A Virtual “Litereality”: Breathing New Life to Old Texts Literature Alive! & Second Life Beth Ritter-Guth/Desideria Stockton

What is Second Life? 3D MUVE (Not Game) Thriving Community Commercial IBM, Nissan, BMG Residential Clubs, Churches, Malls Educational NMC, Global Kids, ISTE

3D MUVE (Not Game)

Thriving Community

Commercial

IBM, Nissan, BMG

Residential

Clubs, Churches, Malls

Educational

NMC, Global Kids, ISTE

Literature Alive! The New Litereality First Interactive Literary Content Series in Second Life Faculty Development Workshops Collaborative Engagement: Harvard Model Moving Beyond Traditional Models

First Interactive Literary Content Series in Second Life

Faculty Development Workshops

Collaborative Engagement: Harvard Model

Moving Beyond Traditional Models

Sample Litereality Content The British Literature Classrooms Camelot Castle Grendel’s Lair Project The American Literature Classrooms The Edgar Allan Poe Classroom Young Goodman Brown Walk The Women’s Studies Classroom Women and War Learning Community Women’s Studies and WW2 History

The British Literature Classrooms

Camelot Castle

Grendel’s Lair Project

The American Literature Classrooms

The Edgar Allan Poe Classroom

Young Goodman Brown Walk

The Women’s Studies Classroom

Women and War Learning Community

Women’s Studies and WW2 History

The Garden Classroom for Faculty Development Free Workshops for Educators How to use Tools PPT/Jpeg/Texture Boards (Existing Scripts) How to Prepare Ethical Content Creative Commons Licensing, Web 2.0/3.0 How to Create Interactive Assignments Linking Populations: Commercial, Residential, Educational How to Create Effective Assessments Quizzes, Feedback Tools, Data Trackers

Free Workshops for Educators

How to use Tools

PPT/Jpeg/Texture Boards (Existing Scripts)

How to Prepare Ethical Content

Creative Commons Licensing, Web 2.0/3.0

How to Create Interactive Assignments

Linking Populations: Commercial, Residential, Educational

How to Create Effective Assessments

Quizzes, Feedback Tools, Data Trackers

The Harvard Model Cyber One Project ( http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/) Face to Face Population Online Population At-Large Population

Cyber One Project ( http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/)

Face to Face Population

Online Population

At-Large Population

Breathing New Life Grendel’s Lair Chaucer’s Pilgrimage The Lady of Shallot The Wake of Desdemona The Poe House Goodman Walk Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Tales from the Scripts) Virtual Linden Hills (Gloria Naylor)

Grendel’s Lair

Chaucer’s Pilgrimage

The Lady of Shallot

The Wake of Desdemona

The Poe House

Goodman Walk

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (Tales from the Scripts)

Virtual Linden Hills (Gloria Naylor)

Challenges Connectivity Student Computers Funding No Institutional Funding Time Full-time Job + Husband + Kids + Life + SL = Chaos

Connectivity

Student Computers

Funding

No Institutional Funding

Time

Full-time Job + Husband + Kids + Life + SL = Chaos

Community Generosity Drexel University Land Grant Women and War, Creative Commons Water Walk Montclair State University Pilot Project Literature Alive! HQ, Garden Classroom Edgar Allan Poe Classroom, Goodman Walk UK Educator’s Group Camelot Classroom and Grendel’s Lair Renaissance Island Classroom Virtual Commerce Project CT Sponsorship The V3 Group Upload Grant

Drexel University Land Grant

Women and War, Creative Commons Water Walk

Montclair State University Pilot Project

Literature Alive! HQ, Garden Classroom

Edgar Allan Poe Classroom, Goodman Walk

UK Educator’s Group

Camelot Classroom and Grendel’s Lair

Renaissance Island Classroom

Virtual Commerce Project CT Sponsorship

The V3 Group Upload Grant

Other Projects Open SLedware (Open Courseware) BPE Conference Co-chair Virtual Orphanage & Child Adoption Program (100% Goal) King’s Stone Research Society SLCC Coordination

Open SLedware (Open Courseware)

BPE Conference Co-chair

Virtual Orphanage & Child Adoption Program (100% Goal)

King’s Stone Research Society

SLCC Coordination

Where to Start? Think About Goals Content Matters More than Technology Make Friends Create an Account Spend 20 USD Get Involved Ask Questions Find Resources Support the Community

Think About Goals

Content Matters More than Technology

Make Friends

Create an Account

Spend 20 USD

Get Involved

Ask Questions

Find Resources

Support the Community

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