So I’m finally in Chicago (after an excruciating 3 hour delay in Newark), gearing up for the 2007 Second Life Community Convention. The whole idea of a physical gathering of people who have only met via their digital representations is intriguing in itself. How do you react when confronted with the mundane corporality of someone…
Category: Virtual Worlds
MacArthur online discussion on philanthropy and virtual worlds
Today on the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Blog, Lucy Bernholz has begun an online dialogue with grantmakers on what philanthropists can accomplish in virtual worlds and how to measure success. As preparation for the real world panel discussion that will take place at the Second Life Community Convention this weekend, Bernholz has asked…
Brazilian “City of Knowledge” event this Tuesday in Second Life
Just received this very interesting event notice about a "City of Knowledge" conference taking place in various locations all over Brazil this coming Tuesday, August 28: On Tuesday, August 28, 2007, groups from Brazil, the United States and France will join together in Second Life to celebrate knowledge sharing from around the world with simulcast…
Anshe Chung: creating a fair, democratic, egalitarian global society through virtual worlds
Click To Play SL entrepreneur Anshe Chung delivered a very interesting keynote address at the official launch of the Non-profit Commons last Tuesday. Those avatars who were at the opening had some difficulty making out Anshe’s words due to technical difficulties, so it is great to be able to review the video footage, recorded and…
Caledon Peace Society reception this Sunday
Just got info about the peace-oriented event from my friend Otenth Paderborn. This Sunday, August 26, from 12-3PM, there will be an Opening Reception for the Caledon Peace Society Sunday at Caledon SteamSkyCity/117/91 (teleport SLURL): The Caledon Peace Society is established to provide a venue for discussion of issues of peace and conflict. While many…
Global Kids create “best practices in education” Moo cards
GK-bestpractice-moo-8 Originally uploaded by Holy Meatballs The youth empowerment group Global Kids, in preparation for the Second Life Community Convention coming up this weekend in Chicago, have created a cool set of 12 Moo cards illustrating "Best Practices in Using Second Life for Real World Education." They are all great tips that SL…
Schedule for Non-profit / Philanthropy “thread” at SLCC available
For those of you coming to the Second Life Community Convention this weekend in Chicago who are interested in following the non-profit / philanthropy thread, there’s a convenient non-profit schedule, posted by Joyce at Global Kids. Here are the main events in a nutshell: Saturday, August 25 10:00am-11:00am Keynote by Connie Yowell, Director of Education…
Japanese earthquake relief concert today in SL
On July 16, 2007 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted a wide area on the west coast of Honshu Island, killing nine people, injuring more than 900 others and destroying about 780 homes. A relief effort live concert is being held, the funds collected going to the Japanese Emergency Relief Effort at furumachi…
Workshop on real/virtual civic spaces at Emerson College
Gene Woo blogs about a cool new course he and Eric Gordon are teaching at Emerson College this fall called "Hub2." Described as "exploring, imagining, and building civic places in real and virtual spaces" the class was inspired by a Boston initiative to spur new kinds of civic engagement. From the flyer, students in the…
Non-profit Commons Launch Party a Success! (pics and comments)
The official launch of the Non-profit Commons Sim was a great success this evening, I’m proud to report. With 100-ish avatars and another 80-some people at the real world event in San Francisco, we exceeded our goals for the party. Kudos to our intrepid leader Glitteractica Cookie of Techsoup, In Kenzo of Amoration, Anshe Chung…