Second Life Education
Scrapbook

Active Learning Center on SUNY Learning Network Island

Active Learning Center and Classroom

Stony Brook Seawolves

Embedded streaming video and Powerpoint. That’s our local SBU TV program
“Sports Report” on the screen.

This book opens a menu when touched that offers a syllabus, URLs to
readings, and free gifts. It can be copied and modified.

Powerpoint presentation: “The Classroom is HAPPENING at Stony Brook”
(CIT 2009 presentation)

Recreation area! Dance ball and ocean view

Meeting and relaxing with colleagues and friends

ISTE Island: Resources for Educators -- free landmarks to interesting places

ISTE Island Information Station: Info and Free Goods for Educators.
Includes textures and building tools, SLOODLE kit, skins, houses, and free
virtual coffee.

ISTE Bloggers’ Hut: click on a blog ball and get the URL to the blog

A presentation at the ISTE Pavilion (Best Practices in Virtual Education 2009)

Bowling Green State University Island: Writing Center (video tutorials
available at the entrance; this is the meeting place—very peaceful!)

Best Practices in Education Video Presentation
Intellagirl Tully (aka Sarah Robbins, Ball State University) in pink hair

Serena at work in her skybox office in Wodka—I can hold online office hours
here, and can receive messages via this virtual computer; students can see if
I am online.

Watching the Melbourne Writers’ Festival video in the skybox office

Second Life Education Roundtable (SLED) meeting with students. SLED
holds weekly meetings for educators. The link to the transcript is available in
on the last page.

Orientation Tour at University of Caledon Oxbridge, great for noobies and full of
useful tips for all. Just follow the arrows.

Earworms Language Training System. This is a commercial product that runs
through your audio stream, accompanied by music, and is immersive.

Café 101 Educators’ Lounge and resources at the virtual campus of Texas
State Technical College (vTSTC). Many events, including poetry readings and
training sessions, are held here. Lots of free tools.

vTSTC Sandbox—Anyone can practice building and open their packages
here, even if you don’t have land of your own.

Virtual art exhibition at vTSTC

Rhetorica Island

Rasmuson Foundation of Alaskan Art on Rhetorica Island

Discovery Channel booth at SL Education Faire 2009

Replica of the Globe Theater

Inside the Globe Theater, home of the SL Shakespeare Company, which
performs full-length plays of the Bard starring an avatar company.

Inspire Space Park

Van Gogh’s Arles

Jade’s Jazz Island (great music, live shows, PG rating)

From Burning Life 2008

Casablanca Island Ampitheater

Links
 http://delicious.com/cynthiadavidson (I have many URLs related to education in SL, about 7 pages)
 http://homepage.mac.com/jessid/slroundtable/090512.html (a transcript of the SLED Roundtable Discussion May 12, 2009—college
students discuss their opinion of SL for classes)
 http://writing2.richmond.edu/jessid/eng216/ (Dr. Joe Essid’s Literature, Technology and Society course, U. of Richmond)
 http://sleducation.ning.com/ (Second Life Education Videos, by educators K-20)
 http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/04/educational-uses-of-second-life.html (“New World Notes: Educational Uses of SL” by Wagner
James Au, a former Linden Lab staffer and author)
 http://virtualworlds.flexiblelearning.net.au/content/homepage.htm (Virtual Worlds: Real Learning project)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGR9q43dag (You Tube video: “Education in Second Life: Explore the Possibilities” by
xxArete2xx )
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_6KQp7CYYI&feature=related (You Tube orientation for real-life students in SL by xxArete2xx)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BIEm44BsA0&feature=related (You Tube video: “Hey Avatar: Create your Second Life Account”
by Mo Hax)
 http://www.slideshare.net/intellagirl/second-life-education-presentation?src=related_normal&rel=1483297 “Second Life Education
Presentation” by Sarah Robbins (Intellagirl Tully) Well-substantiated presentation by a researcher and instructor at Ball State
University.