Teaching in Second Life Workshop
Brenda Kerr: 615-904-8191 / [email protected]
Instructional Technology Specialist
Middle Tennessee State University
Teaching in Second Life Workshop
July 20, 2011
Table of Contents
Teaching in Second Life Workshop ................................................................................... 1
Teaching in Second Life Workshop ............................................................................... 1
Second Life Education Website .................................................................................. 1
Transcript Notes from VWER Meetings .................................................................... 1
How can Second Life be used for Teaching and Learning? ........................................... 1
Things to Consider When Teaching in SL ...................................................................... 1
Gaining Access to the MTSU Island as an Instructor ................................................. 2
Tutorials ........................................................................................................................ 3
Premium Membership ..................................................................................................... 3
What do I get with a Premium account? ..................................................................... 3
What it the cost of a Premium, Second Life Membership? ........................................ 3
Scheduling a Second Life Course/Learning Activity on MTSU's Island ................... 3
Giving Students Access to the MTSU Island ................................................................. 4
Keeping Track of Students Who Have Been Given Access to the Island ...................... 6
MTSU Campus Facilities ................................................................................................ 6
Specific Locations on the Main MTSU Island ........................................................... 6
Faculty Training on the Use of Second Life ............................................................... 7
Second Life Skills ................................................................................................... 7
Second Life Features and Capabilities .................................................................... 7
Communication ................................................................................................... 7
Collaboration....................................................................................................... 7
Media .................................................................................................................. 7
Resources ................................................................................................................ 7
MTSU Second Life Course Proposals .................................................................... 7
Activity Categories to stimulate instructional ideas ........................................... 7
Educator Tools for Second Life ...................................................................................... 9
Example – Teacher-Made Tools ................................................................................. 9
Media Boards .......................................................................................................... 9
Websites to Stimulate More Ideas .................................................................................. 9
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Education and Non Profits Sites ............................................................................. 9
Problem Based Learning in Second Life .......................................................... 11
More Educational Sites in Second Life ............................................................ 12
Ed Tech Instructional Design Tour ............................................................................... 13
Building in Second Life ................................................................................................ 15
Building a Media Board ........................................................................................ 15
Notecards .............................................................................................................. 20
Resources ...................................................................................................................... 20
Tools for use in Second Life ......................................................................................... 20
Builder Tools ............................................................................................................ 20
Teacher Created ........................................................................................................ 21
Media Boards ........................................................................................................ 21
Commercial Projects ................................................................................................. 21
Teaching Tools.......................................................................................................... 21
Attendance Takers ................................................................................................ 21
Delivery Pre-Scripted Text Presentations/Talks ................................................... 22
Multi-Use Tools .................................................................................................... 22
Mysti Tool ......................................................................................................... 22
Poll the Audience .................................................................................................. 23
Brainstorming ....................................................................................................... 23
Second Life Viewer 2 Tools ................................................................................. 24
Other Tool Tutorials and Resources ..................................................................... 24
Equation editors .................................................................................................... 24
Video ..................................................................................................................... 24
Play Recorded Video ........................................................................................ 24
Steam Live Video ............................................................................................. 24
Tools to Facilitate Showing/Editing Recorded Video ...................................... 25
Tools for Recording Your Own Second Life Video / Screen Capture Software
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Collaboration Boards and Documents .................................................................. 26
Video conferencing ............................................................................................... 26
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Second Life Links to Free Tools ........................................................................... 26
Search Engines or Directories for Virtual Worlds ................................................ 26
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http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/secondlife/instructors.htm
Second Life Education Website
http://education.secondlife.com/
Transcript Notes from VWER Meetings
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Virtual Worlds Education - http://virtualworldsedu.info/
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http://www.wver.org – New site for transcripts
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http://www.vwer.org/ - Old Transcripts
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Which Grid for Me? Pros and Cons of VW Grids for Teaching
- http://virtualworldsedu.info/vwer/110224.html
How can Second Life be used for Teaching and Learning?
