Italian+309+-+Italian+Conversation

Dr. Gina Miele is teaching a course in the Spring in which she plans to use Second Life.

What we need from you is to generate a list of places around SL that are either owned by Italians from Italy, frequented by Italians (who are speaking Italian) or are recreations 0of places that are in Italy (meaning, actually places like the Vatican or cities like Rome).

Each of you, please add at least 3 destinations below. Include the SLURL, a description, and the activity level when you were there. A second part of this assigment will be for each of you to visit the locations that the others have posted, add your comments, and an indication of how many people were there when you were there (meaning, all of you should list what time of the day you were there - in Eastern time, not Second Life time)

[UPDATE] After the location name and SLURL, please put your name in brackets [AJ]

[UPDATE #2] I am adding something to this assignement. I'd also like each of you to contribute three (3) names of groups in SL that are either about Italian language or culture or for Italians. I'm putting the chart for that at the bottom of the page, below all of the locations listed.

[UPDATE #3] Someone passed the numbered items below to me. Please do for those what we did for the ones below it.


 * 1) ** City of Lecce, main square. There are always a few people around. The Lecce sim is quite big and has many places to visit. ** Sky, visited at 1:00pm, met 2 other visitors, they were group members. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ Acacia%20Island/105/109/23
 * 2) **Lecce dancing club. Can be fun, they also dance on a lot of Italian music ...** Sky, visited at 1:25pm, no visitors here, cool dancefloor effects. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ Acacia%20Island/157/116/4
 * 3) **Torino main square. There are usually quite a lot of Italians around. One problem: it lags ...** Sky, visited at 1:40pm, over 30 visitors here, lots of Italian conversation, very lagged. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ Italia%202%20Torino/100/191/33
 * 4) **Milano main square.** Sky, visited at 2:25pm, about 14 visitors here, alot of Italian convo. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ Italia%204%20Milano/18/7/33
 * 5) **Italian sandbox. Can be useful if you have to build something.** Sky visited at 3:00pm, 5 visitors here, they were building a giant twister/ hurricane + there is a cool English/Italian chat translator in this area. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ INDIRE/212/119/23
 * 6) **Imparafacile, startup area. Imparafacile is a very large sim, it has a lot of interesting places, such as a holodeck, a place where you can take pics of yourself etc etc ... it can be very useful for teachers and the people running it are VERY helpful.** Sky visited at 3:51pm, met 2 helpful visitors who asked about holding a group class seminar in the future. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ Imparafacile/106/26/22
 * 7) **Itland Jazz club, a relaxing place for a chat** Sky, visited at 4:32pm, 5 visitors here, mild Italian banter, a freebie store with clothes. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ ITLAND/44/207/21
 * 8) **Italia & Italia still building at the moment, they have a few Italian monuments which they can put up for you if you want to show the students.** Sky visited at 4:50pm, no other visitors here, but a cool rabbit hole teleportation device to get around. http://slurl.com/secondlife/ Earthball/48/23/76

