Slide 1:An Open Virtual World with Educational Environments Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades Second Life Component Summer 2008


Linden Labs :Linden Labs Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades


SL Contains Adult Content :SL Contains Adult Content “ 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 Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades


Slide 4:Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades Photo by NCM Second Life Teen Second Life “I wish I could give them each $100 and put them on a bus and take them to the mall where they could shop and dine and figure out sale prices and calculate tips and manage their money.” Fast forward to our latest project! Flea Market Math on Ramapo Island http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/


Avatars :Avatars virtual persona Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades


Some SL Features & Tools :Some SL 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. Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades


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


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 Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades


Slide 9:Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2042345808314114253&hl=en


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 Ramapo Island – on the TeenGrid http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/ 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/ Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades


Resources :Resources Second Life: http://secondlife.com/ http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/education#sled http://blog.secondlife.com/ http://teen.secondlife.com/whatis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Second_Life http://www.metaversedl.org/ri.htm https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators (SL Ed Listserv) Tutorials: http://trainingvideos.hscs.wmin.ac.uk/second1/index.html http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials http://youtube.com/profile?user=Torley Marc Prensky: http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp David Gibson: http://www.globalchallengeaward.org/managementteam/david_gibson.html Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades


Slide 12:Elizabeth McCarthy Avatar name: Ebliu Maktoum mccarthy@fairpoint.net www.mccarthyefolio.org Proportional Reasoning in the Middle Grades