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2008 · New Orleans

Virtual Spaces, Places and People: Exploring Second Life and First-Year Composition

Session H.26

Area: Practices of Teaching Writing · family: Teaching and pedagogy

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Morgan Reitmeyer Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN → Purdue University West Lafayette
Speakers Catherine Amelia Shuler Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN → Purdue University West Lafayette Constructing Identity in Second Life: Avatar Creation as a Form of Visual Composition
Speakers Mark Pepper Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN → Purdue University West Lafayette ‘We’re all Film Makers Here’: Using Photography and Machinima to Compose
Speakers Sarah Robbins Ball State University, Muncie, IN → Ball State University ‘Moving into Second Life’: A Case Study in Student Analysis of Virtual Space
Speakers Karen Kaiser Lee Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN → Purdue University West Lafayette ‘There and Back Again’: Second Life’s Roots and its Future
Speakers Morgan Reitmeyer Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN → Purdue University West Lafayette ‘My Avatar Doesn’t Get Hungry’: Interrogating Virtual Worlds’ Interaction with Real Life Social Issues

Source

NCTE's program, near page 193 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Virtual Spaces, Places and People: Exploring Second Life and First-Year Composition.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session H.26. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 3, 2026.