Education in Second Life

Sandra Rotenberg

Onslaught

Googling “second life” education…

500,000 results.

Adding (college OR university)

115,000 results.

If it’s in USA Today…

http://vhil.stanford.edu/projects/

Why?

Fun.

Possibilities – language, 3d models of weather, molecules, insects, etc., cultures, sociology, psychology, information competency.

Library instruction

Not a geek

And not Stanford, either.

How I got to Second Life

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/videos/CyberOne.mp4

Back to Solano…

Group gathered…

It worked

Funding and administrative support.

Our campus, office hours, Jeff’s class.

Office hours You: you are the one who liked the wikeality video? and followed it

for your discussion, non?[17:48] Cormac Laville: Yes, that was me.[17:48] You: that was very funny.[17:48] You: i so know what you mean.[17:48] Cormac Laville: I thought it was funny[17:49] You: but I am glad you are getting something out of the

class, it is a hard balance -- don't want to be too basic, and yet[17:49] You: can't leap off tall buildings immediately.[17:49] Cormac Laville: Exactly[17:49] You: did you have any questions?[17:50] Cormac Laville: I was wondering if you saw what I wrote in

the Q&A yesterday.[17:50] You: oh no!!!! I didn't look there today. sorry.[17:50] Cormac Laville: One of the links from the discussion leads to

an incorrect audio clip[17:50] You: I meant to do it.[17:50] You: which one?[17:50] You: this is one of the biggest problems with the internet,

darn link rot.[17:50] Cormac Laville: The interview with Sergey Brin and Larry

Page. It is marked on that page correctly, but there is another file than what is listed.

[17:50] You: I thought we checked all of the links.[17:51] You: hmmmm[17:51] You: I will check it out.[17:51] You: thank you.[17:51] Cormac Laville: It's an interview with the creator of the comic

strip Boondoocks[17:51] You: the terry gross interview?[17:51] You: that might be more interesting.

Cormac Laville: Also, I was finishing up my exploration for this week, and I was wondering how much detail I should include about the actual subject, aside from the CARS points. Right now, I have a long paragraph.

You: you should be talking only about the CARS stuff.[17:59] You: you can talk about the topic, but keep it

really brief -- like this is one side of the argument and it is well stated, author is credible, etc.

Sariah Chihuly

We built it.

On Teaching 2

It also didn’t work so well…

No buzz.

Life happened.

Lost momentum.

Perseverance

Spanish Conversation Class

Profe Buwan

Plan

Orientation

Primeros PasosPrimero, únete al grupo “Solano Students”. Abre la pestaña “buscar” y pon “solano” en el espacio. Después, selecciona “Solano Students” y “añadir”Recuerda, como todos los sitios del Internet… ten cuidado con tu información personal. No le des a nadie tu información personal ni ninguna de tus contraseñas. Si te metes en líos… simplemente selecciona “salir” o “Quit”.¡Diviértete!Sitios de interés.1) http://slurl.com/secondlife/SecondMind%20I/129/6/82Un buen lugar para empezar. Vistita la orientación y al final recibirás un “helpkit”2) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/125/239/35Aquí está un buen lugar para ver un poco de lo mexicano. Busca “Mi pueblo” en el mapa.3) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mexico/128/128/0Encontrarás una representación del Palacio de Bellas Artes en la Ciudad de Mexico. Toca la puerta para entrar. Hay muchos cuadros interesantes.4) http://slurl.com/secondlife/CanCun/63/54/31Esto es una representación de Chicten Itza. Una zona maya.5) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Visit%20Mexico/64/226/39

Bienvenido a Segunda Vida. Espero que te guste explorar este espacio virtual y que te sea útil esa experiencia. Recuerda que todo lo que hagas aquí tiene que ser en español. Así que cuando hablas con alguien... Habla español. No importa si no te entienden. Al hablar con los compañeros de clase...habla español. Al pasar tiempo en Segunda Vida quiero que mantengas algún tipo de registro de tu experiencia... no me importa realmente como lo haces, solo quiero alguna muestra de lo que haces. Esto significa que puedes escribir un diario, entregarme "notecards", pasarme objetos que coleccionas, sacar fotos y mandarme una tarjeta postal, o presentarme a alguien que has conocido por medio de su perfil. La idea es mantener un registro. En la mesa enfrente de ti hay diferentes flores, cada flor te dará una nueva meta. Al terminar una, regresa para empezar otra.

La búsqueda empieza:1) Haz clic en el "landmark" incluido en esa misma carpeta. Te llevará a un sitio de interés latino. 2) Quiero que pases un rato (por lo menos 10 minutos y un máximo de 20) explorando el lugar.3) ¿Qué ves? ¿A quién conoces?4) Si es posible, lleva una muestra (algún recuerdo) de tu tiempo.

Barcelona Marketplace

Barcelona Cafe

Chichen Itza

Mi Pueblo

Cuba

Palacio Nacional

Bringing it home

Cribbed directly from the Community College Second Life Wiki.

http://ccsl.wetpaint.com/

• American Chemical Society: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ACS/82/207/25Ann Myer's Hospital: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hospital/143/194/22arcSpace Architecture/ Wikitecture http://slurl.com/secondlife/arcspace/133/204/22Black Swan: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Black%20Swan/245/121/39British Gothic Classroom: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%203/224/61/23Dante's Inferno SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dante%27s%20Inferno/220/5/55Double Happiness Manufacturing Plant: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eyebeam%20Island/148/38/30DynaFluer Interactive Art Thingy-Princeton: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Princeton%20South/217/210/66Electronics Lab at Sprott-Shaw http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sprott%20Shaw%20Trades/191/150/39Genome Island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/137/87/29Heart Murmur Sim: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/111/56/34ISTE (Multiple sims) http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/87/109/23Nanotechnology Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nanotechnology/218/220/23New Media Consortium (several sims) http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/106/135/25NOAA: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27NPL Truths Spaceport Alpha: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/164/71/23Progressive Era Classroom and Amusement Park: http://slurl.com/secondlife/VIT%20World/225/204/24Sistine Chapel at Vassar: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vassar/170/90/24Sloan-C Teaching Island(s): http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching/62/106/22Svarga: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/7/124/22Testis Tour--OSU Medicine: http://slurl.com/secondlife/OSU%20Medicine/109/89/62Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey Immersion: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%203/194/71/23University of Kentucky: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20KY/176/149/30Virtual Hallucinations http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sedig/27/45/22

Videos if there is time

• Education in Second Life: Explore the Possibilities (movie 6:00min)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGR9q43dag

Educational Uses of Second Life (movie 6:59min)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA&feature=related