[MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life?

2006-07-06 Thread Patten Dave
Hi, Its something I have been thinking about a lot recently, I have had some conversations with people in the Science Museum and the upshot is we will be doing something very soon, so watch this space Dave Patten Head of New Media The Science Museum Exhibition Road London SW7 2DD Tel: 02

[MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life?

2006-07-06 Thread Beth Kanter
Judah: We're compiling a list of nonprofits in Second Life - right now about 25 identified, I suspect there are more. Many not on the list are those in the talking about stages ... (list is here: http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=aptcrhmkxkv_bcjvrhrc2vgbq) TechSoup's approach has been done

[MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life?

2006-07-06 Thread Beth Kanter
Thanks Richard! Also, TechSoup is doing an "mixed reality" event - that means the event will take place in the real world at their office as well as inside of Second Life. The two locations will be joined via audio/video/chat. We have some speakers from NPOS lined up to do some presenting and

[MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life?

2006-07-06 Thread Swiader, Larry
Hi Beth, We've been doing some thinking here at the Holocaust Museum on what a presence on Second Life might be like (and mean). My colleague, David Klevan (dklevan at ushmm.org), our Education Manager for Technology and Distance Learning, is at the forefront of that thinking. It'd be nice to pu

[MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life?

2006-07-06 Thread Richard Urban
Hi all, In the spirit of putting heads together I created the "Museums in Second Life" group this spring. I haven't had a chance to do much with it yet, but you can find it by searching the SL groups category. I'm eyeing what Beth & the TechSoup group are doing for examples of how we can do more

[MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life?

2006-07-06 Thread psu...@magnes.org
Wow! what an interesting discussion! I've some friends who are part of the dev team for this project, but I hadn't been keeping a close enough eye on it to realize that it's now live. Looking at the website, I found this blurb rather interesting:/ Pricing/ /Small islands are priced at US$1,250

[MCN-L] FW: Can a CIS be a DAMS too?

2006-07-06 Thread Trudy Levy
I have been loving this discussion, especially as I , along with Maureen Burns, are moderating a Panel at the Pasadena Conference on Taming the Many Headed DAM. This panel is the result of questions raised at my workshop on Managing a DAM in Boston, regarding just this issue. One thing I think is

[MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life?

2006-07-06 Thread Beth Kanter
Hi Folks, I've been researching the possibilities for nonprofits on Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com), the virtual world. I'm participating in some "in-world" projects that TechSoup is organizing around nonprofits in SL. There will be an event later this month and we're starting to compile