First, a little rant about Second life.
Earlier this week I decided to set up a SL account so that I could try the online discussion on Wednesday. It took forever just to get my character created because it kept rejecting every avatar name I suggested (I don't like that I have to pick a last name from a list. I think this really limits the name choices). After I finally got my avatar created, I'm sent to the beginner's place to read all these wall panels. I found this frustrating to have to walk in front of every panel just to read it. I personally think it would've been easier to have some kind of manual in front of me on how to do everything. By the time I got my avatar to waddle over to another panel, I would forget what I read earlier on how to perform a certain action, so then I would waste time trying to find that particular panel again. For some reason I can't change my outfit either (when I try to remove something it's still there...I'm not sure how to best explain it though. The clothing item will look like it's "broken" or something. It could be some kind of glitch). So for now I'm stuck in that hideous pink dress. *laughs* I guess I'll just have to keep playing with it. I'll make another attempt to try and come to the online discussion next week. Seeing how it's going so far, maybe I better try to find the discussion place early in case I have trouble getting there. And I haven't tried flying yet... I wonder if anyone else is struggling with SL too (or started out with similar difficulties). Maybe I'm just making it harder than what it is.
For the last two weeks the discussions were on lifelong learning and Web 2.0. Overall, it seems we believe that Web 2.0 is an advancement from Web 1.0, allowing us to participate/contribute more rather than just reading what's been posted. With lifelong learning, we continue to learn in order to keep up with advances. It was interesting to learn who created the World Wide Web too (Sir Tim Berners-Lee). I was always curious who came up with it. I didn't realize the Web was created in 1990. I thought it was created in the mid to late 90's.
My next task for this class is to to do my WebQuest for next Saturday.
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Hi Anne,
ReplyDeleteI share majority of your frustrations in SL. I do not like having to have first AND last name AND password – 3 things to keep track of.
Problem with changing appearance is probably a glitch – it happened to me to although I was able to change outfit considerably while having to keep the skirt that won’t go away (glitch thing) :). You’ll see me in next class :)
Flying is great, it solves all problems about moving around AND there is no problem if you fall into the sea or hit the rock :)
I also used map to get to places BUT several times I crashed some parties some of which were not friendly. I would not recommend use of SL in education unless students are very limited in where they can go.
I had trouble getting to KSU site for the previous class because I was not authorized. After authorization was straighten out, I was able to log in yesterday using link provided by our instructor: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kent%20State%20University/128/128/26
I logged in to KSU SL right now again to double check. It is a starry night there :)
Once you log in you can make KSU SL site your home by going to World -> "Set Home to here" in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
If you do that then you can use Second Life icon on your desktop to get directly to KSU SL without having to go through IE.
Best Regards, Tatjana (Tanya)
Yes, flying is a lot of fun. Feels like Peter Pan or something. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad about running into unfriendly people in SL. I guess some people are just rude no matter what. Real life or virtual life! :/
Thanks for the tips on authorization and everything. That helped me a lot. :)