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Archive for June 9th, 2007

Leveraging the Affordances, Minimizing the Barriers of Virtual Worlds

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 9, 2007 11:55pm

This panel discussion took place Saturday, June 9 at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference. The panel included Hilary Mason, Nick Noakes, Cynthina Calongne, and Heidi Trotta. Leveraging the Affordances, Minimizing the Barriers of Virtual Worlds more » »

Pioneer or Settler?

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 9, 2007 11:31pm

We had some challenges live streaming Lyr Lobo (aka Cynthia Calongne) for her presentation from the 2007 NMC Summer Conference, but we did get an audio recording (see below) of here fantastic session. As usual, she infected the room with energy, and she wandered all over the space as she explained with infinite enthusiasm her way of "being" in Second Life. Cynthia Calongne Presentation A copy of her presentation is available via slideshare: And the Ramapo video (6.1 Mb Quicktime) she used is ... more » »

Late Night Chat from NMC

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 9, 2007 11:23pm

After a full day of activities at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference, a group of Second Life active participants joined us for a n informal recap session of the conference. We beamed the audio from our hotel in Indianapolis into Second Life for another group to be able to listen in. Late Night SL Chat No bubbles with avatar names! See if you can guess the folks in RL.... Laptop shows participants listening from NMC Campus more » »