Teaching in Second Life can be done very simply with very little setup time once students have
created avatars and learned the basics of moving around in Second Life. Activities that require
only a place to hold class (the MTSU Second Life Island) and possibly a microphone include;
discussing and debating topics, holding a question and answer session, holding study sessions,
practicing foreign languages, and role playing (role playing could require additional work to set
up).
Activities requiring a bit more set up time include; displaying class projects for peer review (art,
music, clothing design, etc.), working through case studies, game playing, designing in Second
Life (clothing, buildings, interiors, programming (scripting), simulating real life situations
(medical cases, crime scenes, museums, books, genetics experiments), presenting (faculty to
student or student to class), peer review, performing (music, theatre), studying and applying the
physics of virtual worlds and games, using math skills to build buildings and other Second Life
items, and training (social workers, psychologists, police, early responders - this may also
involve creating simulations).
Things to Consider When Teaching in SL
Important Note: Review the guidelines for the use of Second Life prior to planning your Second
Life activities. Contact the Faculty Instructional Technology Center (FITC), 615-904-8189, to
schedule time to discuss your instructional plans with FITC staff.
MTSU Policy Considerations - If your Second Life learning activity includes a mandatory real
time activity, the day/dates and times of the mandatory real time activity must be listed in the
Schedule of Classes.
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Legal Considerations - FERPA provisions that safeguard student privacy prohibit mandating
students to use their real identity in publicly viewed areas or data bases. More specifically, rather
than require students to use their real names, keep a key of the avatar names tied to class
members names in your D2L course site. (Note: FERPA = Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act.)
Practical Considerations - (1) There is a limit of 40 avatars at a time on the MTSU Second Life
islands. (2) There is no Help Desk support for using the Second Life platform so faculty
members need to be willing and able to provide technical support for their students. (3) Faculty
electing to use the Second Life facilities need to provide for their own materials. (4) Faculty
electing to use the Second Life e-campus facilities need to know how to deal with a griefer* that
may attempt to disrupt a learning activity.
*A griefer is a name for a Second Life Resident who harasses other residents. Griefing is a
violation of the Second Life Terms of Service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griefer
Gaining Access to the MTSU Island as an Instructor
1. Send your avatar's name to Brenda Kerr - [email protected]
2. Brenda will send you an invitation to MTSU's Second Life group.
3. Log into Second Life and accept the group membership invitation.
4. Come back to this page and click on this SLurl http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/163/97/24 to access a web page
link that will open your SL viewer (if it is not open) and take you to the MTSU island. If
the viewer was open you will need to verify that you want to teleport to the MTSU
Island.
5. Landmark the island (World menu) once you arrive so that you can get back to it.
6. You have been given teacher privileges on the island, which means you can build things
on the island. If you build something put it back in your inventory before you leave.
Note: If you join another group and have that group activated when you land on the
MTSU Island you will not be able to build. You will need to activate the MTSU group
before you can build again.
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Tutorials
Deleting Duplicate Second Life Landmarks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOL1tJdA3NU
Premium Membership
If you intend to make many purchases, you might want to buy a Premium Second Life account.
What do I get with a Premium account?
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A home in a neighborhood that you choose
Access to Live Chat and Ticket Support
An Initial grant of L$1,000
(The Premium bonus is for new Premium accounts and for accounts which upgrade from Basic
to Premium)
Weekly stipend of L$300 (even if you don't log in)
The ability to purchase a 512 square meter plot of land on the mainland before any
maintenance fees kick in
What it the cost of a Premium, Second Life Membership?
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Yes, US$7.50/month if billed quarterly (US$22.50)
US$6.00/month if billed annually (US$72.00)
Scheduling a Second Life Course/Learning Activity on MTSU's Island
Contact Brenda Kerr (aka Brenda Jericho in Second Life) to schedule the use of any of the
MTSU Second Life campus facilities listed below ([email protected] or 615-904-8191).
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Giving Students Access to the MTSU Island
1. Click the people icon on the Second Life viewer
browser menu.
2. Click “My Groups”
3. Click the MTSU Steward group to choose it.
4. Click the white arrow at the right. It allows you
to view the profile of the group.
5. Click the Roles button
6. Click the invite button. (The Group Invitation
window will display.)
