VWBPE 2012 Poster and Video Awards
With 40 posters and 30 Machinima to choose from, the competition was stiff with some posters and videos only just squeaking into the top spot. The closeness of the results is high praise to the quality of presentations we had this year. A huge thank-you goes out to all poster and video presenters this year.
As the saying goes however – there can be only one – and for 2012 these are the selections based on peer review and votes submitted by conference attendees.
Poster Awards
| Award | Title | Presenters |
| Best Example of Educational Practices in a Virtual World | Explore the 2012 Maya Island while you have time! | Stylianos Mystakidis |
| Best Interactive Display | Musical Odessey | Kate Miranda |
| Best Use of Conference Theme | Virtual Pioneers | Andrew Wheelock |
| People’s Choice | Senior Project® Center at P4DL, Inc. (K-12) | Kathleen Norris |
Video Awards
| Award | Title | Presenters |
| Brave Beginner | Testis Ovary Tour | Doug Threebeard |
| Be Epic! | Understanding the Holocaust Project | Andy Wheelock |
| Virtual World Outreach | Second Life Student Projects for English Composition and Literature Courses at Florida State College at Jacksonville | Rawlslyn Francis |
| Educational | Maya Island: a Library Exhibit and Tour | Valerie Hill |
| How-to | Massively Minecraft How To: Minecraft Skin by Ninabanina (age 11) | JoKay Wollongong |
| Teen | Project M.I.S.T – Minecraft in Schools, Transforming Education! by the Project Mist Team (age 14-15). | JoKay Wollongong |
| Teen | Massively Minecraft: Check out what we made! | JoKay Wollongong |
| Digital Storyteller | Time Travelers – Episode 4 : The Pattern | Russell Boyd, Pooky Amsterdam & James Canton |
| People’s Choice | A Year in the Life | Russell Boyd & Pooky Amsterdam |