Friday, April 21, 2017

***2016 EDU: Web-world use case: Conversational spoken English! Or any other language

Web world use case: 
Conversational spoken English!
Or any other language
Language learning is well suited for virtual worlds and web-worlds offer an easy way to get started. Immersive learning on the browser.  Here is an introduction to web-worlds as they might be used for instruction in a language. 
The old way to learn a language
  • Virtual worlds are used extensively for language instruction (see after the break).
  • They let learners learn the language in an environment where they will need it.
  • Learners can be immersed in the environment they are talking about.
  • Learners can practice together as they talk about things around them.  

Why are virtual worlds not used more for language learning?

  • Virtual worlds require expensive, graphics capable computers.
  • You have to download and install a viewer.
  • You have  to learn how to move around, communicate, and activate things.

Now you can put a small virtual world in a browser.

  • It will run on almost any modern computer.
  • You talk, move, sit and click on things.  A lot like you do on a flat web page.
  • If you come in when someone is there, they can help you.
  • People can easily come in on impulse, just to see what is offered.
  • If people like your web-world, they may want to come into your virtual world.
  • Web-worlds, progress and possibilities: Summary

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

2017 TKR: Ideas grow out of play and casual interaction among people

The Playful Origin of Ideas with Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson finds that throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused. He tracks the history of ideas with the birth of coffee houses, and their role in shaping our world.

Waltz Wave Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 4/18,7pm SLT

This week at the Short Poetry Workshop we’ll explore the Waltz Wave which is a 19-line stanza divided into syllables that form a wave pattern. So join us at the Short Poetry Library to learn, write and share the Waltz Wave. East Cookie, Cookie (183, 120, 21)
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    Monday, April 17, 2017

    2017 PEOPLE: SEE: Metaverse tour visits Fantastica Island on Kitely

    Metaverse tour visits Fantastica Island on Kitely
    Another of the weekly metaverse tours videographed by Wwanderer.  A trip to the imaginary steampunk world of Fantastica Island.  Victorian airships, pirate coves, hidden tunnels, treasure and secret hideaways

    Go there

    • HG address:
    • grid.kitely.com:8002:Fantastica Island
    • Put the HG address in the Find bar of the World Map, Click Find, TP
    • In Kitely, use the Firestorm Hop:
    • hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Fantastica Island/141/140/18
    • Put the hop in the address bar of Firestorm. enter
    • Web Link
    • Metaverse tours meet at Kitely Welcome Center at 1 pm California time
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      Sunday, April 16, 2017

      2017 PEOPLE: SEE: Emerald City by Talia Sunsong. Metaverse tour

      Emerald City by Talia Sunsong. 
      Metaverse tour
      Metaverse tour of the land of Oz in SunSong lands, built by Talia Sunsong

      Go there:

      • HG address:
      • grid.kitely.com:8002:Sunsong Lands
      • Put the HG address in the Find bar of the world map. Click Find, TP
      • In Kitely, use the Firestorm hop:
      • hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Sunsong Lands/42/38/1001
      • Put the Firestorm hop in the address (top) bar of Firestorm, enter.
      • Metaverse tours: every Saturday at 1 PM California time 
      • Starting in Kitely Welcome Center.
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        Saturday, April 15, 2017

        Jane, Plain Jane: Part 5, Vomit. A short story as a writing exercise

        My Name Is Jane.  Plain Jane.  Part 5, Vomit
        A short story as a writing exercise
        The writers group at Nara's Nook has started a learning and production project using the guide book "The 90-day novel," by Alan Watt.  To contribute to the project without spending the time on a novel, I am writing a short story or small play using some of the guidance from the book.  
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        • The writer's meeting at Nara's nook meets Mondays, 6 PM California time.
        • Scroll to the end for instructions on how to get to the meeting.
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        Friday, April 14, 2017

        2017 HELP: The heartbreak of (avatar) psoriasis cured by this one weird trick

        The heartbreak of (avatar) psoriasis 
        cured by this one weird trick
        My avatar appearance got corrupted recently.  Someone else had the same problem.  I found a fix, short of a clean reinstall of Firestorm 64 and report it here.
        My avatar with a skin disease.
        • Headline hype!  "The heartbreak of psoriasis" is vintage hype, nearly 60 years old.
        • "One weird trick" just emerged as click-bait on Facebook in the last ten years.
        • The skin disease just attacked my avatar a couple of weeks ago.   
        • In Firestorm 64 bit
        • It also attacked a friend of mine, so the treatment may be of use to some people.
        • The trick: I used my Firestorm 32 bit in the same grid.  
        • Then went back to my regular 64 bit viewer.  This worked for me.
        • A similar maneuver worked for my friend.
        • But the disease comes back when I travel the Hypergrid.
        • I have to avoid coming back to my home grid in my diseased avatar.
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          Tuesday, April 11, 2017

          2017 BIZ: Side services from grids. Search, events, messages. Product differentiation

          Side services from grids.  Search, events, messages. 
          Product differentiation
          In addition to running a version of the OpenSimulator software, grids can offer support services such as search, message handling, event calendar, backup, recovery, forums, and technical help. They can offer these, but they may not. Commercial grids may be providing these services or are probably considering them.

          In SL we took some services for granted 

          There were also services we wished we could take for granted

          • Technical help
          • Prompt attention to system problems
          • We probably do get these from the commercial grids.
          • I know we get them from Kitely.  I think they also provided in Digiworldz.
          • Scroll down for comment by Isis Ophelia.
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          Rhupunt Short Poetry Workshop-4/11, 7pm SLT


          This week the Short Poetry Workshop present the Rhupunt, which is a Welsh poetry form that has 4 syllables per line and can have 3, 4, or 5 lines per stanza with specific rhyme scheme. So join us to learn, write and share your Rhupunt poem
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            Monday, April 10, 2017

            *2017 HG: EDU: We are building new worlds in the digital metaverse. We don't need to keep to the old ways

            We are building new worlds in the digital metaverse.  
            We don't need to keep to the old ways 
            When Second Life first made a user-built virtual world available to us, we wanted the world to look like the familiar Old World.   But do we want to continue with buildings? Maybe for some purposes.  But maybe for other purposes we want to redesign the virtual world to suit our new purposes.

            • Maybe for beginners we want to make the place look familiar
            • But we carry over lots of stuff we don't need. 
            • Some of it is just useless clutter
            • Some of it gets in the way of what we want to do. 
            • Here are some things to reconsider.
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