Comments on: PowerPointing in Second Life? Think Different http://sl.nmc.org/2006/11/30/different/ News from our campus in Second Life Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:59:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Troy McLuhan http://sl.nmc.org/2006/11/30/different/#comment-3897 Troy McLuhan Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:50:57 +0000 http://www.nmc.org/sl/2006/11/30/different/#comment-3897 Jeff Barr recently wrote a nice article about giving presentations in SL (based on some he's given) in his blog: http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p=707 I added some comments at the end. Jeff Barr recently wrote a nice article about giving presentations in SL (based on some he’s given) in his blog:

http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p=707

I added some comments at the end.

]]> By: Brett Bixler http://sl.nmc.org/2006/11/30/different/#comment-3880 Brett Bixler Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:33:56 +0000 http://www.nmc.org/sl/2006/11/30/different/#comment-3880 I agree - think differently. A PPT was designed to go hand in hand with an audio presentation. Is SL without audio, it's not that compelling. The best I've seen is when the presenter has his/her text ready in advance, then copies and pastes the text in as each slide is shown. What about posting the presentation in advance, then using the in-world time for Q&A, discussion? Heck, you can even record your presentation in RL, then stream it into SL. The tools to get "stuff" into SL are really designed for an image here, and image there. No batch tools exist. They would help. Linden Labs needs an audio component, badly. Typing is a terrible way to communicate in real time. I agree - think differently. A PPT was designed to go hand in hand with an audio presentation. Is SL without audio, it’s not that compelling. The best I’ve seen is when the presenter has his/her text ready in advance, then copies and pastes the text in as each slide is shown.

What about posting the presentation in advance, then using the in-world time for Q&A, discussion? Heck, you can even record your presentation in RL, then stream it into SL.

The tools to get “stuff” into SL are really designed for an image here, and image there. No batch tools exist. They would help.

Linden Labs needs an audio component, badly. Typing is a terrible way to communicate in real time.

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