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Just Ask the Avatar in the Front Row

5/1/2007

“Relaxed” and “easy” are the most common descriptions of There.com, says Gelman, who relates that the avatars often reflect at least one revealing aspect of their owners’ personalities. One wears a zoot suit, sports an Afro, and flies in and out of classes; another appears in khaki pants, a buttondown shirt, and a goatee. While students learn, “they have the freedom to be playful,” she stresses. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

::WEBEXTRA :: Discover a brave new world of advanced teaching technologies :: Learn more about educational games at the Campus Technology 2007 session, “Playing the Course: Gaming in the Curriculum,” in Washington, DC, July 30-Aug. 2.


Neal Starkman is a freelance writer based in Seattle.

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