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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. She is using the virtual media capabilities in Second Life , among others, to navigate her continued research. Success in Second Life. "Second Life libraries are examples of immersive learning environments ," explained Dr. Hill.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

context: How are museums encouraging stickiness and user investment in their proposed and in some cases, already developed, post 2.0 situation unless museums can get the ???stickiness??? Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry !

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2.0 Culture Wars: Luddites and 2.0topians

Museum 2.0

was coined in 2005 and has a Wikipedia page and several bloggers, conferences, and active debates surrounding it. If we want to work with directors, trustees, and other skeptics to evolve museums and other content providers alongside Web 2.0, And even if you understand what a site does, what can it do for your museum?

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Trust Me, Know Me, Love Me: Trust in the Participatory Age

Museum 2.0

Museums (and libraries) are trusted sources of information. In February 2001, AAM commissioned a study about the trustworthiness of museums and found that "Almost 9 out of 10 Americans (87%) find museums to be one of the most trustworthy or a trustworthy source of information among a wide range of choices.