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Jumping into Art in Second Life

Museum 2.0

When people talk about museum projects in Second Life and other virtual worlds, I'm often disappointed by the short-sightedness of the vision. Virtual worlds are a new, emerging technology, and like any new technology, overlaying old techniques onto new platforms is disappointing at best.

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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

Museum 2.0

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. On many levels, The Tech Virtual experiment was a success.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

Museum 2.0

This week marks one month of live activity for the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop , a collaborative, online platform for exhibit development. What's it like to work in a virtual exhibit workshop? Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life. Now, on to the lessons thus far.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 3

Museum 2.0

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. You can read other posts about this project by clicking Tech Virtual in the "Past Posts By Topic" sidebar on the right.)

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Lewis Hyde at Berkman Center - OMG!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My first job in nonprofit and technology was as community manager for an online network of artists called ArtsWire in 1993 before the Web. The online interaction design was patterned after the Well - it was described as a WELL for artists. I've been Lewis Hyde fan ever since. This even will be webcast live.

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Ask Britt: Using Twitter to Answer, "What Tools Can I Use to Teach Classes Online?"

Have Fun - Do Good

amoration of AMO: The Root of Love also suggested Moodle, and Sloodle which integrates Moodle and the virtual world of Second Life. You can email your question (please keep it to 50 words) about the do-good, or artistic work you are doing, or want to do, to britt@brittbravo.com. She also said that she uses wikis.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The library community has a large presence on Second Life at Information Island which is where the TechSoup SL Virtual Office is located. Its part of the " Have Money Will Vlog." " These are examples of vlog or blog raising - raising money from people via your blog.

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