2.  Wiki: websites with sophisticated methods for posting, tracking and
resolving edits to information. (Gentle 46)
 Virtual World: a simulated reality; a fantasy world we can step in and out
of by virtue of technology or (2) a part of the real that is not actual event
(real and current, as in past and future states). (New Media 430)
 Simulation: from simulacra or self-moving things that look like
something they imitate or (2) when the representation (sign) and the
thing being represented (real) have collapsed in such a way that it’s
impossible to distinguish between them (from mimesis to simulation);
can be experienced as real even when no corresponding thing exists
outside of the simulation itself or (3) a synthetic, counterfeit or artificial
creation (and the computer programs that create them); a produced
reality, mathematically structured, w/o representing already existing
phenomena and systems. (New Media 42-3, 428)

3.  Immersive
 Embodied—having and being conscious of
having bodies
 Technologically imaginative—projects
dissatisfactions with social reality and desires for
better society
 Degree of mimesis—real, representation, virtual,
simulation

4.  Play—competitive (agon); chance (alea); make-believe (mimicry);
dizziness (ilinx); characterized by adherence to rules (ludus) or
active, tumultuous, and spontaneous (paidia).
 Instrumental play—use of technologies for practical, educational,
productive rather than pleasurable ends, thereby devaluing
nonproductive ends
 Hacking and cheats—open-source, anti-authoritarian approaches
in coding and computer use; providing codes or passwords to gain
access to another level of the game or to change game
parameters.
 Interactivity and identification

5.  Portability (Gentle 145)
 Collaborative (Gentle 152-164)
 Transparency—knowledge produced in it can
be traced
 Access control (Gentle 145)
 “Round tripping”—conversion from source
to wiki and back (Gentle 164)

6.  Virtual Worlds(Zappen et al., Sherlock)
 Estonia’s Virtual Embassy in Second Life
 Boston’s City Hall in Second Life
 State of Missouri Virtual Recruiting
 Wikis (Gentle 175-181)
 Adobe Labs wiki
 STC Body of Knowledge wiki
 OpenWetWare wiki

7.  Should the program use the media? Why or
why not? How or how not? What key quality
makes the media ripe (or problematic) for
use?
 Group answers