Archive for February, 2007
Poid Mahovlich :
Feb 28, 2007 03:25pm
Please join us on Saturday 17th March, 4:30 PM (PST) at the Aho Museum for 'Eye to Eye', a presentation of three artists and their very individualistic work, exhibiting via three contrasting mediums. Come meet the artists in person and see their work.
The artists featured Brian Hitchcock, Filthy Fluno & Poid Mahovlich (that's me!).
Brain Hitchcock
Brian Fox is a Massachusetts based artist. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1990 with a bachelors degree in Fine Arts. Some ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 27, 2007 09:11am
Last night we interviewed for the NMC Studio One series, Jeremy Braver, who has a Real Life avatar named Jeremy Koester, an 8th grade math teacher from San Antonio Texas. As we had planned to talk a bit about the potential of machinima in Second Life, we had planned to meet on NMC Campus at the new Machinima Studio on Learning.
Interview with Jeremy Braver
As it turns out, Jeremy arrived on time, but the grid was acting goofy, and I could ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 24, 2007 11:22am
Yesterday we held another mixed Real Life/Second Life meeting on NMC Campus. HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) was holding a 3 day Integration conference at Wayne State University. As part of a roundtable discussion on "Remediating English Studies", Steve Shaviro from Wayne State asked about holding part of the session in Second Life.
What follows is a quick summary of the session (A chat transcript is available as well).
So despite a same day email notice sent out to ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 22, 2007 01:16pm
We are long overdue to pick up the microphones and do another NMC Campus Studio One interview. Today, I talked (via Skype for audio) with Alpine Tendaze, a.k.a. Brent McConnell, who is an teacher with the Dubai American Academy. For me, it was 10:00 am while Brent was calling at 9:00 pm at night, but it was a nice sunny spot where we chatted on NMC Campus.
Interview with Alpine Tendaze
Alpine Tendaze a.k.a. Brent McConnell
We first had contact when Brent ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 21, 2007 08:28am
This past Monday, we had a comfortable size group show up for the NMC Campus Teacher's Buzz.... we had 18 present, a bit more managable than when 65 showed up for the previous session! This time around, we had a continued discussion on the ways to integrate digital storytelling in second life (the folow-up to the session on Feb 5 with Gudand Hao)
You can find a transcript of this past session available on the NMC Campus wiki.
We owe a ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 20, 2007 08:34am
On Friday, February 23, at 11:15 AM PST, Professor Steven Shaviro of Wayne State University (known as Rebis Hokkigai in Second Life) will lead a discussion on the educational potentials of virtual worlds. The discussion will take place at the Amphitheater on the NMC Campus, located on Learning (173,191,32). The easiest way to get there is via the SLURL slurl.com/secondlife/Learning/173/191/32/. If you need help, please send an IM to CDB Barkley.
This discussion is the Second Life component of an ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 19, 2007 09:27am
Today/tonight (maybe even tomorrow depending where you are in RL) is the next meeting of the NMC Campus Teacher's Buzz, or exactly, the meeting is 6:00 PM PST (check your local time).
Our last meeting on February 5, with Gudand Hao, brought out a record, perhaps overwhelming crowd, for a first round discussion on digital storytelling and potential in Second Life. Because this hit a chord of popularity, we thought we would follow it up with another round of conversation. Tonight, ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 15, 2007 09:04am
This past Tuesday, Khadijah Burali (a.k.a Kim Pearson), lead a live chat session at the Gonick Amphitheater on "Live-blogging the 'Scooter' Libby trial: A report from the trenches. In RL, she was one of the
credentialed bloggers covering the trial of former White House aide, Irving Lewis "Scooter" Libby in Washington, DC. In Second Life, she shared the latest on the trial, and talked about the role of new media in this historic event.
We hope the Second Life grid issues did ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 9, 2007 03:24pm
Sunday, February 11 is the opening of NMConnect, a 3 day event, spread over 4 sims on NMC Campus. Look for installations of of 2D, 3D, video and interactive elements combined to tell stories on the six connected themes of Love, Peace, Beauty, Truth, Chaos, Wisdom.
Artists are busy, as we speak setting up their installations. You will find the schedule unfolding on the NMConnect wiki, where artists will be listing their sessions and providing SLURLs to get to their ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Feb 8, 2007 06:14pm
As I write, artists from all over Second Life are installing their pieces submitted for next week's NMConnect, a visual symposium we are hosting in cooperation with Amoration Studios. We'll have more details soon as far as location and agenda, but the event will be taking place on 4 of NMC's new Sims.
On February 11-13, the public is invited to explore "Structures of artistic expression in every medium will be linked and combined to tell new stories on how we ... more » »
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