In early December 2011, I was able to go to a talk in Second Life by anthropologist and author of Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, Tom Boellstorff [Tom Bukowski in-world].
Athabasca University Island in Second Life held the event.

As stated by Boellstorff: In this …

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PhD Glasgow Caledonian University Scotland
Project Title – Health literacy skills of people who access health information in virtual worlds and the impact on real life health behaviour?
Thank you for taking the time to read this information. You are being invited to take part in a study to find …

Families are vital components of our lives. Through families, we receive unconditional love, trust, devotion, support, and encouragement.
Are families vital components to our Second lives?
Yes, to many of us. Many continue to see SL as merely a game, a place to live out fantasies that have nothing to do with …

Which new media theorist, which you have read (either avidly and/or recently) would you want to read further? What ideas, concepts, books, and articles interest you most and why?
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Hard questions. There have been many theorists I have read that deal with hypertext, identity on the Internet, narrative in cyberspace, virtual ...

Back in October, I was asked as part of a class to register on Second Life so that I could participate in class time activities. Up until that moment, I had heard of SL but I had never participated on it. I belonged to virtual communities, such as MySpace, Facebook, …

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IMAGINE A WORLD WITH AVATARS IN EVERY CLASSROOM!
2010 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) Brings Together Pioneers in Education to Celebrate “Imagination” in Second Life®
January 25, 2010 — The global community pioneering educational uses of virtual world environments will come together to celebrate ‘Imagination Around The …

It is the beginning of the end. First paper done. And I couldn’t be happier. Can check out the abstract and paper [HERE]. Title of paper: “Making Space: Using Social Media to Create Participatory Virtual Worlds”
Here’s the Wordle of my paper…