I felt a little overwhelmed today so I wandered around Second Life for a while. I people watched, shopped and just sat by the fire and relaxed. It was actually quite nice. I felt renewed and ready to work again. I went hunting around Second Life for their take on the "new media." Although initially Second Life was not friendly towards convergence, it has become much more so. The educational community is very visible there. This video provides an overview of NMC's virtual campus:
Along with hundreds of student groups that support media learning, many universities maintain a Second Life presence for media development. I love it - it provides me with an excellent venue to learn, socialize, experiment - and stay safely hidden behind my avatar...chicken, remember!
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Interesting video. I thought one brief clip of a gathering was interesting because they were playing a clip of a real person I'm assuming speaking to the gathered avatars.
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