The Story of My “Second Life”

Project Week Number(s): 07 & 08 Report Period: 09-Apr to 22-Apr 1) Accomplishments: Seventh and eighth weeks of the project, ~ 41 hours in-world; by far the most important two weeks of the project thus far. My visit to Peggy Sheehy and Teresea Ivey’s 8th grade Language Arts class at Suffern Middle School (RL) and [...]

[Read more →]

Project Week Number(s): 05 & 06 Report Period: 26-Mar to 08-Apr 1) Accomplishments: Fifth and sixth weeks of the project, ~ 37 hours in-world; four volunteer “docent” sessions at ISTE HQ; final preparations for Monday April 9th visit to an 8th grade Language Arts class at Suffern Middle School (RL) and their Ramapo Islands sim [...]

[Read more →]

Project Week Number(s): 03 & 4 Report Period: 12-Mar to 25-Mar 1) Accomplishments: Third and fourth weeks of the project, ~ 49 hours (!) in-world; four volunteer “docent” sessions at ISTE HQ; presented at the ISTE Monday Night “Educator Show & Tell” at the ISTE SkyPark, and also watched ; several meetings with the Gaming [...]

[Read more →]

Project Week Number: 02 Report Period: 04-Mar to 11-Mar 1) Accomplishments: Second full week of the project, ~ 12 hours in-world; two volunteer sessions at ISTE HQ; various group chats, introduced Jeremy Braver to co-researcher Clare Lane; first contact with Dewey Jung (also an SL researcher); discussions with Metaphor Zoom about getting his art class [...]

[Read more →]

Project Week Number: 01 Report Period: 25-Feb to 03-Mar 1) Accomplishments: First full week of the project, ~ six hours in-world; avatar revisions complete (KJ Hax v2.0) – major improvements include hair & animation override for walking (thanks Anya Ixchel), basic clothing changes; completed readings and added more to the list; secured speaking engagement at [...]

[Read more →]