From: EdTech Rice Teaching With Technology Brown Bags Presents Second Life Quote from the site - On March 12, 2008, the Teaching with Technology Brown Bag Series, hosted in collaboration by Educational Technologies and Fondren Libraries Digital Media Center, presented invited Phil Montgomery to talk about Second Life.

From: Flexible Learning Shifting my focus - groupwork in Second Life and the idea of Self Quote from the site - I’ve only been able to tip into the wealth that is the interviews I have so far (more to come next week), the questionnaires and the learning logs that are part of the assignment, but I have to ay, this is truly fascinating.

From: The Briefing Australians lose interest in Second Life Quote from the site - Australian visits to the virtual world Second Life peaked mid last year. Just 10,885 Australians logged on in January, 2.2% up on December but well short of the 14,832 that visited in July 2007, reports The Australian Financial Review.

From: The Metaverse Journal The Telstra Experience Centre in Second Life Quote from the site - You may or may not be aware, but early to mid March marks two significant Australian anniversaries in Second Life: a year since the Telstra BigPond and ABC presences in Second Life launched.

From: The Brown Daily Herald Donahue ‘11 cashes in as virtual arms dealer Quote from the site - Before setting foot on Brown’s campus, Evan Donahue ‘11 made thousands of dollars creating weapons to summon damned souls and create rifts in space-time fabric to suck in adversaries. The weapons systems were for the virtual world of Second Life, a popular online role-playing game. But the money - more than $20,000 - was very real.

From: Daily Herald Amusing ‘Second Lives’ deserves a look Quote from the site - It’ll still be cool to visit New York City after we live almost entirely in online, virtual worlds, promises the chief executive of the company behind the virtual world called Second Life — “but in the same way that it’s cool to go see the Mayan ruins.”

From: EPIC Tip of the Week #26: Advanced attachment adjustment Quote from the site - I love to share practical knowledge that’s useful in your everyday Second Life — if you’ve ever wanted to learn any or all of the following and how they go together: What is a posing stand? Which attachments am I wearing? and many more….

From: Silversprite Cheaper Second Life hosting for UK academics Quote from the site - One of the “older” (in relative terms!) areas in Second Life is the Education UK Island. What’s it for? “ Their website says: “Education UK island is a not for profit educational island constructed in Second Life to provide a ‘safe’ location for U.K. virtual education.”

From: PRWeb Second Life - Monogram Virtua’s Cyber Convention Center Brings Together Automotive and Avionics Enthusiasts From Around the Globe in Cyberspace Quote from the site - Inside Second Life, Monogram Virtua Entertainment is proud to launch the Monogram Virtua Convention Center with its first annual Second Life Auto Show. Hundreds of auto enthusiasts from both cyber and real worlds are set to arrive in Second Life March 15-16 to see both the fantastic and the practical in cyberworld automotive and aeronautic innovation at what portends to be the largest auto and air show to date in cyberspace.

From: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse Plagiarism Today Weighs in on IP Theft in Second Life Quote from the site - A good overview from a neutral outside observer on the copybot issue in Second Life provides perspective on the issue over at Plagiarism Today.

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