Date post: | 27-Jan-2015 |
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Second Life
What is Second Life?
• A 3-D Virtual World
A rich visual environment
http://boracay.wikispaces.com/
A place to get into trouble…
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeno4ever/383159987/
Who is doing it?
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/434142103/in/photostream/
Non Profit organizations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janet_powell/417982387/
USC Annenberg
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/marksimpkins/142984795/
How does it work?
Local Client
• Credit card number or cell phone
• Good graphics card
• Connection to the internet
Who are you (really)?
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/427626589/
Public Spaces
Private Spaces-clubs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clopin/267961478/
Private Spaces
•http://www.flickr.com/photos/janet_powell/241264989/
Why is it significant?
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/380919210/
addictive
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcsixth/437024606/
Potential to make anything
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/260218800/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/geekstar/450892815/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/380868194/
What are the downsides?
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/edouard_r/304896329/
Server goes down
Griefers
Expensive
Where is it going?
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/380907239/
More islands
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttrinoid/440927455/
Sloodle
Social
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/247952860/
What are the implications for teaching and learning?
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/janet_powell/303262305/
Learning Spaces
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyprien/279096622/
Learning Spaces
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/297008520/
Seating Circle
• Courtesy of Nick Noakes
Simulations
Visualizations
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttrinoid/440924730/in/photostream/
Immersive Learning Environments
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyprien/437115361/
Resources?
• http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Intro_videos
• http://edumuve.com/tour/
• SLED : Second Life Educators– https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/
mailman/listinfo/educators
• Thanks to Nick Noakes for comments and suggestions.
• Cyprien Lomas
• SL: Seb Basiat