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7. Click the Open Resident Chooser button
8. Type in a name to search for and click the
Go button.
9. Click the Select button.
10. Click Send Invitations.
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Keeping Track of Students Who Have Been Given Access to the Island
We ask that you help us out by listing the students whom you have given access to the MTSU SL
Island by adding them to your person page on out Second Life Student online database (URL
will be posted). Send email to Brenda Kerr requesting access to this site and that a page be added
for your students. You will only need to log in, click on the link to your page, and choose to edit
the page to add your students to this site. .
MTSU Campus Facilities
SLurl to the MTSU’s Island: (Access by permission only at this time)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/163/97/24
Specific Locations on the Main MTSU Island
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Student Lounge #1(upper floor of Orientation building):
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/210/114/33
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MTSU Quad (Main campus gateway):
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/166/95/25 or
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/89/132/40
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Classroom #1(outdoor classroom):
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/56/57/26
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Classroom #2(amphitheatre):
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/180/68/25
(Note: You will need to turn around to see the Amphitheatre once you arrive. It should be
to your right.)
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Classroom #3(roof of KOM building):
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/124/85/41
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Sandbox:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Island/92/59/24
Note: The boundaries of the sandbox are marked by small columns. Sometimes you will
see a grid on the ground, also.
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Computer Science Island:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MTSU%20Computer%20Science/139/129/27
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Tennessee Center for Child Welfare:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/TCCW/57/185/251
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MTSU’s Using Second Life in Higher Education Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Second-Life-in-the-Higher-EducationClassroom/275526501892
Faculty Training on the Use of Second Life
Numerous training opportunities are available to learn more about the use of MTSU's Second
Life campus. Contact Brenda Kerr to learn more about faculty training.
Second Life Skills
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MTSU Island Second Life Orientation Building – Starts on the first floor.
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Orientation at Caledon Oxbridge:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/93/197/28
Second Life Features and Capabilities
Communication
 Text via chat and/or voice, via a computer microphone.
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You and your students can set Second Life preferences so that chat conversations are
saved to a text file on each user’s computer.
Collaboration
 Google documents can be shared and edited by multiple people on a prim.
(Note: You may want to make the document open to editing by anyone to facilitate quick
and easy editing in your Second Life classroom.)
Media
 You may play many types of media in Second Life such as MP4 video or YouTube
video. Teachers can display and navigate Web pages within Second Life.
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Slide share presentations. http://www.slideshare.com
Resources
MTSU Second Life Course Proposals
http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/secondlife/proposals.htm
Activity Categories to stimulate instructional ideas
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Activities that require only a place to hold class (MTSU Second Life Island) and possibly
a microphone
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o Discussion / Debate
o Question and Answer period
o Study Groups
o Practice learning foreign languages
(Practice with classmates but also pair up with a class from a country that speaks
that language.)
o Role Playing (Could require additional work to set up)
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Cultures
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Relationships
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Court cases
Activities that require set up
o Display class projects for peer review
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Art
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Music
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Clothing Design
o Case Studies
o Game playing
o Design
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Clothing Design
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Architectural Design
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Interior Design
o Simulation
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Medical case studies with robot patients
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Crime scenes
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Museums
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Books
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Genetics experiments
o Presentations with peer review or questions from students
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Student presentations
o Performance
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Music: Perform a concert
o Physics:
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Create realistic experiences in SL by studying and applying the physics of
virtual worlds and games.
o Math skills
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Use math skills to build buildings and other Second Life items
o Computer Science or Computer Information systems
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Design and program Second Life buildings and features.
o Training
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Social workers
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Anti-terrorism
Educator Tools for Second Life
Teachers can make their own tools, find free tools, and buy commercial tools. See the Resources
section of this document for more examples.
Example – Teacher-Made Tools
Media Boards
Create your own media boards and display web based content or uploaded image on them.
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Display a website that has clickable links (You can also limit this capability.)
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Display online presentations (SlideShare, Google presentation?, iSpring, ….)
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Display a Google Document
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Display a Google form that submits (collect information or quiz students)
Note: Embed this Google form into a standard web page and then link to the page.
