Second Life for Mobac

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

Orientation

Primeros Pasos Primero, 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/129/6/82 Un buen lugar para empezar. Vistita la orientación y al final recibirás un “helpkit” 2) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/125/239/35 Aquí está un buen lugar para ver un poco de lo mexicano. Busca “Mi pueblo” en el mapa. 3) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mexico/128/128/0 Encontrarás 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/63/54/31 Esto 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

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

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