So the course has ended, but I feel it’s just begun for me. There’s just so much to catch up on because of the course schedule and my own work schedule. I didn’t get to really read and chew on what I’ve read. There’s a lot of readings I want to delve into; I want to rewrite my final paper for a conference submission; it’s just a first draft. I have so many things I want to clarify, so many concepts I still have not a firm grasp of yet:…

I’m beginning to find SL very addictive. There’s just so much going on. It’s a game, so it’s fun and engaging, but it can also be educational. I’m also learning a whole new vocabulary. Do you know what a prim is? I didn’t until I googled to check it out as Miss SL 2007 kept using it in her blog. Personally, I think SL has great potential, setting aside all the pc crashes and motion sickness I get. Here’s a bit about what I’ve learned — thanks to Natalia, Miss…

I visited Clark’s site numerous times to read and prepare for the session on Thurs 6/14, so I was a bit disappointed not to get to ask all my questions. Still, I’ll have a chance to post them. I posed him a question about the lack of a standard lexicon or terminology in the field. Honestly, my head at this point is swimmingly full of jargon about sims. He said that his effort in creating the glossary blog was a start in the direction to standardization. Hmmm… I thought so…