Digital Art History class visits Elros Tuominen in his gallery
~ by faryan on April 24, 2008.
One Response to “DAH in SL”
I really enjoyed having class in Second Life. At first, I was intimidated by the idea, worried that my skills were not up to par. Once I started exploring the world of SL, I was facinated by what I was discovering. I don’t think I would be shocked to find out that in the not too distant future, what we did will become commonplace. I wish we would have held class in SL a few more times. I thought it was a really great experiece especially when we were able to talk to the artist. The internet has always blurred geographical boundaries, but this was my first time to experience it visually. While I was still on orientation island, I met a girl from Jordan who spoke three languages. It was so unbelievable to me that we were able to have a conversation undelayed and face to face in a way, from so far apart. SL can be used for so many positive things, I just hope the inevitable doesn’t happen: That it will greatly contribute to the lack of personal interaction that our generation has so comfortable adapted to. I think it could be an outlet for certain people to live vicariously through and not give enough attention to RL. Nevertheless, it is an amazing place. I’ll just try to be optimistic and believe that it will only be used for the betterment of people and culture.
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I really enjoyed having class in Second Life. At first, I was intimidated by the idea, worried that my skills were not up to par. Once I started exploring the world of SL, I was facinated by what I was discovering. I don’t think I would be shocked to find out that in the not too distant future, what we did will become commonplace. I wish we would have held class in SL a few more times. I thought it was a really great experiece especially when we were able to talk to the artist. The internet has always blurred geographical boundaries, but this was my first time to experience it visually. While I was still on orientation island, I met a girl from Jordan who spoke three languages. It was so unbelievable to me that we were able to have a conversation undelayed and face to face in a way, from so far apart. SL can be used for so many positive things, I just hope the inevitable doesn’t happen: That it will greatly contribute to the lack of personal interaction that our generation has so comfortable adapted to. I think it could be an outlet for certain people to live vicariously through and not give enough attention to RL. Nevertheless, it is an amazing place. I’ll just try to be optimistic and believe that it will only be used for the betterment of people and culture.