1) The document discusses Second Life, a popular online virtual world, comparing it to MMORPG games but noting it has no defined objectives or way to "win". 2) It provides an overview of terminology used in Second Life and statistics on its size, as well as descriptions of the platform's communication tools, building capabilities, and economy. 3) The document also discusses the growing use of Second Life in education, with over 600,000 Google results found for schools using the platform for subjects like language learning, science visualizations, and information literacy instruction.

1. Second Life ® MOBAC Future Technologies Workshop May 2, 2008 Danielle Kane

2. Rise of Gaming MMORPG Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game MMO Massively Multiplayer Online game MUVE Online, Multi-User Virtual Environments, sometimes called virtual worlds http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml http://secondlife.com/ http://www.activeworlds.com/

3. Is it Just a Game? YES Sense of play Has the look and feel of a game NO No objective, no way to “win” Content created by residents Vendor Space on Imagination Island – Opened 3/19/07

4. Terminology AV, Avie, Avatar Grid Griefer Inworld Lag L$ A Linden Newbie RL/SL Resident Rez Sim

5. How Big is Second Life 223,616 acres

6. What is Second Life Chat / IM / Voice Import / Export Video / Snapshots 3-D graphics Rich Build Tools Streaming Audio Creativity Collaboration Ownership Community Expressive Lag Distracting Griefing / Harassment No Preconceived Objective Experiment Economy Slang Social Environment User Generated / Owned Content Social Networking

7. Getting Access Download client http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php Create an account Last name chosen from list First name your choice Learn how to move, communicate, dress and build on orientation island

8. Second Life Communication Non-verbal Gestures, animations, visual appearance Verbal Text or Voice Private (IM) Public (Local Chat)

9. Road Trip Teleport Walk or even Fly!

10. Building Your World Build using 3D prims Import textures, sounds and animations Linden Scripting Language

11. Education in Second Life Sandra Rotenberg

12. Onslaught Googling “second life” schools… 645,000 results. Adding (college OR university) 1,660,000 results. Adding Information competence 115,000

13. If it’s in USA Today…

14. http://vhil.stanford.edu/projects/

15. Why? Fun. Possibilities – language, 3d models of weather, molecules, insects, etc., cultures, sociology, psychology, information competency.

16. Library instruction

17. Not a geek And not Stanford, either.