Second Second Life

Had a fun afternoon at a training session on Second Life. Leads up to a 1-day event I’m hoping to get on, which looks at using virtual worlds in education (video from last year’s conference). I’ve been following what Julz has been doing, and as I used to be a role-player, and MUD witch in the mid 80’s, I can see myself getting hooked on it.

The class was well organised, using a ‘SLURL’ (new term of the day).

I sit attentively and listen, wondering where my feet have gone.

Gavin has certainly changed since he left to work for another institution …

I couldn’t find a toilet …

Hmm, a definite theme developing here … which reminds me, I must remember to print out a star map for next week’s trip.

One of the chaps looked at the avatars’ names and said he had a theory about the names people chose in Second Life. I had to explain that mine was named after my tent. Yup, I spent the afternoon as Akto Mannonen. Well, there was a limited number of surnames to chose from when I enlisted, so it made sense.

And before people think that this late night/early morning post is because I’m off developing my money-making scheme … no, my washing machine is still playing up, so I’m keeping an eye on it as I try hacking the settings again.