Digital Africana Studies

Slide 1: Digital Africana Studies: Bringing the Jazz Age to Life Dr. Bryan Carter Associate Professor, English University of Central Missouri Bryan Mnemonic - Second Life

Slide 2: What is Second Life? Massive Multi-User Online Role playing Environment Inhabited by over 8 million people Housed on over 8000 servers in San Francisco and texas

Slide 3: Getting Setup Creating an Account downloading the Client hardware Requirements Networking Requirements Changing your Mindset

Slide 4: More About Second Life Currency (The Linden Dollar) Communities Education Entertainment Resources Abound (simteach, slexchange, blogs and wikis)

Slide 5: Engaging Digital Learners Ellen Wagner, Senior Director of Worldwide e-learning Adobe Systems Capture their attention Convince them to care Motivate them to change Give them choices Connect them with community Induce them to participate Enable opportunities to contribute Make learning an experience to remember Consider that maybe it’s not about putting the learner at the center Always remember that learning is personal

Slide 6: All sorts of classes meet in SL Composition II Literature Honors Digital Africana Studies And classes in a host of other disciplines

Slide 7: The Cost of Engagement Basic Account Premium Account Renting Land Owning Land Buying an Island Goods and Services

Slide 8: Interactivity limited only by imagination Harlem Branch Library AI Bots Virtual Montmartre Kamimo Island

Slide 9: Almost Anything is Possible

Slide 10: Virtual Harlem

Slide 11: Plans for Expansion and enhancement: The Creation of a Community

Slide 15: Getting Started Creating an Account: http://secondlife.com or https://secure-web20.secondlife.com/join/index.php or http://sl.nmc.org/join/