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Display a YouTube or Teacher Tube video.
Websites to Stimulate More Ideas
Current Educational Sites in Second Life
Education and Non Profits Sites
http://secondlife.com/destinations/learning
The following SLurls need to be checked
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Second Life's Education Page http://education.secondlife.com/
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MTSU Instructors and Second Life- http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/secondlife/instructors.htm
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List of Education Sites - Second Life website:
http://maps.secondlife.com/index.php?q=education&s=Places
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Second Life’s Resources for Educators:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:Educators
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SLED Mailing List: https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators
o SLED Sample Postings
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MERLOT
o MERLOT in Second Life
CLIVE Island in Second Life, the first space for MERLOT in a virtual world may
be found at http://slurl.com/secondlife/clive/81/174/55/ , while the CLIVE
MERLOT space on the web is http://clive.merlot.org/index.html. If you have
questions or would like more information, please contact Jonathon Richter:
[email protected]
o MERLOT Second Life Learning Objects :
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=Second+Life
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Info Island – Way with Words
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/54/227/40
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Brenda Kerr’s Second Life Delicious Bookmarks
http://delicious.com/brendakerr/SecondLIfeEducation
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Transformational Learning
http://imagilearning.com/content/tranceformational-learning
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Virtual Olivia: SL Teleport Sites and SL Related Links
http://virtuallyolivia.blogspot.com/
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New Media Consortium: The New Media Consortium has created the NMC Campus to
further the efforts of teaching, learning, communication in virtual space.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/139/225/42
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VIRTLANTIS: A Free Resource & Open Community for Virtual Language Learning http://secondlifeenglish.com/
Don’t log in to the webpage. Just teleport to the Second Life location.
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RezEd, the online hub for practitioners using virtual worlds: http://rezedhub.ning.com/
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Virtual Worlds Educational Round Table:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montclair%20State%20CHSSSouth/36/132/23
This is a meeting of Educators that happens most Thursday nights at 4:30 pm Central
time.
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EdTech Island: Go here for free teacher stuff!
Open to public. Sponsored by Boise State University, supporting teachers; education, teaching, sandbox,
teacher, educational technology, teach, educator, build, building, tutorials, builders, builder, free scripts,
textures, sounds, free.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/EdTech/130/124/25
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Second Life Educator’s mailing list:
https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators
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ISTE Island:
Second Life home of the International Society for Technology in Education. Visit us
online at www.iste.org
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/91/83/30
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Virtual Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/CAVE/134/226/30
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The ICT Library on CAVE is organized in the following manner:
FIRST FLOOR: INFORMATION
------------------------------[Books/Bookcase]
Links to information on the web about education in Second Life. Accepting the link
opens it in the SL browser.
[Computers]
Notecards with information, URLs, and landmarks about specific topics pertaining to
education in SL
[Posters]
Clicking on the pictures gives you landmarks to places in SL that are examples of "best
practices" regarding education.
------------------------------SECOND FLOOR: TOOLS
------------------------------[ICT Shop]
- Freeware vendors for selected scripts and tools.
- Vendors by those in SL who sell unique scripted products
- Landmarks to places in SL that sell products that might be useful for educators
------------------------------THIRD FLOOR: SOCIAL SPACE
------------------------------[Meeting Space]
- Anyone is free to meet in the space provided.
Problem Based Learning in Second Life
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Metaverse Journal - http://www.metaversejournal.com/
Problem-based Learning in Second Life: New Resource http://www.metaversejournal.com/2010/02/16/problem-based-learning-in-second-lifenew-resource/
More Educational Sites in Second Life
 Convergence of online-worlds and real worlds http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/02/online-worlds-convergence-of-real-and.html
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Interactive Forensics Experience in Second Life - Wanted to share this short article about
a very cool virtual crime scene in SL. I had a chance to work with Deb behind the scenes
and it's a cool implementation. Something about crime scenes that just seem to totally,
synch with the idea of Adventure games for eLearning in virtual worlds.
