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Symposium on Creativity in Second Life Video
Posted December 16th, 2007 by NMC
It has been a while since our first online symposium held entirely in Second Life, the August 2007 Symposium on Creativity (so much time that we held another Symposium just last week).
But we would be remiss if you continued to forgot about sharing the excellent 5 minute even video shot and edited by the talented Stella Costello, one of the NMC Virtual Worlds builders and a widely recognized artist in the Second Life circles available here via YouTube and below as a Quicktime video from the NMC web site.
Symposium on Creativity: Synectics Presentation by NMC Fellow Ted Kahn
Posted August 30th, 2007 by Alan LevineThe Friday schedule for the NMC Symposium on Creativity in Second Life opened with a very special presentation by SynapticWizard Karas (aka Ted M. Kahn) of DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc. but also the very first NMC Fellow. Ted brought us a classic theoretial concept of Synectics into the virtual space through this session and his activities.
Synectics, Everywhere and a Virtual Museum of the Future: Educreation in Second Life
This session will give a very brief overview of the history of research on creativity—the personal, process, product, environmental, and social dimensions—and its application to education and learning. Two specific approaches to developing creative thinking and innovation practices will be introduced: "synectics," developed by the late W.J.J. Gordon et al., involves the use of personal and fantasy metaphor for both learning and discovery. "Everywhere," developed by Hebrew University Professor Emeritus of Education, M. D. Caspi, includes the design of a set of spaces and methodologies to experience, develop and enhance creative self-education.
Machinima: Calisto Meets His Maker
Posted August 30th, 2007 by NMCWe are so excited to share the work of one of the participants at the NMC Symposium on Creativity on Second Life. Calisto Encinal (aka James Abraham, Glendale Community College) participated in the Machinima Studio Session, where he created >em>Calisto Meets His Maker, a creative look at not just a virtual world, but its intersections with the real world.
on Second Life. Calisto Encinal (aka James Abraham, Glendale Community College) participated in the Machinima Studio Session, where he created Calisto Meets His Maker, a creative look at not just a virtual world, but.... well, I don't want to give any of it away.
Symposium on Creativity Photo Stream
Posted August 30th, 2007 by Alan LevineDuring the August 12-18 NMC Symposium on Creativity in Second Life we asked participants to share any of their event photos stored in flickr by marking them wit the tag slcreativity.
We had a large amount of cooperation, as there are more than 1000 phots tagged with slcreativity on flickr . In celebration, we used some free software and those images to generate a series of photomosaics- taking one photo from the collection
we can recast it as a mosaic made of hundreds of thumbnails of all the images:
Symposium on Creativity Closing Remarks
Posted August 29th, 2007 by Alan LevineThe closing remarks from the August 12-18, 2007 NMC Symposium on Creativity in Second Life-- includes references to the Sir Ken Robinson story and the comments he had gotten from one participant earlier that day:
Hi Larry — little did I know when I took a week’s vacation to attend I would be entering a new world that would put me in creative overdrive, make me stop and ponder my life’s goals, and open my eyes to the possibilities of a whole new direction I would never have dreamed. I was already excited about SL and the possibilities.. I’m taking the red pill tonight, no problem!
ZeroG SkyDancer Performance
Posted August 28th, 2007 by Alan Levine
It’s been more than a week since the end of the NMC Symposium on Creativity on Second Life, yet we continue to find thing to share!
As noted, from the Friday highlights, we ended that day with 3 performances of DanCoyote Antonelli’s ZeroG SkyDancers, one of the most unique and demonstratively creative art forms in Second Life (learn more about DC’s concepts of hyperformalism…)
Why Creativity Matters
Posted August 15th, 2007 by Alan Levine
Larry Johnson, CEO, The New Media Consortium
NMC Symposium on Creativity in Second Life
Why is the range and diversity of self-expression in spaces like Second Life so broad? What is it about these environments that are producing the phenomenal growth seen over the last few years? What is it that makes people willing, even eager, to spend hours online interacting in virtual space? A complete novice to massively multiplayer environments two years ago, today Larry heads up an effort by the New Media Consortium that is deeply engaged in exploring questions like these. His journey parallels and illuminates that of many others.
Schedule of Events
Posted July 2nd, 2007 by NMC
The official symposium schedule is available by clicking the image above (in pdf format), and contains information on the symposium, times, presenters, and session information. See below for the "schedule at a glance.".
Symposium Components
Posted July 2nd, 2007 by NMCThe Symposium on Creativity will offer a variety of session formats as detailed below.
Studio Sessions
Studio sessions – special hands-on workshops led by master craftspeople in Second Life – offer an opportunity to develop your skills in a particular area under the guidance of an expert mentor. Choose from Machinima, Fashion, Sculpture and Modeling, Virtual Photography, or Teaching Environments. As in a traditional studio class, you will receive a long-term assignment to be completed during the course of the Symposium.
Symposium on Creativity in Second Life
Posted July 2nd, 2007 by NMC
In August 2007, the NMC held a very special, one-of-a-kind event -- a week-long online symposium on the topic of creativity called the Symposium on Creativity in Second Life. The first in a series of conferences and events exploring virtual worlds of all kinds, the symposium was intended to redefine the way we think about online conferences.