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Italy%20Orientation/55/145/24 [Sky] This is an orientation island for first-time SecondLifers, or newbies. All the instructions here are written entirely in Italian. There were 5 visitors at this site, but they didn't respond and acted like security guards. You may want to mute your sound button here, unless you like adult classic rock remixed into techno. __Ulani__ //Visited at 3:04pm// ,7 visitors on this island. __Robin__ visited at 4:43 on Jan 25, 2010. 2 people were online
 * Tutorial Italiano, Italy Orientation (135, 67, 26)**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gallerie%20della%20Memoria/43/34/42 [Sky] This is a sim based on the existing WW1 museum gallery and exhibit installation in Trento, Italy. It shows black and white depictions of how World War I impacted Italian life and culture. There weren't any people in this sim at all during the afternoon. __Ulani__ //Visited 3:12pm,// 0 visitors on this island. The site is visually appealing and had many different galleries to choose from. __Robin__ visited at 4:44 on Jan 25, 2010. 0 people were online
 * Gallerie della Memoria, Gallerie della Memoria** **(110, 128, 41)**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Roma%20centro/86/127/36 [Sky] This is an Italian chess club, they have instructions (in Italian) and chess tables all around this area. I lost 3 times to another visitor. __Robin__ visited at 4:45 on Jan 25, 2010. 24 people were online
 * Crotone, CAISSA SCACCHI Italian Chess Tour SL** **(35, 140, 22)**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Roma%20centro/86/127/36 [Sky] This is an area based on modern Rome. There are plenty of Italian and Spanish speaking people here, socializing during the mid-day.
 * Roma centro - Piazza di Spagna (86, 127, 36)**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/ITLAND/120/126/29 [Ulani] This island is a social network for Italian-speaking SL members. ITLAND offers an orientation island for SL newbies, freebies and entertainment. Once you arrive, a note card invites avatars to join the group ITLAND Social Network Island. Everything is written in Italian. This site was active and 10 visitors upon arrival. Avatars seemed friendly and open to communication.
 * ITLAND; Italian Social Network Help Island (120,126,31)**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/toscana/175/217/25 [Ulani] This island is a virtual simulation of the landscape and architecture of Tuscany, Italy. Toscana has teleport stations around the island to different historical Italian monuments.There was 1 visitor at this site. This island is beautiful designed and peaceful.
 * Toscana Uniciale (Italia) - Offical Tuscany Italty (161,177,44)**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Experience%20Italy%20W/247/2/26 [Ulani] This island is a place to experience Italian culture.A virtual simulation of Rome. You can shop ,view Italian art adn they even have an Italian Apple Store ! Signs were in both languages, English and Italian.The site had no visitors.
 * Experience Italy (247,2,26)**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Italia%204%20Milano/35/23/33 There was a lot of traffic when I rezzed here, but I think there was a problem with the server, there was a lot of chatter about problems and I couldn't move my character too much. Will stop by again later. This is a very popular spot, with about 20 avatars here at 3:00PM
 * Italia Vera: Milano Vera, Provincia di Italia Vera [Steve]**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mitcom%20Experience/94/47/136 A detailed "town square" type area with shops, apartments, and buildings. There is also a balloon ride and an interactive drum kit. There were 3 other avatars at 12:21PM
 * Mitcom Experience - Mantova - Italia - Italy** **[Steve]**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Torino%20Italy/128/129/36 This island has a lot of shops, places to hang out (where people are speaking in Italian and French) and there are some other attractions, like a pretty big and elaborate dance floor. There is also a race track here. There were 5 other avatars at 12:01PM This place is still lag slowly at 2:45PM, with only 7 avatars in view. It has persistent problems and I was automatically logged out.
 * Torino Italy (126,143,36)** **[Steve]**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Velinissimo/64/106/32 This Island was of, if you have yet to guess, a beach. There were a few Italians that were online and they were social enough to me as a newcomer. This place had a beach (another "duh"), a plaza square, gazebos, a dance club/lounge/bar, houses that are available for rent (100L a day a believe) as well as a few Italian fashion stores (which the items were not free). There were 6 other avatars online at 12:37 PM
 * Italy - BLUE BAY BEACH (69, 225, 27) [Robin]**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/INDIRE//121/122/23 This area is an area for Learning some basics of second life with the instruction being (as you guessed) in Italian. They provided a few lessons in scripting, textures, and a large sandbox to let your creativity run wild. There were 13 other avatars online at 12:50//
 * SecondLearning Italy (121, 122, 23) [Robin]**

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Prada169/85/22 This area is a recreation of the Italian city of Venice. The majority of the area is water while the majority of the paths are narrow walkways leading from one building to another. There were gondolas pre-scripted to give free rides through the city. There were 8 other avatars online at 12:55 PM
 * Italy Venezia Venice Gondola Yacht Boat Sailing Race Waves Roma (169, 85, 22)[Robin]**

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