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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