I came back from Brighton BarCamp2 inspired to do something similar in Plymouth. Any takers? If you’re scratching your head wondering what a BarCamp is, check-out the Wiki description http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp.

On arrival at this, my first ‘unconference’, I was confronted with a massive schedule board. Each attendee bags their own preferred time slot and presents for 30 minutes on any subject (that’s usually about 20 mins of talk and 10 mins of Q & A). In other words, the entire event is entirely ‘user-generated’. After the first day, everyone retires to the bar, armed with sleeping bags, to continue the discussions over a cold beer… After a good night’s kip (or not) on the floor or wherever else, the second day of mini conferences begins.

The event was attended by representatives from Linden Labs, NCSoft, Microsoft Silver Light and Amazon Web Services.

My subject was “Twofour Learning and Virtual Worlds: where next?” I mentioned some of our recent work (such as the Second Life work we’ve recently undertaken with the University of Leicester, Click Here); our Teen SL Project currently in development (a collaborative project with Stoke Damerel Community College and Plymouth City Council Children Services), and outlined our thoughts and plans for the forthcoming year. The session was attended by Jeff Barr (Amazon, web services) and Aleks Krotoski (Guardian), and generated a lot of interest. It’s a great way of networking and sharing ideas. So BarCampPlymouth1 here we come?! If you’re interested, drop me an email.