http://www.udel.edu/secondlife/pdf-reports/forensics-report-fall09.pdf
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Sistine Chapel re-creation – Vassar
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vassar/180/91/25
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NASA Buzzroom:
http://buzzroom.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/199/
(This site is being revamped – come back later)
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Mayo Clinic
o Mayo Clinic Region
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayo%20Clinic/130/130/35
o Video http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/100401679.html?elr=KArksUUUoDE
y3LGDiO7aiU
o Second Life Classroom in SL includes replicas of Dale Chihuly glass sculptures http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayo%20Clinic/50/50/28
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Abyss Observatory http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Second%20Earth%203/214/35/23
Map: http://chikyu-to-umi.com/abyss/Navigation.files/slide0001.htm
The link below is to a diagram that should help you determine your route in this sim.
http://chikyu-to-umi.com/abyss/contents_e.htm
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Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum – Is no longer but you can read about it http://primperfectblog.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/the-frank-lloyd-wright-virtualmuseum-is-now-officially-a-non-profit-organization/ They are now the Virtual Museums
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- http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Museums/63/175/24 - You will find
replicas of Da Vinci’s machines on this SL Island.
Ed Tech Instructional Design Tour
You have 25 minutes to visit one or more of these sims. This is an experiential activity, so
choose a sim with which you are unfamiliar. As you go through the sim and interact with the
environment, consider the purpose of the build. Who is the intended audience? What is the
purpose? What elements of the sim design help to achieve the purpose of the sim--objects,
sounds, sky, exhibits, things to do? Wearing headphones will enhance your experience.
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 NOAA Island (PG)- Erick Hackathorn, builder
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/28
o Upon entrance, grab and wear the HUD and enjoy! What simulations did you
visit and why?
o How did your experience of the simulation enhance your understanding? What
surprised you, engaged you, motivated you as you moved around the sim?
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 INTERNATIONAL SPACE FLIGHT MUSEUM (PG)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/31/110/23
Get on the rocket and ride it into space. Where did you land? Once you landed where
did you walk and what did you see? What influenced your choices as an explorer? How
might this sim be used in education?
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THURSDAYS FICTION (PG) �
Note: mature themes of death, reincarnation and spirituality.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife//77/142/29
Upon entrance, what design features of the build do you notice first? How do these
enhance your initial impressions of the sim? What feelings do you experience as you
progress through the sim? What design features of the sim and experience promote
immersion? Can you locate the three steps of meditation?
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VIRTUAL HALLUCINATIONS
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife//26/45/23
Sponsored by UC Davis, warning: potentially disturbing simulation of schizophrenia,
please read the warning before entering
o Wear the badge provided at the entrance. Take your time to explore.
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o What are you expectations and feelings before entering? What is the first thing
you experience that is unusal? What is your reaction?
o What does the schizophrenic person see when they read the NY times?
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 SVARGA (PG)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife//7/124/22
Svarga is a living ecosystem with many "surprise" areas. Upon entry, you can take the
pod tour or simply fly around and discover for yourself.
o How does a pod tour influence "discovery" or experiential learning in a
simulation?
o What aspects of sims were engaging and inviting? Did you experience confusion
while in this sim? If so, what was the cause? Find the information on the
artificial life experiment!
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 EDTECH: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EdTech/109/135/26
Mali Young & others, builders
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Dr. Doug's Tour (OSU Medicine Testis Tour)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/OSU%20Medicine/214/130/27
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JOKAYDIA
Teachers' living and working community
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/jokaydia/115/154/25
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TOMBSTONE, AZ
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tombstone%20Winslow/164/153/23
8 sim strict role-play
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Building in Second Life
Building a Media Board
1. Choose Build from the Build menu.
2. Make sure that the Create tool and the cube are selected.
3. Click the Create tool on the ground near your avatar. A cube will appear.
a. Dragging the colored arrows will allow you to move the cube around in three
directions.
b. If you hold the control key down your cube will be surrounded by three rings.
Use your mouse to rotate your cube by clicking and dragging one of these rings.
(I tried to take a screen shot of the rings but I couldn’t accomplish it with Jing or
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Screen shots.)
