[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY cosponsors theatrical performance in a virtual world

[David Solomonoff]

This event will address how social behavior changes in cyberspace - and 
attempt to foster positive collaboration in that environment. At the 
Chapter Workshop in Philadelphia last week we discussed how ISOC can 
reach new constituencies. This is part of an ISOC-NY effort to reach out 
to creative arts community in NYC. I'll be providing a musical 
soundtrack for the event. - David

The Internet Society of New York is proud to co-sponsor:

Creating Participatory Learning Through Performance

Josephine Dorado

Saturday, October 15, 1-3pm
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Orientation Room

2 West 13 Street, Ground Floor
New York City

Part of the New School for Social Research's Mobility Shifts summit: 
provocative conversations, original ideas, engaging performances, 
workshops and art projects about learning with digital media
http://mobilityshifts.org/

Josephine Dorado is a virtual worlds and online community consultant, 
educator, interactive events producer and skydiver. She was a Fulbright 
scholarship recipient and initiated the Kidz Connect program, which 
connects youth internationally via creative collaboration and theatrical 
performance in virtual worlds. Josephine also received a MacArthur 
Foundation award to co-found Fractor.org, which matches news with 
opportunities for activism. She currently teaches at the New School and 
is the live events producer for This Spartan Life, a talk show inside 
the video game Halo.

Social behavior is radically transformed in virtual environments

Free of physical and time constraints, able to take on multiple, 
disposable identities or assume anonymity, ad hoc efforts for relief to 
victims of natural disasters and human rights initiatives come from the 
same online empowerment that allows cyber-bullying, trolls and spam.

Optimizing virtual environments for education and positive collaboration

The students in Josephine Dorado’s Collaboration in Networked 
Environments class at the New School create a theatrical performance 
using task-based performance games in a virtual world. The games demand 
active listening and interaction but participants can instantly connect 
and cooperate regardless of geographical location or previous experience 
with digital media or performance.

After the performance, the audience members can ‘embody’ an avatar and 
participate in an impromptu dance to experience the same immediacy and 
connection.

To either participate/collaborate or watch as a spectator remotely, 
register here:
http://avatardance.eventbrite.com/
and choose the "Creating Participatory Learning Through Performance - 
attending in Second Life" option

In addition, for those that want to collaborate, please have them 
contact josephine at funksoup.com

Tentative rehearsal dates/times:

Mon, Oct 10 evening, time TBA - participate in Second Life
Wed, Oct 12 evening, time TBA - participate in Second Life
Fri, Oct 14 (7-9:30pm) - at the New School

The summit is part of The New School’s Politics of Digital Culture 
conference series.

-- 
David Solomonoff, President
Internet Society of New York
president at isoc-ny.org
isoc-ny.org