{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"acrewdson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/acrewdson\/","title":"Misunderstanding Second Life","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"23Ssp8Q9AL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/misunderstanding-second-life\/\">Misunderstanding Second Life<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/misunderstanding-second-life\/embed\/#?secret=23Ssp8Q9AL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Misunderstanding Second Life&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"23Ssp8Q9AL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I was so excited when my article, &#8220;Discover Babylon: E-Learning Power on Second Life&#8221; came out in the November 2007 issue of School Library Journal, I couldn&#8217;t wait to share it with my mother.\u00a0 My mother, who is a non-native english speaker, who immigrated from Taiwan and doesn&#8217;t have more than a 6th grade education\u00a0in chinese, was so proud of me but didn&#8217;t understand a word that was on the page.\u00a0 I was really happy that my first magazine article would be celebrated by my\u00a0mom but equally frustrated that language and educational barriers prevented\u00a0her from understanding\u00a0my article.\u00a0 The second level of frustration comes from the fact that many of my colleagues do not understand what I have written despite the meticulous nature in which I approached the article with\u00a0incessant phone calls\u00a0to\u00a0Sachin Patil at the FAS\u00a0for clarification,\u00a0consultation with George Needham at OCLC, and Director\/Producer of Weston Woods, Paul Gagne,\u00a0to verify that\u00a0my..."}