Cynthia Calongne,
aka Lyr Lobo
Harmony Arts Society
Professor at
CTU,
CCCOnline,
Parker University,
Saint Martin’s University
Students present their 2012 Space Team Project, currently in Sickbay with a chatbot

3. Mentored 400+ 8th graders in SL 2007-2009

5. Fall 2006 at the NMC Southwest Regional
Conference in San Antonio. TX
During my talk on “What can we learn
from Second Life and the World of
Warcraft?” Pathfinder logged in behind
me and played pranks while I featured
Holodeck scenes on a blanket rezzer.
Afterward, he offered me the educational
discount for my two regions.
Above: Lyr displays
The Future, the region
with the Crooked House
by Seifert Surface.
Right: Pathfinder,
aka John Lester, holds
his avatar Black Mage
Left is from his keynote
at NMC 2006

6. Education Support Faire
in 2008.
Over 4000 people
attended from 150
countries that week.
The exact number are in
my slides from 2008-
2010. *chuckles*
https://www.slideshare.n
et/lyrlobo/presentations
Pathfinder Linden is
wearing his Black Mage
avatar from Final
Fantasy, seated on
Bloom’s Taxonomy, an
exhibit by Thursday Xu

8. What would happen if our learners
constructed their learning spaces and games?
8
Lyr’s office in 2006

9. Larry Johnson, aka Larry Pixel, NMC CEO
NMC in Second Life
Education Archipelago
April 2006
Left: Mathematician Seifert Surface, a post Doc who
designed mathematical statues, recreated Robert
Heinlein’s “And There Was a Crooked House.”
As you walked through it, the house rolled over so
the room behind you rolled to the front of you.
http://www.segerman.org/2ndlife.html
Alan Levine, aka Cog Dog, NMC VP

10. Developed by Ann Enigma
Tested by Lyr Lobo
at NMC 2007
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Generator https://www.conwylie.co.uk/ScriptGenerator
Hilary Mason & Nick Noakes
Ann Enigma,
Corwin Carillon,
& Lyr Lobo
Brent taught formal
research in SL

11. NMC unmoderated
live blogging sessions

12. What is the acronym for this 2008
educational conference?
Guests had mini viewers in front of them
Type the answer in the local chat.

16. Explaining how to make a HUD.
Studying the Hitchhiker’s Guide to SL.
Examining how the Mahjong game in SL was written

17. Spinoza Quinnell,
Virtual Harmony

20. Virtual Worlds & Games - Positive Emotions
1. Curiosity
2. Creativity
3. Contentment
4. Excitement
5. Relaxation
6. Surprise
7. Joy
8. Control
9. Arousal
10. Wonder
11. Triumph
12. Pride
13. Love
14. Flow
Calongne’s adaptation of Jane McGonigal’s research

21. Virtual Worlds & Games – Negative Emotions
1. Boredom
2. Frustration
3. Discomfort
4. Despair
5. Apathy
6. Uncertainty
7. Annoyance
8. Fear
9. Anxiety
10. Worry
11. Anger
12. Rage
13. Aggression
14. Addiction
Calongne’s adaptation of Jane McGonigal’s research

24. Design Thinking By Tim Brown (2008)
in a Harvard Business Review article

25. Images by Dr. Andy Stricker (2014), published by Calongne et al., 2014

34. Share a love of Japanese language learning
Students teach Data Structures in
their class projects