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IDE 735#13: More reflection
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:…
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IDE.735#12: SL for relaxation
With such limited time and so much to do, I often have all these thoughts I want to blog about but don’t because I just don’t get to a computer on time and those moments/thoughts are lost. I posted 2 questions on Clark’s blog after asking one of them during his guest speaker appearance on June 14. I’m now trying to gather my thoughts and findings about SL to create my final paper. Started well but researching on SL is frustrating. Today I tried to attend a major event hosted…
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IDE.735#11: The Fascination of SL
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…
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IDE.735#10: Miss SL 2007
This lady’s blog is supercool. She has a Second Life guide, lists fascinating places to explore, produces tutorials on how to create nice avatars, and listen to this, she is…. ta-dah!!!! Miss Second Life 2007 – Natalia Zelmanov! Is this surreal or what? I have to try out the links she posted myself. Many many to explore.
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IDE.735#9: Guest Speaker Clark
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…
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IDE.735#8: Roaming SL again
Well, today I explored SL again to see if I can find anything educational or informative. I teleported to this Angel Island Isle and met 2 persons who actually interacted and chatted with me. Whoa! This lady, Sunshine Sparrow, is from a Florida state community college. She actually told me what this island was about – for Angel LMS to orientate potential clients to their software. Cool! So other competitors might be in SL too for this reason – like Blackboard, D2L, etc. She told me where I could go…
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IDE.735#7: Clark’s Classification of Simulation Genres
This is the first one I played: a McDonald’s game that is an example of interactive spreadsheets. I can’t figure out why the word spreadsheets is used but according to Clark, it’s because some form of statistical feedback is given through numbers, charts or graphs. Here’s a mini-game I played – Howard Dean’s Recruitment Campaign. Quite fun and addictive. Another mini game. Was quite difficult to play though. I kept not being able to serve the right beer to the customer. This one is a branching story sim. I wasn’t…
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IDE.735#6: An emerging mindmap
My brain synapses are not connecting very well; isolated ideas roam helter-skelter looking for a node to connect. All the readings I’ve done – not enough I’d venture to say – have been so random, not in order. Instead of moving from core to optional, I’ve been desperately trying to put out bush fires to cope with the numerous discussion forums (fora?). I realize I’m just bombarding my poor brain with all sorts of ideas about games, simulations and all the new vocabulary and nothing is getting ordered in any…
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IDE.735#5: 2ndLife pt 2
So I tried to explore 2ndLife further after my nauseous spells. And these are the dudes I’ve met in 2ndLife who are just as lost as I am. I’m actually making some progress as I’ve gotten out of the Flight Training Institute and have flown out to explore other islands. I’m just having some difficulty with locating my group in Sloan-C, a professional organization that focuses on online learning. I just can’t find it yet. So how will such simulations help me? I’m hoping to be able to find the…
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IDE.735#4: second life
I’m still on Orientation Island in 2ndLife. And I’m constantly nauseous when I’m in it because of the simulation. I get motion sickness. Much too realistic huh? Here’s a pic of me in Flight Institute. Gotta go lie down ‘cos I’m feeling really sick.
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IDE 735#3: Gaming in Education
I was desperately squeezing time in today during work to prepare my presentation for tonight. I could only do one anyway. There’s no time to do anything when one has a full schedule at work. This course really ought to be more spread out. There is hardly time to read and reflect on all the good stuff. Are they thinking only fulltime students should take this course? Better planning next time please, IDDE. My boss saw me struggling to prepare my presentation. Thankfully he was understanding and showed me how…
