Alice Burgess: November 2007 Archives

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Please join us for the exhibit opening, Sunday, December 2, 3:00 - 6:00 pm SLT

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/45/209/23

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Please Sir, May I Have Some More:
Students and Teachers Digest Dickens

Announcing an exhibit of K-12 student- and teacher-created materials related to the works of Charles Dickens, to be held simultaneously on the main and teen grids in Second Life.

Students worldwide share the experience of reading Dickens at some point during their school careers.  The primary goal of this exhibit is to bring together a variety of works representing student impressions of Dickens.  We hope the final product will offer a unique perspective on a common student experience and serve as a resource for educators and students in Second Life.

In this exhibit, librarians Alice Burgess and Lydia Bracken leave the comfort of the Victorian Age and travel to the future to explore the continued relevance of the works of Mr. Dickens for students in the 21st century.  The main grid exhibit, hosted in Caledon at the Whitehorn Memorial Library, will also include Second Life objects created specifically for the exhibit by Teen Second Life residents.  The teen grid site, Eye4You Alliance Island, will include Victorian-themed objects and clothing from builders in Caledon.  By bringing objects between the two locations, we hope to promote learning and understanding between residents of the two grids.  Caledon residents will be able to see for themselves the talent of the teen grid.  And teen grid residents, who will eventually move to the main grid, will have an opportunity to become familiar with the rich world of Caledon.

This is the first time an exhibit has been held simultaneously in the teen and adult worlds in Second Life.



Eye4You Alliance Island is sponsored by the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Visit our website:  http://eye4youalliance.youthtech.info/. 

The exhibit is sponsored on the Main Grid by The Caledon Library. The Library serves the Independent State of Caledon, a neo-Victorian and Steampunk nation. We maintain a collection of primary and secondary materials from and about the real and imagined 19th century, for the use of residents and other interested parties. We also host exhibits, book talks, lectures, and the occasional donnybrook. The Caledon library is a branch of the Alexandrian Free Library of Lovelace, Caledon, and Abitibi.