Traveling on The Digital Media Superhighway

There I am. Riding in what my former inner city high school students would call a "hoopde." I never fully realized the significance of this image until now. Packing my bags and driving back and forth from Erie to Pittsburgh as well as from Pittsburgh to Erie twice a week (to work, go to grad. classes and to be with family and friends). Driving down the road (the metaphor of my life right now) as I navigate between the diverse worlds of being a mother, artist, a student and a teacher... As I contemplate what this means in my weekly commute of two hour reflection each direction, I realize that I am learning how each of my identities feeds and informs the other. I am now excited to be navigating between the worlds of technology and the arts and I am working on a paper that involves exploring aesthetic education in interactive technology environments including virtual worlds. I was thinking of a conversation I had with Mara yesterday about us inviting guests to our Aesthetic Technologist podcasts. She had suggested we invite Dr. Maxine Greene which is very exciting to think about. I think it would be interesting to think about the role of art, aesthetic education and imagination in virtual worlds (and Second Life) and perhaps talk to Dr. Greene about what this means. I will get back in my hoopde and drive a bit more thinking about how to make that happen. Anyone out there have any thoughts?