[sl/teen] Intern Report - Professor James Paul Gee Talks on the Teen Grid
James Paul Gee came to Global Kids Island to speak about different avatars, and the gaming universe. He tried on different avatars, and told us what he thought about them, and how it felt to play Second Life for the first time. Professor Gee said that he plays World of Warcraft and said he can’t bring his character over here, but in fact he can bring anything into Second Life. Some of his avatars included a Hydralisk, by 1000 Carlos, which you can see below.
He also wore a dragon by Sylver Bu, pictured here.
This has been the largest project I’ve taken on in Second Life since I joined almost two years ago in October of 2005. It was such a project that I couldn’t do it alone. I had to get help from Jay Clostermann and 1000 Carlos. Jay helped with getting people to join us, and with voting boxes, while 1000 Carlos built the brilliant structure the event was hosted in, as well as the spaceship.
Getting people to join our contest was the hardest part, and in the future, contests need to be announced much earlier, to allow more time for people to join. I learned that running large events is no walk in the park, it takes a lot of work to make something come out well.
