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  1. Happy New Year. is.gd/firstpostof2012
  2. Another new snapshot contributor: Jim Scullion, University of the West of Scotland. is.gd/Scullion10
  3. Karen Johnson's submission to snapshot #10. is.gd/Johnson10
  4. Barry Spencer's contribution to snapshot #10 (Bromley College). is.gd/Spencer10
  5. Simon Walker's submission to snapshot #10 from the University of Greenwich. is.gd/Walker10
  6. Richard Sander's contribution to snapshot #10, on virtual world teaching at Newman College. is.gd/Sanders10
  7. Marc Conrad's submission to snapshot #10. Contains info on why Bedfordshire Uni abandoned Second Life for OpenSim. is.gd/Conrad10
  8. Using a "23 Things" approach as part of an information literacy class. Today, 8pm, in Second Life. is.gd/Sheila23Things
  9. The Coventry University submission for snapshot #10: what CURLIEW et al are doing with virtual worlds. is.gd/coventry10
  10. Virtual World Watch snapshot #10 is being compiled. Some words on how it's going: bit.ly/tlXTQX
  11. Anna Peachey, for snapshot #10, on what she's up to with virtual worlds. bit.ly/tTgpnj
  12. The state of virtual world use in UK higher education. is.gd/state10
  13. Jane Chandler on the various University of Portsmouth virtual world activities. bit.ly/rvnIwD
  14. ...and the second virtual world in education contribution for today, from Simon Bignell of the University of Derby. is.gd/Simon10
  15. The contribution of Robert Gittins, Project IVY and Bangor University, to snapshot #10. bit.ly/rTyxUo
  16. Doing virtual world stuff in UK education? There's a window of opportunity for last minute snapshot submissions. See: bit.ly/tlXTQX
  17. Georgy Holden's submission for snapshot #10. is.gd/Holden10 (still a brief time possible for submissions)
  18. Three new brief submissions to the latest snapshot, up on is.gd/vwwatch today, from Diane Carr, Kathryn Trinder and Austin Tate.
  19. Dr Suzanne Lavelle on some of the University of Leicester work on virtual worlds in education. is.gd/Lavelle10
  20. Michael Callaghan's submission for VWW snapshot #10. is.gd/Callaghan10 ... and there's still a bit of time to get yours in.