http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/ tales of swimming upstream Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:56:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1202 Second Life … “Like Playing With Dolls” — And He Blogs Archive Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:54:18 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1202 [...] Eamonn Sullivan and I have some similar thoughts about Second Life. Martha is going to be leading a session on optimizing our experience in this virtual world this week. I am looking forward to it. I’ve mostly flailed and stumbled around, but then I discovered something I could do . . . [...] […] Eamonn Sullivan and I have some similar thoughts about Second Life. Martha is going to be leading a session on optimizing our experience in this virtual world this week. I am looking forward to it. I’ve mostly flailed and stumbled around, but then I discovered something I could do . . . […]

]]> http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1168 Gardner Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:45:54 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1168 Stay tuned for the podcast, Dolen. I'm hoping to get it done this weekend. Stay tuned for the podcast, Dolen. I’m hoping to get it done this weekend.

]]> http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1164 Dolen Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:49:50 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1164 I've never heard of Second Life before reading of it here! Fascinating. I just took a look at it and could see myself spending hours and hours exploring it. I'm also interested in how one might incorporate gaming into education. I know that many, many of my students are interested in RP games. They do them online and also in their dorm rooms. One of my students wrote a short story in which the characters used a lot of D&D lingo and terms that I did not recognize. Much to my surprise, pretty much every single student in the class knew these terms. Not only that, they chastised the student for "explaining" too much and assuming their ignorance. I wish I could have heard that presentation. I’ve never heard of Second Life before reading of it here! Fascinating. I just took a look at it and could see myself spending hours and hours exploring it. I’m also interested in how one might incorporate gaming into education. I know that many, many of my students are interested in RP games. They do them online and also in their dorm rooms. One of my students wrote a short story in which the characters used a lot of D&D lingo and terms that I did not recognize. Much to my surprise, pretty much every single student in the class knew these terms. Not only that, they chastised the student for “explaining” too much and assuming their ignorance. I wish I could have heard that presentation.

]]> http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1145 Gardner Writes » Blog Archive » Second Life, Yet Once More Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:05:13 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/20/a-second-lifetime/#comment-1145 [...] Martha’s just written a wonderful blog post (”A Second Lifetime“) on Second Life. I was commenting on Martha’s blog when suddenly my comment morphed into a blog post of my own. Rather than leave the world’s longest comment, I decided to move my remarks here. They’re provisional, and I don’t have any pictures (they’re on my home desktop), but more will follow, I’m sure. [...] […] Martha’s just written a wonderful blog post (”A Second Lifetime“) on Second Life. I was commenting on Martha’s blog when suddenly my comment morphed into a blog post of my own. Rather than leave the world’s longest comment, I decided to move my remarks here. They’re provisional, and I don’t have any pictures (they’re on my home desktop), but more will follow, I’m sure. […]

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