Stonehenge

I was able to find Stonehenge in my travels. despite it being almost the same size as me, the creator did a good job on rendering the stones. They were the best looking renderings i found so far in the world.

Space Center

So waiting for my group to meet for our photo Sam showed me this place. It is a Space center that is linked to NASA and shows space rockets from several different countries. I had to leave for my photo before all the rockets loaded but it was still neat anyway.

Las Vegas

So i'm not sure how much of this area was suppose to be las vegas but the only thing that looked real was the sign. i think there is to much set up to fly to. shops are set up on building with no way to get to them with out flying.

Lady Liberty

Ok so I found the Statue of liberty and to my disappointment it was only a little figure. It would have been neat if they had done some area where each floor was a room and you could just teleport between the rooms. maybe some one will get around to do it later.

THe white house

So this is the white house and when you search for it it takes you right inside one of the rooms. it is kind of neat that they have the secret service but the load time is so bad it makes you want to leave right away. Unfortunately the out side looks like the rejects of a bad sci-fi movie. I'm not quite sure if this is checked up on by the US Government. But if it is it's a waste of taxpayers resources.

How can virtual worlds like Second Life enhance the teaching and learning experiences for students? What are the implications for the arts and society

How can virtual worlds like Second Life enhance the teaching and learning experiences for students? What are the implications for the arts and society?

It will be hard for virtual worlds like Second Life to be used as teaching and learning experiences. There's just too much to do with too little retribution. If a teacher requires a student to be online for a seminar, how will anyone know if they are actually listening to the seminar or if they are baking cookies in the other room while the teacher talks. It would also be easy for someone to cheat while using second life if they needed to take a test.

The implications for the arts and society is a mixture between good and bad. The good, arts and societal products can reach a much larger audience. There is no longer a geographical border limiting the distribution of those items. The downside, you need to sift through the sand to find the gold. There is a lot of virtual world to explore. Through my playing a feel like I only discovered a small fraction of what is available to discover. Because of this, some good pieces of art and literature may become lost with the garbage. That is the price to pay when something is so readily accessible.

How was your group meeting in world different, for better or worse, than BD Vista?

This meeting was worse, much worse. For one, our avatars did not look anything like ourselves. It was hard to identify each other in a crowd. Another factor that made my decision was the sheer amount of distractions. I would compare the Vista meeting akin to going to the library to do a group study project and the Second Life experience as going to a strip club, drunk, while trying to quiz each other on an upcoming test. We all were flying around, disappearing, dancing, booing, laughing and doing other rude gestures throughout the meeting. Even in the middle of the ocean we couldn't help ourselves from flying straight up in the air and falling straight down to a humorous crash. This is definitely not a way to conduct meetings.