Teach42 » Second Life http://www.teach42.com Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:36:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Me and My Avatar http://www.teach42.com/2008/08/29/me-and-my-avatar/ http://www.teach42.com/2008/08/29/me-and-my-avatar/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:37:46 +0000 Steve http://www.teach42.com/?p=948 Posted in Second LifeWeb 2.0

What does your avatar say about you? Do you secretly desire to be taller, thinner, or younger? Do you see yourself as a canine, a cartoon character, or a jedi knight? Do you feel a desire to change your race or gender? It’s not always clear exactly what our avatars say about ourselves, but clearly [...]]]> What does your avatar say about you? Do you secretly desire to be taller, thinner, or younger? Do you see yourself as a canine, a cartoon character, or a jedi knight? Do you feel a desire to change your race or gender? It’s not always clear exactly what our avatars say about ourselves, but clearly they do mean something. After all, consider how much time we spend customizing physical characteristics for entirely virtual identities. Considering how quick and easy it is to change them, it’s surprising how few people actually do. Regardless of what they say about ourselves, our avatars are certainly a statement that we make to the world.

With that being said, I put out a Tweet and Plurk asking people to share photos of themselves with their avatars. Here’s what people shared.

Steve Dembo (and Demb Oh)


Lisa Lane

Adrian Bruce



Michael Walker

Wendy Sigele


Liana Iaea-Honda


Jennifer Kraft

Dan Gross

Kristin Hokanson

Do you have your own image of yourself with your avatar? Share a link!

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I’ve been working on a Second Life article, and part of it was spent checking out a few other virtual worlds. And while I thought I had a pretty good grasp on what was out there, this video shows that I really was just barely scratching the surface. Think you are a Virtual World Guru? [...]]]> I’ve been working on a Second Life article, and part of it was spent checking out a few other virtual worlds. And while I thought I had a pretty good grasp on what was out there, this video shows that I really was just barely scratching the surface.

Think you are a Virtual World Guru? Then share just how many of the worlds in this video you have avatars in!

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