4. Second Life should automatically switch to the Edit tool. If it has not switched
automatically make sure that you switch to it now. (It looks like an arrow pointing to a
square.)
5. Click the Object tab to select it. Change the size of the cube. Set the X measure to 5.
Leave the Y measurement at .5. Change the Z measurement to 5.
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6. Click the Texture tab to activate it.
7. Select the “Select Face” radio button.
8. Click on the face of the media board that is closest to you to select it.
9. Click the wooden texture.
10. Scroll through the list of the popup list that appears. Choose the Default Media Texture
from the Textures folder. Click the OK button.
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11. Click the plus sign next to the trash can.
12. Type in the URL of the web page you wish to display on the media board. Choose
whether you want the screen to Auto Zoom when the user clicks the screen. Choose
whether or not you want the media to Auto Play (can be overridden by the residents) and
whether you want the media to Auto Scale.
13. Click the Customize tab and adjust the settings if you would like.
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14. Click the Security Tab. We will change this setting right now but it is important for you
to know that it is there if you need it later. Click the OK button when you are finished.
15. Shut the build menu.
16. Test out the media board. If you click on the board the control panel will display above it.
You can change the URL (if you chose to let the URL be changed in the media board
settings). You can also refresh the display, return the page displayed to the home page
(the page you specified in the media board settings), navigate back and forth between
pages you have displayed on the board, zoom in on the board, and open the URL in a
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browser window.
17. If you want to go back in and change the settings for the media face of your board choose
the Edit tool from the build menu and then click on the media face you wish to edit. Click
the Edit this Media button to the right of the trash can to open the settings window.
Notecards
To create a notecard:
1. Right Click on the Folder you want the Notecard to reside in and select New Notecard.
Resources
Tools for use in Second Life
Builder Tools
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SL-Metric Conversion.xlsx
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Google Sketchup and Sketchlife
o Google Sketchup - http://sketchup.google.com/
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o Sketchlife is a system which allows you to build for Second Life using
SketchUp.- http://www.vrshed.com/sketchlife/
o Simple videoconferencing in Second Life using Gmail video chat http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/06/simple-videoconferencing-in-secondlife.html
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Texture Tools - http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Texture_Tools
Teacher Created
Media Boards
Create your own media boards and display web based content or uploaded image on them.
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Display a website that has clickable links (You can also limit this capability.)
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Display online presentations (SlideShare, Google presentation?, iSpring, ….)
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Display a Google Document
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Display a Google form that submits (collect information or quiz students)
Note: Embed this Google form into a standard web page and then link to the page.
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Display a YouTube or Teacher Tube video.
Commercial Projects
ThinC - http://thincsl.com/category/products/
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THiNC Book, THiNC Big Display system, Inventory Box organizer, Multi-texture
organizer, THiNC Printing Press, Single Texture Organizer, Telporter v2, THiNC
Teleporter Pro.
Teaching Tools
Attendance Takers
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I need to find some....or learn how to create these. I have seen shapes that you click on.
Probably just need a script.
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An attendance monitor may also be purchased for $1.48 (L$200) at xStreet SL https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=511111
You can have students click on the box to record when they arrive and click on it again
to record when they leave. Or, you can just have the tool scan for avatars in the
surrounding area and it automatically records who is in attendance. The attendance list
will be displayed in the chat box.
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Delivery Pre-Scripted Text Presentations/Talks
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Speak Easy HUD – Easy way to give pre-scripted talks - EdTech Island – Teacher
Education in Virtual Worlds - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EdTech/145/207/25
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Teacher's Helper (Brenda Kerr uses this)
Multi-Use Tools
Mysti Tool
Personal = Rez personal inventory objects.
Table = Rez a table with automatic seating.
Posing DLX = Rez a deluxe posing stand.
Posing = Rez a simple posing stand.
AV Follow = Rez an AV following chair.
Plants = Plant rezzer. (LL plants)
Camera = Follows your camera movement.
Skydive = Rez a skydiving platform.
Sky Plat = Sky platform elevator.
Platform = Rez a platform under your feet
----Landmarks = Show stored landmarks.
Rezzers = Show rezzer menu.
