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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. web geeks and cardboard cutout avatars.

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Metaverse Museum? Guest Post on Second Life and Museums by Sibley Verbeck

Museum 2.0

And if you’ve ever logged into this brutally confusing new technology, you’ve probably been literally confronted the sense that your avatar, let alone the emperor, has no clothes. Collaborative Experience. But that’s already sounding like the grandiose hype you read about Second Life or virtual worlds. Museum 2.0.

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Self-Identification and Status Updates: Personal Entrypoints to Museum Experiences

Museum 2.0

At the Lab, your profile is a simple cache of personal data you can draw on as collaborator, co-creating the exhibit content. At the Brooklyn Museum, you are invited to pick a digital avatar (image) from their collection to represent you. Each of these questions reflects the unique structure, usage, and content of each service.

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