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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. If Danah is so deeply rooted in social spaces, like MySpace and others, it???s She is also saying that virtual worlds are not for everyone which is definitely true. s no wonder she does not see SL as a next step.

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Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil

Museum 2.0

So how do you design for that kind of maturity, and for kids who want a MySpace? We didn’t want to build MySpace. One of the vendors made a proposal to us with the phrase: “It’s MySpace meets NASA." We’re not equipping teachers and kids, we’re not teaching it in a way that’s appealing to them. But we’re a non-profit.