Kristin Scott

For a while now, I’ve been feeling rather guilty that I’m not regularly blogging. But the more I look around these days, the more diaphanous the blogosphere seems to get. Bloggers I know who used to blog every day, without fail, are now writing in every two or three weeks at best. Most seem to [...]

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I attempted to attend the SL Education Support Faire today, but find the virtual forum absolutely frustrating. In theory, getting educators together from all over the world is a great idea; in practice, at least for me, I find it rarely works well and often proves more difficult than productive. Not only is it nearly [...]

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I’ve been hard at work (when I’m not watching CNN and inauguration activities) trying to get my digital ethnographic assignments completed for my Cyberculture class. So far, the class wiki is coming along nicely, but I’ve gotten a lot of assistance from some very helpful folks, particularly from the SLED (Second Life Educators) list.
I’ve also [...]

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I’ve been searching for some sample digital ethnography assignments, primarily for Second Life, that I can rework for my Cyberculture course, but I’m not finding much. Everyone I’ve talked to has pointed me to Michael Wesch’s sites (i.e. Mediated Culture and Digital Ethnography @ Kansas State University), both of which are excellent resources, but the [...]

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I made it through last semester - 14 credit hours of teaching and my own doctoral classes! My teaching load will be lightening substantially this coming semester, so hopefully I can get back to some blogging. I’m currently working on a syllabus for a class that I’m teaching in the spring entitled NCLC 350: Cybercultures [...]

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