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Slide 1: Teaching & Learning in Second Life An Open Virtual World with Educational Environments
: Beginning a new life Who’s already in SL? What are they doing? What is this world? What is Second Life?
First Encounter :First Encounter
Immersion :Immersion
An Evolving Process :An Evolving Process Novelty Valuable platform Disillusionment
Novelty :Novelty
Disillusionment :Disillusionment “ Second Life
Trouble in Geekland
It's the sort of drama written for Second Life nerds. CNET writer Daniel Terdiman nabbed an exclusive! hot! interview with supposed second-life millionaire Ailin Graef. After the interview started, Terdiman and Second-Life publicist were assaulted with animated flying penises. You can't make this crap up. But virtual reality geeks can.”
http://valleywag.com/tech/second-life/trouble-in-geekland-223304.php Griefers Sexual Fantasy
Valuable platform for teaching and learning :Valuable platform for teaching and learning
Machinima Tour of SL :Machinima Tour of SL Click on image to play video 3minutes
Web version: http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/~emccarthy/myvideos/videopage.html
The Natives are Restless :The Natives are Restless
Linden Labs :Linden Labs
Avatars :Avatars virtual persona
Some Features & Tools :Some Features & Tools Communication
text/voice, IM
Notecards/dropboxes
Groups
Babbler –language translation
Movement
walk, fly, teleport
landmarks, search
camera controls (views)
Building & Scripting
making objects and animating them
Textures & images
Currency
exchange rate fluctuates at around $260 Linden to $1 United States.
Transversing worlds :Transversing worlds
Web 3D :Web 3D
Teleporting to the other world :Teleporting to the other world
Becoming an Early Adopter :Becoming an Early Adopter Click on image to play video 3minutes
http://www.zonorus.marlboro.edu/~emccarthy/flashvideos/ZenoMarbach/ZenoMarbachFlash.html
An Early Adopter :An Early Adopter Click on image to play video 4minutes
http://www.zonorus.marlboro.edu/~emccarthy/flashvideos/ChasPera/ChasPera.html
Teaching in Second Life :Teaching in Second Life Click on image to play video
http://www.zonorus.marlboro.edu/~emccarthy/flashvideos/FutchaRhode/FutchaRhode.html
Teaching in Second Life :Teaching in Second Life Click on image to play video
http://www.zonorus.marlboro.edu/~emccarthy/flashvideos/Intellagirl/Intellagirl.html
Second Life Highlights :Second Life Highlights Allows for engaging students in the “doing”
creating content, exploration, experiential learning
Immersive
Sense of real presence in the virtual world
Social, connect to others in the real world
You don’t have to be an expert
“Fun” factor
Imaginative/creative learning environment
References :References The Proteus Effect: http://www.nickyee.com/pubs/Yee%20&%20Bailenson%20-%20Proteus%20Effect%20(in%20press).pdf
A. Gronstedt, 8/2007 ( pg.1, par. 7) http://www.gronstedtgroup.com/pdf/T_D_Magazine_secondlife_article_07.pdf
2008 Horizon Report Released at EDUCAUSE ELI conference. Retrieved February 28, 2008, from The New Media Consortium Web site: http://www.nmc.org/horizon/
Gibson, D., Aldrich. C., Prensky, M. , Games & Simulations in Online Learning, Information Science Publishing, Hershey, PA (2007)
Prensky, M (2001). Mark Prensky. Retrieved February 12, 2008, from Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Web site: http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf
Resources :Resources Second Life:
http://secondlife.com/
http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/education#sled
http://blog.secondlife.com/
Tutorials:
http://trainingvideos.hscs.wmin.ac.uk/second1/index.html
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials
http://youtube.com/profile?user=Torley
Educational Sites re SL:
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib
http://connect.educause.edu/browse/content/node/2176,54,141/feed
http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/
Marc Prensky: http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp
David Gibson: http://www.globalchallengeaward.org/managementteam/david_gibson.html
Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins: http://www.intellagirl.com/
Sample sites in SL :Sample sites in SL List of Universities, Colleges, Institutions in SL:
http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL
Harvard
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/119/57/25
ISTE Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/211/148/23
Exploratorium (science Fridays)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/worlds/secondlife/
Virtual Hallucinations, Univ. California
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ais/virtualhallucinations/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sedig/26/45/22
Languages
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Globalink/123/152/24
SL Showcase
http://secondlife.com/showcase/
Slide 25:Elizabeth McCarthy
Walden, Vermont
mccarthy@fairpoint.net
www.mccarthyefolio.org
http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/~emccarthy/
Ebliu Maktoum, Avatar
Second Life May 5, 2008
Credits :Credits Images from Flickr.com By NMC, Second Life