Frustrated

No matter how much work I get done, I can't get ahead. Hopefully, I'll get used to this feeling soon. On a good note I gave my first big lecture last week on Reality TV and it went really well. The students thought I was really funny and I got all the info I wanted to talk about into the lecture. Woo-Hoo!

Second Life Machinima

I started making short Quicktime movies of some of my movements in Second Life, trying to figure out this machinima. It was even easier than I thought. I'm going to try and make a short piece with cinematic qualities to try test its possibility as a tool to teach things like composition and camera movement.

First SL Conversation

I had my first real conversation with someone on SL tonight. It was strange to have a conversation with someone and yet all I know about them is based on a virtual representation of how they see themselves. The guy I met was renting SL beachfront property and had a Ghostbuster's t-shirt on, but what is he like in real life?

Busy Week

My whole week has been spent on my paper for my Perspectives class. It seems like years since I've written a paper. Ohh, it has been years. I haven't had much time to explore second life, but I have been thinking about uses for it. I think it could be valuable in teaching film and video techniques. I am looking to further examine the making of "machinima" or SL video segments and figure some concrete possibilities for use in a media education environment.

Second Life

I'm looking forward to getting into Second Life with my Digital Learning class. There is so much to explore. I often feel overwhelmed by the amount of content. I'm hoping we can break it down to more digestible parts.