Privacy = AV + Bug Scan / Chat Notify.
Favorites = Show favorite locations.
TP History = Show teleport history.
Non-Phys = "Sit Shield" non-physical vehicle.
Emote = Facial emote animations.
Posing = Rez a posing stand at your feet.
Movelock = Forcibly hold your position.
Anim Stop = Stop all animations.
Land Cmds = Ban / Eject / TP Home / Etc.
TP2Cam = Teleport to camera position.
AV Toys = Find / Mimic / Popup / Stand / Etc.
Offensive = Kill / Trap / Drag / Etc.
Listener = Channel listener. (for scripts)
Object ID = Identify chatty object owners.
SL URL = Display your current SL URL.
Break = Break reminder.
Quotes = Display random, silly quotes.
Land Cmds = Ban / Eject / TP Home / Etc.
TP2Cam = Teleport to camera position.
AV Toys = Find / Mimic / Popup / Stand / Etc.
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Offensive = Kill / Trap / Drag / Etc.
Listener = Channel listener. (for scripts)
Object ID = Identify chatty object owners.
SL URL = Display your current SL URL.
Break = Break reminder.
Quotes = Display random, silly quotes.
Poll the Audience
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Poll Everywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/ - instead of clickers, students text
(cell phone text) their response to your multiple choice questions. There is also an option
for students to vote via the web. Free for an audience of up to 30 people. Works well
within Second Life.
Brainstorming
(I haven't tried this one yet) Select the type of brainstorming you want to perform in Second
Life by using Brainflowing.
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Brainflowing, brainstorming tool made by Gloria Gomez Diago and Draceina Pinion has
been updated, by including a menu that permits choosing the type of brainstorming we
want to perform depending on the number of prims we have available in the land where
we develop the activity and. Now users can decide the prims they will use with the tool,
taking in mind the prims that they have available in their land or in the land where they
use the tool. Thus, person who will conduct the brainstorming, after selecting in the
menu the number of prims he or she is interested on using, must indicate to participants
how many words they can use for giving utterance to their ideas in the board.
More information about the tool and photos here:
http://fromcommunication.blogspot.com/2010/06/select-type-of-brainstormingyou-want.html
Brainflowing is available here http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zerelia/240/105/74 .
The cost of this tool as of 7/1/10 is L$1000.
Bibliography about possible uses of Brainflowing.
Herver, G., El Kamel, L. and Rigaux-Bricmont, B. (2010) Entretien de groupe
dans Second Life, Journal Recherches Qualitative , edited by the Association pour
la Recherche Qualitative (ARQ), Quebec, Canada.Vol. 29, number, 1, Spring,
“Entretiens de Groupe: Concepts, Usages et Ancrages” Coordinated by: François
Guillemette, Jason Luckerhoff et Colette Baribeaue. Available
in http://www.recherche-qualitative.qc.ca/numero29(1)/RQ_Hervet_al.pdf
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Videos about the tool.
Draceina Pinion made this video about one of the first versions of Brainflowing.
Available in : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCWDpLd-0_Y
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Bubbl.us is a free web-based collaborative brainstorming tool - http://www.bubbl.us .
This tool does work within Second Life on a prim that allows shared media; however,
within Second Life the response time for Bubbl.us is slow. Therefore, it may be more
productive to use Bubbl.us in it's own window outside of Second Life while developing
the brainstorming diagrams and then open Bubbl.us within Second Life primarily for
displaying and discussing the brainstorming diagrams.
Second Life Viewer 2 Tools
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5 Tools for Educators To Love in Second Life 2.0 Beta http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tools-educators-love-life-20-beta/
Other Tool Tutorials and Resources
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Sec Life Tools/Tutorials - http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/sltools/
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Second life Toolbox: 50+ Resources for Second life http://mashable.com/2007/11/19/second-life-toolbox/
Equation editors
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http://www.twiddla.com/ - has an equation editor.
Video
Note: In one class I attended each student had to click the play media button at the same
time....the video viewing is individual. If you coordinate the video on then everyone will be
finished watching at somewhat the same time.
