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-====== Discussion Preparation 3 (Being an Avatar) ======
+====== Discussion Preparation 4 (Being an Avatar) ======
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 ===== Your task =====
-* You need to use an avatar inside an online graphical environment. You need to make sure to attempt some social interaction with other online people. Just introduce yourselves to them and say and do what you like, for example you could simply state that you are doing a class project ;-) There are many free avatar-based social worlds online, here are some of the most popular ones at the moment:
+  * You need to use an avatar inside an online graphical environment and attempt social interaction with other online people. Just introduce yourselves to them and say and do what you like, for example you could simply state that you are doing a class project and would like to ask a few questions ;-) There are many free avatar-based social worlds online, here are some of the most popular ones at the moment:
-  * [[ http://secondlife.com/ | Second Life ]]
+    * [[ http://secondlife.com/ | Second Life ]]
-  * [[ http://www.bluemarsonline.com/ | Blue Mars Online ]]
+    * [[ http://www.bluemarsonline.com/ | Blue Mars Online ]]
-  * [[ http://www.imvu.com/ | IMVU Chat ]]
+    * [[ http://www.imvu.com/ | IMVU Chat ]]
-Feel free to use other ones if you like. If you pick a game world (you can get free trial memberships for most of them, here is a [[http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/show/released|list of online worlds]]), make sure that you get an animated avatar and that you engage in some social interaction.
+  * Feel free to use other online environments if you like. If you pick a game world (you can get free trial memberships for most of them, here is a [[http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/show/released|list of online game worlds]]), make sure that you get an animated avatar and that you engage in some social interaction.
-* Bring to class your answer to the following question:
+  * Bring to class your answer to the following question:
-  * Is avatar-based interaction with other people different from face-to-face interaction? If so, how? If not, why not?
+    * Is avatar-based interaction with other people different from face-to-face interaction? If so, how? If not, why not?