Cvetka's Blog

Blog about my MUVEnation experience 2008-2009 *plus* some considerations about my teaching in SL

Archive for October, 2009

Futurism

Posted by cvetka on 31st October 2009

Giuliana Perco Cvetka Nacht Last October 5, I brought my students to SL to visit a 3D exhibit to celebrate the centennial of the publication of the Futurist Manifesto.  Before our visit, we read the Manifesto in class, discussed it, looked at some reproductions of futurist paintings (Giacomo Balla’s “Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio” [...]

Posted in IT105Fall09, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Immersive art in SL 1

Posted by cvetka on 25th October 2009

giuliana perco cvetka nacht Last semester I asked my students to read an article on the New York Times discussing 3D art works in SL. Therefore, I also asked them to watch a video by Robbie Dingo (SL name) of his 3D reconstruction of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” in SL. The video turned out to [...]

Posted in IT105Fall09 | No Comments »

New semester, new college

Posted by cvetka on 24th October 2009

Giuliana Perco Cvetka Nacht I changed job over the summer. I left the university in the south, where I worked   for two years, and began teaching at a small liberal arts college in the north east. Everything is new and at times confusing: new job,  new  town, new climate (colder), new colleagues. Adapting to  the [...]

Posted in IT105Fall09 | No Comments »