To the left is the avatar I created, Jessse Paulino. From the looks of him he may seem very plain and boring, however I enjoy this look on my avatar very much. I made my avatar bald for two reasons, one because I thought nobody else would make their avatar's bald (which they did not), and two because I believe I will be bald in the future. When we first created second life beings in class, I was a little shaky on the whole idea. I am a lover of The Sims, and do enjoy this virtual world to a point, however I never seen it coming into the classroom. After playing around with it, changing some things on my guy, interacting and such, I begin to like the idea of second life and everything it offers.
The clothing on my current avatar is the clothing given to me at the start of the game. In the beginning, I didn't care what my avatar looked like, I was only intersted in exploring the world and interacting with the kids in the class. As time passed, I actually changed my hair type (to bald), my height, eyes, and body shape if you will. I did not mold my avatar into what I wish to look like or a fantasy look. I tried my best to make the avatar look like me, a height around average, blue eyes, some what of a body build, and shorter torso. The bald does not currently look like me, however with the family line I believe this avatar represents me in about five years.
My experiences in second life have been nothing but fun and stories to tell. I like how one can search and go anywhere they like, and some of the things one can do in this world simply blows my mind. My favorite experience thus far is the class room meeting we conducted with the two guest speakers. I will be the first to admit I am a jokester, however behind all the jokes and goofing during the meeting I was actually really impressed. I can see why businesses may have meetings on here or other classes as well, because the ease of the communication and surroundings actually makes the meeting for fun and entertaining. I also believe the meetings through second life are a good thing because people seem to talk more through the computer, than if the meeting were done face to face. Our class serves as a perfect example, we have had people come in and talk many times and the class will keep quite, however during the meeting in second life it was almost mind blowing to see the amount of communication going on.
As time passed my overall opinion concerning second life changed a lot. When first given the assignment to create an avatar and being told the goal is to conduct a class on second life, I some what chuckled and thought what a waste of time. However, after doing the assignment and actually experiencing the meeting and virtual world, I am glad we did it. I will not lie when I say I sometimes play second life outside of school, which is funny because I would have laughed at my future self about 4 weeks ago for playing. The world is fun, and very creative, and I am glad we got involved into second life as a class.
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