Kathy Schrock is in the house! I just walked into the ICT Library in Second Life with a celebrity. Started a conversation with an avatar, just a simple “Nice shirt” to open the channel. She was wearing the ISTE long sleeve, one of my favorites. She said she liked it, that I could get one too, and after a bit of chat she she posted her URL in the chat box.

Kathy D: My site is here if you want to take a look sometime.

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

I am not so aggressive with the acronyms, but found the letters “O-M-G” jumping out of my fingertips. She explained that it was only her second visit into the grid, given her first visit had brought a grief attack (watch those public spaces!). When she expressed her skepticism regarding user-generated content, I should have said “Nice shirt” again. Instead, I mentioned Curriki. She then brought up her stance regarding Wikipedia…

Kathy D: Thanks, I hope I still have keen insight today! I am a blogger, but am a tad at odds with the current thinking that the masses will create the content. I am the Wikipedia-hater…

So, here was another lesson from the metaverse:

’tis a level playing field.

(Should have grabbed a snapshot. Doh!)