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Archive for June 7th, 2007

Pleasure, Play, Participation, and Promise - Anya Ixchel At NMC

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 7, 2007 11:09pm

Today at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference, live from Indianapolis, Angela Thomas, the RL avatar of Anya Ixchel, wowed an audience with her presentation that painted a vivid picture of the notions of "play" and identity in digital spaces. We did what we could to bring the experience into Second Life, with a live audio stream.... mostly live- due to some technical challenges, the stream kept cutting out. Pleasure, Play, Participation, and Promise We also had the slides available in world ... more » »

Live Stream of Graduation in Second Life

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 7, 2007 10:56pm

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona will live stream its 2007 commencement in Second Life starting on Friday, June 7, 2007 at 4:00pm, PST. This SL commencement at Cal Poly Pomona is a first for the California State University System. Please join us! NMC member, April McKettrick, will receive her Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Arts during the ceremony. You can view the commencement on NMC Campus at Teaching 2 (135,124,22). The live stream will also be available for ... more » »