This document discusses supporting teaching in virtual worlds. It provides examples of virtual teaching, including being a tour guide of a city and teaching music lessons. It also outlines virtual teaching tools like notecards, teleporters, and slideshows. The document emphasizes that successful virtual educators understand the virtual medium and optimize both its capabilities and limitations, such as acting as an avatar and artist.

1. Sitearm
● Planner and expediter for projects in
community, spirituality, arts
● Le nom en ligne for James Neville
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2. Supporting Teaching in Virtual
Worlds
● Samples of Virtual Teaching
● Samples of Virtual Teaching Support
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3. Virtual Venues
● Virtual worlds are caricatures in which we immerse.
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4. My First Teaching in Virtual Worlds
● How to be a Blarney Stone host
● How to be a Dublin Virtually Live shift manager
● Sound check and tips for Live Musicians
● How to move / be a Float in a St. Pat's Parade
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5. Virtual Teaching Support
● Building sets for training machinima
● Helping instructors re locations and structures
● Providing access to specialized expertise
● Helping students present “live” as Avatars
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6. Virtual Venues for Teaching
● Traditional
● Park your avatar / let your mind loose
● Nontraditional
● Let your avatar loose / stay with your teleport buddy
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7. Sample Virtual Teaching Checklist
● Before first class:
● Is everyone on the same viewer version?
● Has everyone confirmed viewer settings?
● Has everyone taken time to log in and explore?
● At start of each class:
● Is everyone online without crashing issues?
● Can everyone see, be seen, hear, and be heard?
● Does everyone have a buddy for teleporting?
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8. Sample Virtual Teaching Tools
● Notecards, Landmarks
● Chat & IM logging (Me - Preferences - Privacy)
● Sitters (e.g., click chair to auto sit)
● Givers (e.g., click object to auto receive notecard)
● Teleporters (e.g., click to auto open map for TP)
● Slideshow Screens (although web view is easier)
● Really Fast Fingers (for when sound is out or a verbal
transcript is needed)
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9. Sample Virtual Teaching Resources
● Second Life Educators List
https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators
● Hypergrid Business Journal
www.hypergridbusiness.com/
● Each other!
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10. Summary
● Successful educators know their medium.
● Be a fluent Avatar.
● Be a literate Builder.
● Successful educators optimize the
shortcomings as well as the possibilities.
● Be an Artist
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11. Thank You!
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