Dan Zellner in collaboration with the NMC is offering his drama workshops for a special Aussie and NZ friendly time zone. A few of us have already signed on to participate and there are probably a few places left. The commitment is 5 weeks on Sunday 8PM SLT – that’s 9AM Monday in Perth (Singapore […]
This sort of work really shifts us into the realm of Interdisciplinary Practice – I believe this sort of investigation should be a part of Drama Education – although I’m still finding a lot of other Drama teachers who don’t seem to want their paradigm to develop. Interdisciplinarity, Theatricality and Performance Studies are yet to […]
In a discussion recently relating to 1:1 computing and personalised hardware and software configurations… Ah, choice! Perhaps the whole concept of “personal” computing might be reintroduced with the push for one-to-one technology imperatives.. and choice of preferred operating systems, hardware configuration, software, input devices, and interface might come along with it… Imagine the mindset you’ll […]
OK, so I’ve spent time working out how all this Second Life stuff works. Just as I am about to launch into constructing the space that will accommodate my process drama Second Life upgrade their browser and I find my computer will not longer function with the SL software. I’ve made do until now with […]
This is just a quick notification that the IDEA2007 World Congress website is now in place and accepting registrations. IDEA 2007 – plAnting humAn ideas glObal visiOn in lOcal knOwledge 6th World Congress for International Drama/Theatre and Education Association First time in Asia The world’s educators, theatre workers, teachers, social and community workers converge to […]
I was quite surprised today when I was reading through the materials arriving from the Second Life Educators mailing list. Someone referred to Boal’s concept of “metaxis”… my stunned response follows… Yay!! See I told everyone drama was useful for something in the realm of technology.This phenomenon is discussed briefly in a recently released book. […]
I’ve recently been playing with an EmoterHUD – a device that allows me to animate the facial expressions of my avatar in Second Life – I believe this offers some very interesting possibilities for expression in role-playing scenarios as well as in regular SL interactions – the interface is still quite clunky to develop much […]
In response to a debate convened elsewhere about the nature of Second Life and the nature of games-based learning and the nature of role-play…. Interestingly, (to me) my PhD research project is entitled “Drama Teacher as Games Master: developing digital games-based process drama as performance” My goal is to take aspects of process drama, role-playing games and dramatic performance […]
In response to some of the recent coverage of Second Life in the Australian press I posted this: I think there are some unresolved issues about what Second Life is. Interestingly, many gamers (such as Tim who commented earlier) find that SL does not match their vision of WoW… they find the controls and interface […]
In the face of recent developments in the Western Australian education system, political lobbyists have successfully undermined the introduction of Outcomes Based Education… joining forces with PM John Howard and the current Minister for Education, the lobbyists have found two expert consultants fully representative of the proposed modifications to the system Ollie : Now isn’t […]