Play Recorded Video
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YouTube.com - works
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Teacher Tube - http://www.teachertube.com/ (haven't tried yet but it should work)
Steam Live Video
 Livestream – Stream Live Video of Second Life classroom (or other classrooms)
http://www.livestream.com/metaworld6 - Eduverse Spaces.
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uStream - www.ustream.tv - allows you to stream live or recorded video.
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o Example #1: This person put the streaming video on the face of a cube and the
chose to wear the cube. The instructor wanted his facial expressions to be
streamed, too....not just his voice. http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2010/02/sharedmedia-awesomeness.html#comments
o Example #2: http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/02/second-life-viewer20.html
o Example #3: http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/02/video-bubbles-in-secondlife-20.html
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blip.tv
o Example - http://giulioprisco.blip.tv/file/3803400/ - This example shows several
media screens two of which are streaming video at the same time. Remember to
use the SL audio.
Tools to Facilitate Showing/Editing Recorded Video
 zamzar - http://www.zamzar.com/ is a free file conversion tool. It can be used to change
video formats including YouTube videos (just supply the YouTube URL) to an
alternative file format (e.g. avi, wmv, mp4, and many more). Although this tool is
probably most useful for video formats, it also works great for converting file formats of
multiple types (e.g. converting doc to pdf). All conversions are completed via the zamzar
web page, therefore, it is not necessary to download any software for the file conversion
process.
Tools for Recording Your Own Second Life Video / Screen Capture Software
 Debut Video Capture Software - http://download.cnet.com/Debut-Video-RecordingSoftware-Professional-Version/3000-13633_4-10684791.html and
http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html. This video capture software is easy to
use and has a decent number of features for free software. If file size is an issue, you can
record directly to an MOV or MP4 file which will take less than 100KB per second of
recording. Larger file types such as AVI and WMV are better quality but also take up
significantly more space on your hard drive. I have taken the video files and uploaded to
YouTube, Screencast.com, Photobucket, and also have uploaded them to the College of
Business's S:\ drive. They have played well on all of these locations. If you want to
directly play one of the videos on a shared media prim (e.g. play the video directly from
the S:\ drive) then I recommend recording in MOV format. If you want to play one of
your uploaded videos from You Tube or Screencast then the file type is less important.
Debut Video also comes with a video editor, file converter, and disc burning software.
Overall, this one was my favorite because of the flexibility in recording to different file
types and the ease of use.
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CamStudio - http://download.cnet.com/CamStudio/3000-13633_410067101.html?tag=mncol;pop and http://camstudio.org/ . CamStudio is also fairly easy
to use and has the additional feature of allowing you to add annotations to your video.
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However, it is limited in the number of file formats you can record in. I tried recorded in
avi format and was very pleased with the quality, but a 3 minute video ended up taking
1GB of storage space. So I recommend converting the original avi file to something
smaller if you are going to post it to a server, or if you just need to preserve space on your
hard drive. If you want annotations in your video then CamStudio is a good option, but
you might want to investigate its options for recording smaller files if you are short on
hard drive space (e.g. change the frame rate to 10 instead of the default which is 40). I
haven't tried recording in CamStudio at a lower frame rate so I cannot comment on how
quality might be affected. Overall, it is still a good option for capturing video in Second
Life.
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Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/ - Jing also worked well for capturing video.
Collaboration Boards and Documents
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Google Docs - works
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Microsoft Office Live Workspace - does not work well in Second Life, when testing a
Word document in Second Life, the document turned upside down when we attempted to
edit it.
Video conferencing
I used to use dimdim but dimdim has been bought out and the free rooms have been
discontinued.
Second Life Links to Free Tools
EdTech Island – Teacher Education in Virtual Worlds http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EdTech/145/207/25
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Survey Guru
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Flip Board Viewer
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Voting System
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Registration Station
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Free Script Generator
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Speak Easy HUD – Easy way to give pre-scripted talks.
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ThinC Book tutorial
Search Engines or Directories for Virtual Worlds
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ThreadMap - http://www.threadmap.com/
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SL7B (Second Life 7th Birthday Bash) - http://sl7b.wordpress.com/parcel-slurls/
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