Meeting in Second Life 12/7/08

This was the second meeting that team Dynasty had in Second Life. It seemed to go very smooth and no one had trouble meeting in our preferred location. In the meeting we got started on the project 2 by choosing our company, selecting roles, scheduling our next meeting, and deciding when we plan to present project 2. the company that we chose to focus on for this project is WE Engeries. We will explain why it is important for WE Energies to adopt Second Life. We decided on the questions each group member will answer and when we plan to have them ready to be revised by the group. The next meeting is scheduled for this THURSDAY at 1 pm. Team Dynasty plans to present theirSecond Life project on December 18 at 6pm. See you guys THURSDAY in Second Life......

The Decision of Team Dynasty

Our meeting today was very interesting. We all got together and figured out how to work second life and made our appearances of the avatar to our liking. Each member of our group interacted on the UWM Campus second life and we also met others in different locations of second life. this was a very fun meeting and we enjoyed flying around and learning new features of second life. This will be a very beneficial environment for our group to meet for the Virtual Life Project two assignment. Speaking of project two, Team Dynasty decided to do our project on option 1 from the projects option list. This will be a fun assignment, see you guys in second life soon!!!!!!

Avatar: Lo Azalee

I have now arrived in Second Life.  What an interesting experience this is here. It literally is a whole other world.

Trying to set my account here in Second Life was a little difficult at first.  I did it all on my own not with someone else and with our group.  But i got my avatar set up and into Help Island and tried figuring out how to navigate around.  I got down how to do the little very self explanatory navigation options like how to fly and turn around and touch 

things and such.  I experience some random people trying to talk to my and get my information which i found a little weird.  Some people kept fallowing my around and i didn't like that too much, but got over it.  

Some of the challenges that i came across right away was editing my appearance.  I could not figure out to get just a simple pair of jeans and a t-shirt.  There was a little bit of time were i was wearing nothing but underpants and a bra.  Then i really had 

some people fallowing me, haha.  I got that problem fixed very fast, and just put on a really basic outfit and it was all fine.

Another challenge that i came across was not being able to get from

 island to island.  I was stuck on Help Island.  I had to get together with my professor in Second Life and she had to teleport me to UWM Island.  Then from there i was able to help teleport my group members to the Island as well. Then once there were more of us together in second life we were able to help each other figure some things out.  

There is one thing i want to check out... the free island.  I guess there is lots of stuff that can you can get like clothes and such.  That might be fun.

Second Life in relation to Organizational Communication, not sure how this would benefit or not benefit to it but it is a good source for Communicating with other people who might be in other cities or even countries.  Once i get a little more experience in Second Life i can get a better say in what it would be good for.

~Lauren Anthony/Lo Azalee

Leo Koopastown Has Arrived!!!!!

Hey guys I finally made it!!! I just got teleported from Orientation Island to the UWM campus. This is very exciting to be around some people I actually instead of all of these strangers. This second life thing is really cool, I waasnt expecting all the features that are available through second life. At first it wasn’t easy using all the features but I’m getting the hang of it. Flying around UWM campus seems to be my favorite way to transport. I’ve been fooling around with the different outfits trying to see what fits me best. This will offer the best form of communication compared to the Connect Live because it’s as if you’re meeting in person. I think this is a very effective way to communicate. I hope to meet up with you guys soon, see you in second life.!!!

Raul Kahanamoku

Raul is officially created. Creating someone for second life was simple but all the different things they can do and all the different features take a while to learn. On Orientation Island I bumped into some french speakers and tried to communicate with them, which was fun. It is a pretty neat thing to explore that I wasn't previously aware of. Communicating in second life is a lot similar to meeting strangers and friends in real life, the only difference is you don't have to be worry about being shy which really helps the communication process. Should be a useful way in which to communicate with our group members.

My Avatar is named Hadiyyah Sirnah

Well, I am still on orientation island because I haven't been able to figure out how to teleport to the Communication building yet. My first impression when I logged in was, "woah, okay so what do I do now!" Its a little frustrating trying get started. Everything from editing your avatar's apperance to trying to fly to other places. Its going to take some time to get the hang of all that this program entils but it seems like it could be fun. I think that Second Life would have a great impact on organizational communication once we all get accustomed to it. It seems more efficient and unique compared to our other communication tools-like we can be more interactive. Well hopefully we can be more interactive but first I have to get off of the orientation island! :-) See you all in Second Life!

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