tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779726659527416271.post1283291099612583902..comments2023-05-31T04:45:16.744-06:00Comments on Adventures of Yoshikawa: BuyingSheila Yoshikawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977094120096585251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779726659527416271.post-12028775663583388322009-05-14T21:23:00.000-06:002009-05-14T21:23:00.000-06:00Thanks again for the shopping trip, Sheila/Haruki!...Thanks again for the shopping trip, Sheila/Haruki! It was great fun and quite helpful having an expert along to help pick out colors, the correct tie, make adjustments in pants length, etc. I sent a snapshot of our trip to your email :) <br /><br />BTW-The interview in Second Life went very well!Robin Ashfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867035352518158417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779726659527416271.post-63274381462014047002009-05-13T12:39:00.000-06:002009-05-13T12:39:00.000-06:00Sorry, what brought this on was a session at the s...Sorry, what brought this on was a session at the slanguages conference that was largely a matter of the speaker persuading some rather tired teachers to act as students and compare or interpret images. It was actually rather good and this image, whether you know the avatars or not, could be used similarly. But I suspect your infolit class already does something along those lines or is this more visual literacy?Peter Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811527782413146351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779726659527416271.post-12262129349425561412009-05-13T12:04:00.000-06:002009-05-13T12:04:00.000-06:00Thanks, interesting comments! This year I've t...Thanks, interesting comments! This year I've tried to not just feel embarrassed about the fact that I do rather a lot of SL shopping, but thinking of the positive side in terms of teaching & helping others ... it means I can organise freebie hunts and also some of the "shop" sims are very imaginative<br />I normally just use a male avatar now and then, and I mainly have one so that if a student forgets their password early on he or she can borrow one of my alts that has the gender they want. It felt a bit strange actually interacting with someone as "me" as a male, though less so once I started trying on demo clothes ...Sheila Yoshikawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977094120096585251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779726659527416271.post-85880729074121370712009-05-13T05:31:00.000-06:002009-05-13T05:31:00.000-06:00Actually, the more I look at it (and I shall stop ...Actually, the more I look at it (and I shall stop now), the more issues that picture raises: communication modalities, avatar identity, identity management, identity verification, gender issues, playfulness in the context of work, mentoring, virtual goods, micropayments, copyright, discrimination against avatars with blue skins...Peter Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811527782413146351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779726659527416271.post-77136569491654469432009-05-13T04:10:00.000-06:002009-05-13T04:10:00.000-06:00Great illustration both of cooperation between ava...Great illustration both of cooperation between avatars and the use of SL for interviewing. I've been rattling on to students about use of SL in terms of employability skills. Nice to have further evidence.Peter Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811527782413146351noreply@blogger.com