A Christmas Carol
and the times it tells:
Dickens project in virtual worlds
A presentation about the times represented in the famous story by Charles Dickens.
Dickens Resource Center
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- With research information focused on the Victorian era
- By the Community Virtual Library (CVL):
- Real librarianship in Virtual Worlds
- A tour by the ACRL Virtual World interest group.
- A presentation by Valibrarian Gregg.
- The Dickens Project Returns to Second Life December 1, 2019
Go there
A presentation?
- Well, where is the auditorium?
- This is not an auditorium presentation.
- How can you have a presentation without an auditorium?
- In a virtual word we often have a presentation in a place relevant to the subject.
- How does that work? Where does the audience sit?
- The avatars don't sit. The walk around in the place.
- That won't work. They can't see the slides while they are walking.
- We don't present with slides. The places they walk to do the job of the slides.
- You can't do a power-point presentation without slides.
- We don't usually do power-point presentations.
- Okay, so go on with your story But you are doing it all wrong.
About antique patterns
- And Victorian dresses
- Antique Pattern Library
- Well, there's a slideshow right there. They can stop and look at slides.
- That's not how we do it around here. Val talked about historical authenticity.
- The antique pattern library offers authentic patterns.
- People can come back and look at the slides later.
- The Dickens exhibit will be here all of December
Disability in Dickens' work
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- A research article in a slideshow.
- Disability in the work of Charles Dickens
- This kind of product could come from inquiry-based learning.
- There--another slideshow. But no seats for people to sit and watch it.
- There are lots of slideshows here. This presentation is about all of them.
- You are supposed to show each slide and talk about it.
- Instead we show each slideshow and talk about it.
A wall of slideshows
- With all those slideshows, you could have a lot of presentations.
- We don't have time for a lot of presentations. People can come look at the slideshows by themselves.
- By themselves they don't have anybody telling them what the slides mean.
- They will have to read and figure it out for themselves. This is a presentation for people who can read.
Victorian man's outfit
- On the slideshow. The female attire is on the ladies.
- And I stand aside because I am in my Thinkerer outfit, not Victorian.
- A special outfit just to come to a presentation? That is wild!
- Or at least different. In a virtual world, the audience participates.
Victorian London
InfoPoster
- Posters can carry lots of information.
- You expect people to read it instead of telling them. That's weird.
- It only works with people who can read.
Victorian characters
- Populating a Victorian exhibit.
- It's not a presentation. It's more like a museum tour.
- Okay, a museum tour from your home or office.
- But it doesn't even have a stage for the presenter to stand on.
- It is not about the presenter; it is about the subject.
What was ailing Tiny Tim?
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A balloon tour of the Dickens exhibit
Reports on the Dickens Project from previous years
- Dickens Project: Seanchai Library
- The Dickens Project: Seanchai Library: The Big Read, Dec 23 noon SLT
- THE DICKENS PROJECT Expands in 2017 Edition
- THE DICKENS PROJECT 2016 Opens December 10th
- The Dickens Project, December 13th through 26th
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