Sl Induction Workshop Oct 09

Getting into Second Life
Pauline Randall (aka Liz Ferlinghetti)
virtual-e Ltd

Second Life Overview

Going to virtual e island
www.virtual-e.co.uk

SLurls

Communication Exercise

Local Chat

Friends

Happy Snapping!
Take a picture
Choose where you want to save it
If you choose to upload you must have some money in your account – it costs L$ 10 for each file
If you save to your computer select the file type you want to save as - .png, .jpg, .bmp

Snapshot window

Flying

Page up – fly higher
Page down – fly lower
Arrow keys
Up and down will make you go forwards and backwards
Left and right will make you go ... left and right!

Flying Answers
Hypermint Extract
Suntiger
Ol’ Janx Spirit
Cocktail glass
Zamphour
Fallian
Olive
Megagin

A Pan Galactic Gargleblaster!
The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster was invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, a major character in the series. Its original, fictional, recipe is:
Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V
Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzene is lost).
Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it (in memory of all those happy Hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia).
Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of QualactinHypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones.
Drop in the tooth of an AlgolianSuntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian suns deep into the heart of the drink.
Sprinkle Zamphour.
Add an olive.
Drink...but very carefully.
Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy

Using the Camera Controls
Hold down the Alt key (and keep it held down!)
Move mouse to change focus and zoom distance
You can use
the mouse wheel to zoom in
left and right arrow direction keys to rotate your viewpoint horizontally (z axis)
Up and down arrow keys to zoom in and out
Page up and Page down to rotate vertically (x axis)

Notecards...
Notecards can contain
Text
Landmarks
Snapshots (must have full permissions
Saved into Inventory

Time for tea and coffee!

The Bowling Alley
Work in teams and get as many balls as you can into the large hole at the end
The balls are objects with physical properties which can be moved by dragging
Physical objects are affected by gravity, wind etc

Final activity – learning sequence
This pulls together everything that you have been doing this morning into a learning context.
Think about how you could use a similar activity – communication, discussion, collaboration, report writing etc
Also think about activities that you could develop in a similar way

How it starts...

What you need to do
Work with your partner
Spend 20 minutes investigating – find the clues, follow the leads
Spend 15 minutes writing up what you have found
Tell the story
Include snapshots
Put together as a short presentation (PowerPoint?)
Be ready to present your story to the rest of the group

The evidence...

At the Temple Museum...

... back to the harbour

... into the factory

And to the treasure...

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Pauline Randall
(Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life)
Second Life Gold Partner
www.virtual-e.co.uk
Pauline.randall@virtual-e.co.uk
virtual-e Island in Second Lifehttp://slurl.com/secondlife/virtual%20e/130/127/24

Some stuff for later
Places to visit in Second Life and some useful websites

virtual-e select client list
Ashridge Business School
CyMal Museums & Libraries
Fleet Risk Management
Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine
RSC Scotland South & West
RSC Scotland North & East
RSC South East England
Square One Market Research, Florida
Technet Fife
University of Hawaii

Second Life Locations
Abyss Museum of Ocean Science - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82
Autodesk Island – Engineering Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Autodesk/220/117/22
Bowling Green State University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Creation/255/255/33
Camp Darfur - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/175/247/21
Chinese School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chinese%20School/130/196/22
Dresden Art Gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/168/128/26
Edinburgh University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Edinburgh%20University/128/128/28
Genome Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/135/92/29
Leeds College of Art & Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/44/69/34
Streets of Baghdad - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/182/192/23

Websites
Educause Review - http://connect.educause.edu/er?time=1222711572
Institutions & Organisations in SL - http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL
Second Life – www.secondlife.com
Second Life Stats - http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php
SLED (Second Life Educators) List - https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators
SLED Blog - http://www.sl-educationblog.org/
Virtual Worlds Review - http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml
Virtual World Watch - http://virtualworldwatch.net/
Second Life Security - https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5566