8.30 John introduced a former colleague who was involved with second life in the past, called Locks Aichi.The early part of the class was for housekeeping and getting everybody present up and running. John told us not to worry about typos when chatting with other members. I think he said it was not considered good practice to coorect others’ typos (that is on purpose!).
At 8.55 John explored the reasons people chose their SL names for their avatars. Some participants intend changing their names. The names are great and include Jackmittens, Whatyemaycallit, Deeuwan (a cup of tae), Shadidame, Yashurdoshir, Saoise, FreddyMcFreddy,Inchydoney, Burnsygirl, Agendasm, Chipvan et al. I think Chipvan gets my vote for best student name though.
John asked that all links to blogs be posted on Facebook page. We were then asked what were our experiences visiting other parts of second Life. Whatyemaycallit told us how she had started dancing in some pub and didn’t know how to stop
The reading for next week is the short story by Ursula K Le Guin called The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (1973).
The class was divided into five groups. In Group 3 with Saoise and Jack Mittens.
Two photos of meeting are attached below.
