Archive for October, 2006
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 17, 2006 04:34pm
Bradley University professor Dr. Ed Lamoureux (aka Professor Beliveau) continues to get some great press for the class he is preparing to hold entirely in Second Life, on NMC Campus, in January. IN today's Peoria Journal Star, Professor B is highlighed in "A whole new world".
For this three-week, interim communications class, Lamoureux and eight students will, from their own personal computers, all log on to secondlife.com at the same time each day and maneuver their online, video-game-looking personas - ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 17, 2006 02:48pm
I am rather disappointed I missed the one day exhibiting of the sculptures of StarAx, which were set up Sunday in one of the empty sims slated for the NMC Campus expansion. Our Aho Museum curator, Tayzia Abattoir, had set up more than 30 pieces of amazing artas part of the grand opening of all of her new content in the Aho Museum.
During the opening, Ravenelle Zugzwang, a friend and colleague, spoke a few words about this Second Life artist:
Starax ... more » »
Larry Pixel (aka Larry Johnson) :
Oct 17, 2006 08:19am
Entire Sim Devoted to the Sculptures of StarAx
NMC Campus saw the Grand Opening of the "Art of Second Life" this past weekend. The new exhibition spans three galleries of the museum - the main gallery; the North Satellite Gallery, located to the right of the main entrance, features the work of Filthy Fluno; and the East Satellite Gallery, located behind the main building, the art of Ehdward Spengler.
The highlight of the opening was a one-day retrospective on ... more » »
Lorelei Junot (aka Lori Bell) :
Oct 16, 2006 07:22am
Tonight at 6 pm sl you are invited to a discussion on audio books and other digital media and how they are affecting libraries. The discussion will be lead by Maxito Ricardo and Lorelei Junot and will last approximately one hour. On Tuesday, October 17, there will be a discussion of "Dandelion Wine" by Ray Bradbury lead by Maxito Ricardo in the main library meeting room on Info Island. On Thursday, October 19, Maxito will lead a discussion on "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 16, 2006 01:44am
Wow, there was a lot of activity and avators on campus Sunday for events of the Impact of Digital Media Symposium. Unfortunately, this reporter spent all day in RL, and missed the big opening in the Aho Museum for the "Art of Second Life", but we hear that we had some great crowds.
This opening represents some fabulous work by our curator who recently took over managing the museum exhibits, Tayzia Abattoir, who has filled the main museum and satellite ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 14, 2006 01:04am
For those venturing onto NMC Campus these past two nights for the Symposium on Impact of Digital Media, we've been featuring more excellent videos from the TEDTalks series.
Did you get to see any of these? What did you think about them?
Checking out the Sir Ken Robinson video
Friday featured Sir Ken Robinson and his TEDTalk video on creativity.
Hans Roling TEDTalk video plays in Gonick Ampitheater
And Saturday featured a fascinating video from the TEDTalk by Hans Roling -- demonstrating some powerful visualization ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 12, 2006 05:24pm
It has been another busy day on NMC Campus with the ongoing Symposium on Impact of Digital Media. Today was machinima day, with different SL movies available across campus including Lip Flap and Better Life.
Watching machinima at Gonick Ampitheater-- now playing is "Lip Flap"
This was an excellent prelude to Dan Undertone's session on Experiments in Acting in SL: Movement and Basic Exercises.
I'm Dan Zellner from Northwestern University A few words to give you some background and then we'll get ... more » »
Larry Pixel (aka Larry Johnson) :
Oct 12, 2006 01:27pm
Infinite Vision Media hired as Primary Contractor
The New Media Consortium today announced the expansion of the NMC Campus from a single “sim“ to seven sims, the virtual equivalent of growing from 16 acres to 112 acres of space. Included in the expansion plans are a film/machinima/theater complex and a life sciences/medical complex.
This project represents a significant ramping up of the commitment by the NMC to explore and support learning, knowledge generation, and knowledge sharing in the virtual world of Second ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 12, 2006 09:21am
We forgot to mention one more important event taking place today on NMC Campus. At 2:00 PM SLT/PST, Campus CEO Larry Pixel will be providing a press conference to share the expansion plans for the campus. The present campus and buildings will remain at the center, but the additions include two new major complexes for both science and visual arts, and numerous new places for formal and informal interaction.
We can tell you know that the sims have been purchased, ... more » »
Danielle Damone (aka Danielle Mirliss) :
Oct 11, 2006 10:03pm
There are currently 7,000 people in Dallas, Texas attending the 2006 National Educause conference (I happen to be one of them). Due to a busy conference schedule I have missed many of the events on the NMC campus but have been busy working with the contributors of Slatenight to put together an exciting morning as part of this symposium on October 20th (be sure to check the wiki for more details).
Even though there were no sessions on virtual ... more » »
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