Poised at the Edge of the Unknown: Surviving and Thriving in Second Life Jeff Hiles Center for Teaching & Learning Wright State University TCC Worldwide Online Conference 2009 April 2, 2009 Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License Cynthia Calongne Institute for Advanced Studies Colorado Technical University Nick Noakes Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

They have great educator freebies at the NMC Orientation! A newcomer searches for educator loot!

Educator Freebie Center Head southeast & inside a lovely building for free educator items

NMC Educator Freebie Center Jack and Jill in a box! Avatar gear & animations Cool educator tools! Cool outfits & academic regalia Love these freebies!

Where did I put my hair? Farley has a bad hair day Unpacking your loot: Items are often packed in a box. Drag it to the ground, “open” it and use “copy to inventory.”

Farley dresses his avatar and visits the Texture Tutorials Left click on an object to use it and right click on an object to sit or touch it. … must…try ...everything! Some objects do not do anything when touched.

Best seat in the house! I was here first! *pinch* Everyone is so friendly! Some sit on the pillow; the others sit on the ledge Right click on the seat before sitting

Libraries are great ways to meet educators Right click on an avatar to make friends Use the More button to give a calling card Look for cool educator tools inside Nice to meet you Corwin

Let’s see, I want to keep in touch Give a card... Doh! Eject? Oh No! Eject me, will you? Give a calling card…carefully Lyr plots her revenge

Now what was her name?

Is a griefer shooting you? Sit down, or build a box and sit on it If the box is not physical, you cannot be moved Report griefers using the Help menu

What a great view…whoa! To land, use the PageDown Key! The SciLands are fun! ...hmm, what does this do? A friend shouts from below...

Where did my hair go? Lyr looks for her missing hair Lyr drug her hand over her avatar & accidentally detached or edited her hair Right click the hair, select More and Wear

Avatars come in all shapes, colors, species and sizes Corwin and Lyr (l) Heidi and Stella (r)

Rename your shape so you can find it easily Lyr is wearing a child’s shape I’m shrinking! This can happen after wearing a smaller avatar Create a folder & put the items in it that you like to wear. Right click your folder & use Add to Outfit

Avatar Grooming Tips Create a new folder for your normal look Copy (or drag no copy items) into this folder Lost worn items? Right click the folder name & select Add to Outfit Finding lost hair in your inventory If from a new avatar’s look Look in your Library folder to find, copy it, paste it into a My Inventory folder Right click the name in the inventory and select wear -or- Search the inventory for the hair’s name

Create a new folder for your normal look

Copy (or drag no copy items) into this folder

Lost worn items?

Right click the folder name & select Add to Outfit

Finding lost hair in your inventory

If from a new avatar’s look

Look in your Library folder to find, copy it, paste it into a My Inventory folder

Right click the name in the inventory and select wear -or-

Search the inventory for the hair’s name

The Library & Clothing folders hold starting outfits Highlight, copy and paste the items into a new folder in My Inventory

Wright State MBA students get ready for their first class in SL I’m ready for action! How do I look? Get ready to collaborate!

Chattering Objects Avatars wear personal items Clothes, skin, shape & hair Animation overrides (AOs) Coffee cups, jet packs, etc. Avatars wear devices When touched, these items may write to the chat log You don’t want your items getting a life without you Users touch everything Invisible items can chatter They can be intrusive & may disrupt the meeting Tips Remove all personal attachments After all, scripted devices also lag a crowded meeting

Avatars wear personal items

Clothes, skin, shape & hair

Animation overrides (AOs)

Coffee cups, jet packs, etc.

Avatars wear devices

When touched, these items may write to the chat log

You don’t want your items getting a life without you

Users touch everything

Invisible items can chatter

They can be intrusive

& may disrupt the meeting

Tips

Remove all personal attachments

After all, scripted devices also lag a crowded meeting

It’s great to meet with educators! Lyr clicks on an invisible object that someone off screen is wearing. I wonder what this does? Please click the chat box if you want us to blog your comments. Lyr clicks on a newcomer Hello!

an object worn by someone offstage starts chattering in the local chat Tip: Remove all chattering objects before meetings A chat log device records it Wow! This blog post is going to be riveting! blushes! Moans… ...whimpers

Where’s my magic 8-ball? Avatars share ideas in a meeting of minds Thinks creatively Lives outside the box

How distinctive and delightful! You look great up there! Lost items? No problem! Hello! I’d recognize you anywhere! Where did I put my…hmm?

Poised at the Edge of the Unknown: Surviving and Thriving in Second Life Cynthia Calongne Lyr Lobo in SL http://edumuve.com http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo Nick Noakes Corwin Carillon in SL Jeff Hiles Farley Scarborough in SL