Topic 1- You only live once

TOPIC 1-
Lecture One:
Lecture 1 week 1 started as a warm introduction to the course outlining all components of the subject and requirements for the semester. A brief course outline was covered by lecture Stephen Stockwell, explaining the course and what would be achieved by the end of the semester by students. Assignment tasks and what was expected by each individual was explained additionally.
The second half of the lecture consisted of watching the Four Corners documentary “Second Life”, the “Virtual Reality” computer game that is taking the world by storm.

Tutorial:
The first tutorial for the semester was an introduction of the tutor and the students in the class. Everyone participated in going around the room and saying a brief introduction about themselves. The course outline and assignments were explained in more detail to the lecture and gone through as a class. A survey about email and the use of the internet was also taken by the class as we were going through the learning@griffith website.
The next half of the tute consisted of an in class discussion on” Second Life”, the Four Corners documentary that’s sweeping the world. “Second Life” is the new “Virtual Reality” computer game that is making thousands of dollars from thousands of users around the world. “Second Life” is a computer game where users can escape from reality by creating an ‘Avatar’ and designing everything from body shape, to clothing lines.