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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Learning via alternative reality - Andrea Damewood, The Register-Guard
Without leaving the confines of a room in the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Terra Sieberman spoke with leaders in her field from Chicago, South Carolina and Texas. She also went surfing. And showed off her St. Bernard puppy. Oh yeah, and flew. She is among 8.5 million members of an Internet community called Second Life, in which members create alter egos, known as avatars, to interact with other members using voice and written text. Think of it as a town square where you might run into folks from China, Italy and South Africa.
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