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I have begun building for my group's project, and I have found that it is much easier than I had expected. Second Life provides a great ...

Hi guys, really looking for want to see you in real life on Tuesday, this like the way you supposed that I directly from my cell phone using...

As proposed in class, attached is the link to the Group 3 wiki. Team members, you'll see where there's information needed from you. ...

My wife and I have made our reservations for the Emory Virtual Worlds Conference, but have not yet made motel reservations. Our planned star...

As part of my team's project I was looking for ways to connect Second Life with Amazon's Web Services. The integration would allow a...

Time's running short. I've done a little more exploring and found hotel rates run from $126 for a Holiday Inn to $189 at the Emory ...

One of our groups is considering building a new kind of library in SL. Has anyone checked out the Malcolm Brown Library at the NMC campus ...

In reviewing the UFL IRB website, I ran across the following information about the need for IRB approval for class projects: http://irb.ufl....

At the advice of my group, I went ahead and checked out the CSINY island in SL. It was actually a really interesting experience. I would r...

After some group discussion we have decided to alter our plans in group 1 to better meet the needs and interests of our group members. Inste...

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Sorry to my teammates for the late email. Team 3's project idea is to create a amphitheater for lectures, tutoring and student films. ...

I promise to post sooner next time. This is a great blog I found a couple of months ago. I check it out every once in awhile just to see wha...

I came across this article on MSNBC today: "Charity makes waves with Web word of mouth" It discusses the use by charities of socia...

Our group (Amy, Tawyna, Dave, David, Josh) has been tossing around some ideas and what we finally settled on was to examine the psychology o...

To define our project, we asked ourselves how we would use SL in education and what needed to be added to the interface or experience to mak...

Amid the banking problems currently occurring in second life, businesses are making decisions to exit the virtual world. The banking issues ...

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I spent Thursday and Friday in Orlando at FETC (Florida Educational Technology Conference). I attended a talk from some people at Appalachi...

Consider the following from Yee’s, “The Psychology of MMORPG’s”: “Ultimately, each user decides which form of advancement they will pur...

I ran across this and thought he had a couple of interesting points that tie into the last couple of class discussions.  It's a short cl...

In the Gainesville Sun insert section, Scene , an article in the January 24, 2008 edition by Laurie Taylor describes a new MMPOG, The Endle...

Like other groups, our plans are obviously in the very early stages. Our plan is to create an amphitheater for Gator Nation as a platform f...

Hey everyone So I have some GREAT news, and some horrible news. GREAT news: My mac came in today!! Horrible news: I installed Second Life on...

We've created a wiki to document our progress on the project. http://slined.pbwiki.com

The exact details of our project are still in progress but here is where we are for now: We are going to investigate user task preferences f...

I'm almost hesitant to confront the subject, but I think it could lead somewhere. Exploring SL yesterday, I stumbled upon what I can onl...

I created a gridded builders room in the northwest corner of The Swamp. Feel free to use it, particularly the "Res prim tool" I pu...

Just a reminder, the Virtual Worlds and New Realities in Commerce, Politics, and Society forum at Emory University in Atlanta is scheduled M...

On the Wall Street Journals website this morning I found an article that might interest people regarding the shut down of SL banks and its r...

You can access a tutorial on photography in SL here . Please remember to take a picture of your group in SL and email it to me along with a ...

From the beginning of journeys into SL I have been interested in Machinima, but I have judged it in comparison to film conventions. I'm ...

I'm not sure which is more interesting, the assigned reading or reading the blog. There are so many directions to take and questions to...