About me
Virtual Worlds and learning
Well, in the last two weeks, I have been venturing in a virtual world called Second Life (SL) At first, I went just for the curiosity of experiencing something new. Then, after my first trip, I was kind of frustrated because I don´t like to be somebody else. I always use my own name in the different places I visit on the Web, all of them are educational sites, Communities of Practice, or Web 2.0 tools that I use in my teaching. The fact that I had to be represented by an avatar to which I had to give a last name (my last name was not among the choices presented), did not sound appealing. Anyway, I tried, learned to walk and fly in this world, which is amazingly huge. I flew over museums, theaters, libraries, beaches, boats, mountains, just to mention a few. Of course, I fell down, bumped against walls, was thrown out of places where I was not supposed to be, in short, a true adventure. I loved the music, and hated the ads (it is a commercial place, no doubt). I was really doubtful of its usefulness as a learning space. Some days later, I attended a webcast at Worldbridges, well, actually virtualbridges about Second Life, and I met an architect who was talking about a hotel being built in SL, I could not believe it. He shared two blogs with me, and after reading them, I decided I was going to do something about architecture in relation to virtual worlds, and that´s how my unit on the Metaverse and its contribution to architectural and urban planning design originated. It is not ready yet, but it is in-process.
These are some photos taken at EduNation in Second Life (click on the image)
Enjoy,
Daf
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