http://durandus.org/slumming Second Life and the Nature of Economics in a Social Environment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:58:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Eagle Rise 90,188,132 - This is a test post from the Grid http://durandus.org/slumming/2008/03/23/a-post-from-the-grid/ In about 30 days I'll have been in-world for a year. In that time I've run a relatively successful real estate business, joined a community of educators, created a promotional presence for my novels, and worked with some groups to realize their objectives in-world. Some trends and ideas are emerging. One ... http://durandus.org/slumming/2008/02/06/almost-a-year-education/ I think that Global kids on teen grid has the viewing spaces set up very nicely - openly - and the dialogue spaces look pretty good too - at least what I have had access to with my guest account there. http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/08/26/dialogue-spaces-quick-line-or-two/ probably the result of a laggy connection - but Chade could not see it. http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/08/26/do-you-see-what-i-see-cool-user-end-viewing-of-a-patchwork-terrain/ Rad's picked up on an idea that's been echoing around -- the use of SL as a dialogue space. The Educator's Coop group is filled with people who obsess over trying to find ways to "teach" in SL. What they mean by that is "deliver instruction." In most cases that's ... http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/08/22/dialogue-spaces/ I do want to continue Chade's thread on age in a bit. But before I lose what I am thinking at the moment ... I am building on SL with the main goal of dialogue spaces. The more I build - the more I am convinced, that for dialogue and participation, the ... http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/08/05/community-discussion-and-building-for-dialogue-on-sl/ One of the recurring topics in our discussion of embodiment is the representation of age and how there are no "old skins" available in SL. The discussion usually revolves around one central notion -- that people don't make "old skins" because there is no market for them. The perception is ... http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/08/03/representation-of-age/ rad's "RL" self has got herself into a bunch of discussions these past few days and so I havent had time to come here and unpack Chade's post about real and virtual - I will I promise - soon. meanwhile Radhika's blog has some posts of interest http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/07/29/pedagogies-of-sl/ Rad raised a question yesterday in the EmbodiedResearch group on the subject of how to differentiate the real world from the virtual world. That sparked a lively debate which has been echoing in my head overnight and which underscores the different perspectives we have in the group. For me, the ... http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/07/25/the-question-of-virtual/ Some nice people from SL have formed an educator/research cooperative to help educators and researchers make the transition in-world. Their web site is at http://educatorscoop.org/ and the process to be approved is rather elaborate. The cost is not terribly high, given the amount I pay in land tier every ... http://durandus.org/slumming/2007/07/17/educators-coop/