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Posted on March 30th, 2008 by by Aubree Lawrence

Learning a Second Language in Second Life

(Above: (top) Ms. Chianti Carmichael hangs out at an assessment station on SL English, while (bottom) Ms. Aubree Lawrence instructs an ESOL class for BA&CE, circa 2005)
Second Life is has incredible potential as a learning platform. I was excited to read on Forbes.com that an English language school in Germany has launched an island “Second […]

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Posted on March 5th, 2008 by by Aubree Lawrence

Window Shopping is work!

This week I’ve started assembling a budget for the CCTV in Second Life project. This, of course, meant one of my favorite Second Life activities – shopping!
In Second Life, all of the content is user-created. One cannot help but be impressed with the creativity displayed in the objects for sale. The picture was taken in […]

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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by by Aubree Lawrence

CCTV to ‘virtually’ break new ground

As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations, Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) will be launching it’s presence in Second Life (SL), an online virtual world. The project is an effort to reflect on CCTV’s remarkable history using a medium that will speak to CCTV’s determination to remain a cutting edge leader in cable access programming.
To help […]

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Posted on February 1st, 2008 by by Aubree Lawrence

CCTV Internship goals

I chose this internship at Cambridge Community Television because of CCTV’s long-standing commitment to community, education, and being on the cutting edge of exploring ways technology can help empower communities to find expression through media tools.
My learning goals for this internship include:

Building and planning skills in Second Life
How to present Second Life in a way […]

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