Sandrine Han shares her research findings about how students in Second Life react to and learn from the images and textures surrounding them in 3D environments

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This week kicks off the fourth annual virtual conference being held in Second Life. Taking place over 3 days, March 17 - 19, this community-based event is a must for educators and academics interested in using virtual environments in the classroom or for remote teaching.

See http://www.vwbpe.org/ for the official website of the conference. Treet TV, along with Metaworld Broadcasting is proud to once again cover some of the key presentations and notable speakers for this year's event.

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A Brief Brief

For two days Second Life's favourite and most watched media network is throwing open its doors in a bonanza of style, content and fun. All your favourite Treet shows have booths and events happening during the two day event which will blow your socks off (even if you're barefoot).

The Expo will be held on Tropical Treet (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tropical%20Treet/134/214/22) with a mixture of scheduled events and high profile shenanigans going on through out the weekend. There's hunts, prizes, freebies, music, live shows and a chance for you to be on TV.

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Shakespeare continues to inspire creative storytelling and sparks the imagination no matter where the stage. One of the more interesting presentations during the 2010 Best Practices in Education conference was one given by Joff Chafer on Virtual Performance.

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Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference 2010 is a completely in-world conference on ... virtual worlds, best practices and how they are used in education. It is not uniquely focused on Second Life however obviously there is a very strong SL bent to the conference owing to where it is being held.

Website URL :: http://www.vwbpe.org

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Thank you, VWBPE and Treet TV!

Thank you to VWBPE for the great convention, and thanks to Treet TV filming this presentation.
In this presentation I asked some questions for participants' responds, I didn't recite all the answers from voice. Therefore, I list them below.
If you would like to know more about this research, please visit
http://www.inaea.org/category/Research-in-Second-Life.aspx

Kristy Handrick: 1. What do you think could be the title of this image?
Edith Halderman: didn';t rez yet
Sail Wozniak: red dragon
Jenaia Morane: Looks like a hanko
Martin Pattle shouts: "stormclouds ver the pacific"
toster Oh shouts: sky cat
Paivi Shippe shouts: Storm is fading away
Hilbert Hotaling shouts: Storm lion?
Verox Nayar: red over grey
venny Suen: flying kite
Edith Halderman: bomb cloud
Jenaia Morane: the red image remidns me of aboriginal or native people's art

Kristy Handrick: 2. What do you think is the purpose of this place?
Jenaia Morane: Meditation?
Wendi Lavendel shouts: solitude
Edith Halderman: a kingedom
Verox Nayar: tranquility
toster Oh shouts: experience
Martin Pattle shouts: Interpretation

Kristy Handrick: 3. What do you see in this image?
Teri Boxen: dragon
Jenaia Morane: dreamscape
Verox Nayar: water
Martin Pattle shouts: Impending Danger
Raloc Dorado: Clouds Rain Palmtrees
Paivi Shippe shouts: clouds
Wendi Lavendel shouts: island
CD Texan: cat, clouds, trees, water
Maggie Larimore: clouds sky sand dragon trees horizon
venny Suen: trees
Arika Baroque: fire, water, air, eartgh
Raloc Dorado: waterfall
Arika Baroque: earth
Jenaia Morane: stormy emotions
Paivi Shippe shouts: mountains
Kattan Hurnung shouts: solitude
Heath Homewood: tundra

Kristy Handrick: 4. What kind of feeling do you get from this image?
toster Oh: natural landscape, abstract clouds, very abstract creature
Maggie Larimore: danger in a quiet place
Kattan Hurnung shouts: consicousness
Tya Pearl: Stress
Verox Nayar: willingness to be there
CD Texan: seems a little lonely
Paivi Shippe shouts: chilly
Heath Homewood: peaceful
noha Turbo: depression
toster Oh shouts: excitement, depression
Martin Pattle shouts: bemused
Jenaia Morane: lonely
Hilbert Hotaling shouts: The weather feels primal, and the creature seems to be personifying it.
Tangre Lexenstar: I need sunshine!
Paivi Shippe shouts: moist

Kristy Handrick: 5. If you were at this site, what would you like to do here?
Verox Nayar: take some picutres
Opensource Obscure shouts: my perception of that image is hugely .. modified by the fact i visited that place - with friends. it was emotionally charactized for us
Verox Nayar: pictures
Kattan Hurnung shouts: reflect
Martin Pattle shouts: Sing
Raloc Dorado: Keep dry:)
Maggie Larimore: wait and watch
toster Oh shouts: ponder
Heath Homewood: explore
Jenaia Morane: breathe
Paivi Shippe shouts: Go to the fire by the trees
Tya Pearl: find shelter
Tangre Lexenstar: horseback

Kristy Handrick: 6. What does this image remind you of?
Opensource Obscure shouts: look for borders
Hilbert Hotaling shouts: Fly through the clouds. Sit among the trees. Sing into the wind.
Heath Homewood: The Canadian arctic
Martin Pattle shouts: Rorschach test
Raloc Dorado: a stormy day
toster Oh shouts: winter on the beach
Jenaia Morane: low tide
Jenaia Morane: at the ocean
Hilbert Hotaling shouts: It reminds me of my current writing project, actually.
Opensource Obscure: china paintings. but again, it's because I know that place...
Tya Pearl: oil rig
Paivi Shippe shouts: early sprint in our summer cottage
Paivi Shippe shouts: spring
Jenaia Morane: looks like a cat's head in the clouds