It just occurred to me that Second Life is a bit like playing Barbie Dolls… admit it! you played and dressed up Barbie just as much as your little sister!
Not much in that really – replace Barbie with lego, or Gi Jo or any other little extension of your mind’s space if you’re a little sensitive to the connotations of Barbie. I suspect it has already been talked about at length already.. I haven’t looked yet, just logging it here for now…
This is not intended as a put down to SL – exactly the opposite actually. Must look into the possible connection and what playing through such objects has to offer our ideas about learning… clearly, playing with dolls offers a lot for kids, and more and more I wonder just how different adult education is or isn’t..
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March 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Amber
What we all give up to have the chance to be someone else. Actually, A survey I read once said that the average user spends 10 minutes a week on SL. The average user also is using it for good clean entertainment. The rare user, well, thats a different story…
March 20, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Alexander Hayes
More trolls …..god….go get past your ‘baby doll’ filter…….better chase down the depth of these trackbacks Leigh….seriously.