#mscidel informal get together at Portobello Beach (the HP version) now, all welcome.
#mscidel The Internet at 40 - pretty interesting stuff in this edition :) http://tinyurl.com/yggrkhn
#mscidel Back to the Digital Natives debate with both http://tinyurl.com/yf59qyv and http://tinyurl.com/yhy38ag
Information literacies put forth by ACRL (association of research libraries). http://bit.ly/DbFyA Do they differ for education? #mscidel
#mscidel 10m people in UK have never used the net - the 'e-solated'. Interesting Guardian article http://bit.ly/2kMQOz
#mscidel Many thanks @anna_jambat and @flittleton for a great couple of weeks. And warm welcome @jar as guest tutor for the next two!
#mscidel Remember extra orientation, building tutorials and social get-together in SL early this week. Detail on the discussion board.
#mscidel Half term...more time for IDEL!
#mscidel readings for the week; discussion of rhizomes. Led me to this: Rhizome, art using new media. http://bit.ly/gGCrt. Smooth? Nomadic?
Wordnik, interesting dictionary/thesaurus. Trying to map word graphs/communities. http://bit.ly/IltSm #mscidel
@j_k_knox Interesting experiment. Sounds like real embodiment, even if role-play. Emotionally present, invested? #mscidel
@claraoshea @dmonp Clara, situation you described (1920s Berlin), is that empathy? Part of a projected identity? #mscidel
#mscidel Attended tutorial last night as alt Thandi OHare,female,dark skined.Felt self conscious,quiet,worried people could see up my skirt!
@dmonp @gallagher_msean #mscidel did you try sitting on the railing next to the trash? despondent! but did I feel it or feel it 4 Klara?
@claraoshea @gallagher_msean #mscidel and rummaging in the trash for food left me a bit empty.
@claraoshea @gallagher_msean #mscidel back from Berlin...definitely not anything like being a half-elf or assuming a 1920's Berliner ID
tonight's final tutorial for IDEL, week 5 in Second Life is at 19.00 BST (Edinburgh time) at Holyrood Park - see you there! #mscidel
@claraoshea Clothes/rules/avatars/artifacts are all part of a roadmap in SL. Indicating preferred behavior but not demanding it? #mscidel
@Comcultgirl Agreed. In SL, there is some resistance to willingly adapt to norms of community. Lack of presence? Not sure. #mscidel
#mscidel I even changed my language but people didn't know/want to play along - obviously don't know rules yet.
#mscidel fascinating stuff about culture in SL and having to dress certain way. Doing some medieval role play at moment.
@gallagher_msean maybe the rules and clothes are the SL version of Lonely Planet? Isn't RL dependent on objects/people too? #mscidel
@claraoshea Like the tourism in SL idea. We are all sort of tourists there, unsure how to proceed with no Lonely Planet. #mscidel
p.s. I went to Berlin 1920s and wore the suit as a Japanese female both abiding by and transgressing the code. felt v. naughty! :) #mscidel
the upside to being forced to dress a certain way is the freebies, which can be mixed, matched and sometimes adapted :) #mscidel