Archive for October 20th, 2006
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 10:57pm
At 1:00 PM today, Barry Joseph and Rafi Santo from the Global Kids project visited the NMC Campus Symposium on Impact of Digital Media to share with us the results of the Camp Global Kids project.
In Camp GK, 14 teens from 3 countries spent 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 4 weeks, learning about global issues and building a challenging maze to end child sex trafficking. This took place entirely on a private island in the Second ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 10:25pm
At 11:15 AM today, we announced the winners of the Impact of Digital Media Photo Contest.
This contest was initially for images that best represented the themes of this Symposium from either SL or RL. Originally we had categories for these.... but many of them blurred the boundaries. So we decided to give awards to the top 5.
So the winning photos are...
Tied for 3rd place: Winning L$1000
"Dawn, We Hope" by Bill Friis.
"One or two educators set up ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 10:10pm
After a full-on morning for the activities arranged for us by SLATENIGHT, Anya Ixchel closed with a few remarks. This is remarkable as the excellent series of presentations were intially geared to be run during a "Australia-friendly" time. As it turned out, by the time we wrapped up, for our presenters in Sydney it was 4 AM!
Thanks Anya!
Listen below for Anya's closing remarks. Thanks to her and averyone at SLATENIGHT for such a great series of sessions. Be sure ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 10:03pm
The last session for the SLATENIGHT day at NMC Campus highlighted the efforts of educators Heidi TeeCee and Danielle Damone, who in real life provide instructional design support for faculty and students at Seton Hall University.
In Engaging the Disengaged: Using SL to Revitalize the Undergraduate Classroom, they shared their experiences bringing a class of students for a psychology class into Second Life for activities in virtual team building.
Danielle Damone starts the presentation
Heidi TeeCee
Learn more about their experiences and ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 09:53pm
And for another fabulous phase of the SLATENIGHT session on campus today, this was an exciting presentation by Dell Willberg, creative designer and writer for Slatenight.
Dell displayed some visuals suggesting some uncanny realism for avatars, 3-5 years out, much more realistic natural environments. He predicted:
Within 10 years, 80 percent of the worldwide broadband population will spend 60 percent of their time in virtual reality.
So there is huge potential looming for Second Life's future. Dell thinks the capability will ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:53pm
Following our panel discussion with SL musicians, we were treated to live performances frrom three of our guests, each playing from their home, and streaming via the server hosted by Mel Cheeky. This was an extreme highlight to be there for live music of 3 very different styles.
Tune in below to hear all of the songs we heard.
Slatenight Live Music
First up, we enjoyed the angelic voice and acoustic guitar of Mel Cheeky, coming to us live from her home in ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:39pm
The SLATENIGHT sessions at the Symposium on Impact of Digital Media included several sessions on music. In this, our host Anya Ixchel led a panel session of four practicing musicians in SL, who discussed their music genre and shared perceptions of what perfomance is like in SL and what it offers.
Panelists included Billy Thunders, ZeroOne Paz, Cybster Curtis and Mel Cheeky:
SL Musicians Panel
Learn more in the podcast below (due to technical challenges, we missed the first 15 ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:31pm
As part of the SLATENIGHT morning presentations for the NMC Campus Symposium on Impact of Digital Media, Lythe Witte, writer for Slatenight, provided a fascinating look into the design and function of art spaces in Second Life. Like her colleague Anya, she used a clever presentation system of a giant, lavlshly illustrated book:
Lythe Witte discusses art space in SL
Listen in to the podcast below to hear what you missed in this session.
Remediation of the Art Space in SL more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:25pm
The second part of SLATENIGHT sessions was a brief "fashion" show with commentary by Danielle Damone and Anya Ixchel. The individuals who volunteered to go up on stage answered questions about their choice of representation and interactions in Second Life.
Among the furry avs paraded was this reporter as well as the very very hairy, Seb Basiat:
Danielle Damone asks Seb Basiat a few questions about his fur.
Asked about his avatar, Seb wrote:
I had been looking at furry avvie because I was ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:17pm
Thanks to Anya Ixchel and colleague from SLATENIGHT we had a full course arts, fashion, music, futuristic, and education morning-- with a new event every 30 minutes between 7:00 and 11:00 AM.
What will follow is a short recap as individual articles, with recorded audio for each session.
So first up was Anya herself, presenting in Large Book Format, The Avatar as Communication. She share much of her research on her students and their work with identity:
Anya presents....
Avatar as Communication
Update: This presentation ... more » »
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