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Studio Sessions

Posted August 1st, 2007 by Alan Levine

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. During each of five class meetings, you will learn a new skill or technique that may be applied to your final project, and you will have a chance to work on your project with your mentor there to answer questions as they arise. Each Studio course includes ten hours of instruction and supervised work time; additional time may be needed to complete your assignment.

Enrollment in Studio classes is limited to 20 people per topic and requires pre-registration. Those who register early for the Symposium will have the first opportunity to sign up for a Studio session.

Machinima: The Art of Video in Second Life

Mentors:

  • Stella Costello
  • Kirk Kirkorian

Participants should have basic Second Life skills, including a solid understanding of camera movement in SL, and should have a story idea in mind before the first session.

Fashion: Virtual Haute Couture

Mentors:

  • CJ Carnot
  • Solivar Scarbourough

Participants should have a working knowledge of graphics software like Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, basic Second Life skills, and should have a clothing or fashion design idea in mind before the first session.

Sculpture and Modeling: Expressing Yourself in Prims

Mentors:

  • Ravenelle Zugzwang
  • Stella Costello
  • Shukran Fahid

This is not a class for beginners, but rather people who already have a working knowledge of how to build in Second Life and which to move to the next level. Participants should have a working knowledge of graphics software like Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, good basic Second Life building skills, and should have a project idea in mind before the first session.

Virtual Photography: Capturing the Wonder of Virtual Reality

Mentors:

  • Torley Olmstead
  • Ravenelle Zugzwang

Participants should have basic Second Life photography skills and should have a shooting plan in mind before the first session.

Teaching: Thinking Beyond Prim and Mortar -- Building Creative and Immersive Classroom Environments in Second Life

Mentors:

  • Beth Ritter-Guth, aka Desideria Stockton, Lehigh Carbon Community College
  • Eloise Pasteur, Eloise Pasteur Educational Designs

How does a teacher create an immersive environment while maintaining course objectives? How does one create a classroom that is not like the real life deal? This workshop will provide 20 educators with the opportunity to build immersive learning environments by working with Content Designer, Desideria Stockton, and Educational Builder/Scripter, Eloise Pasteur. This is a hands-on, week-long workshop and will allow participants to build content effectively, ethically, and immersively in Second Life.

Participants should have basic building and scripting skills and should have a lesson plan in mind before the first session.

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