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SL Library Presentation
- 1. Second Life
- 2. What is Second Life? Second Life is a virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening in 2003, SL has grown explosively and today is inhabited by over 7 million residents. *Population as of 3/23/2007
- 3. Virtual Worlds The Horizon Report, 2007 Edition Virtual Worlds Time to Adoption: Two to Three Years “Campuses and businesses have established locations in these worlds, much as they were creating websites a dozen years ago. In the same way that the number and sophistication of websites grew very quickly as more people began to browse, virtual locations will become more common and more mature as the trend continues.”
- 4. Virtual School of Management
- 5. Creating a Second Life Register at http://www.secondlife.com Fill out some basic information Pick your avatar Download/install the software Login
- 17. Click image to view “Glacier Simulation” video
- 18. Potential Benefits Hands-on learning New form of interaction Experience your school in a “physical manner” Marketing Recruiting (virtual information sessions)
- 19. Potential Benefits Virtual field trips Develop your own immersive environment Socialization Networking Virtual collaboration
- 20. Obstacles System requirements Hardware Network Connection Stability Maintenance/Updates “Black Wednesdays” Learning Curve Pricing
- 21. Obstacles “Griefing” Vandalism Inappropriate materials Keeping students on-task
- 22. Pricing Basic Account is free Access to events, shopping, building (temporarily in sand boxes), scripting & more Premium Account Costs $9.95/mo Allows you to own land in SL Private Island Ownership Education Discount Small island = $980 for 65,536 sq. meters (about 16 acres) Monthly land fee for maintenance = $150/mo Renting space
- 23. Coming Soon! Integrated voice functionality Volume dependent on proximity Phone bridging Control who speaks Lip synching HTML on a prim Better translators Open source possibilities
- 24. Library Resources Info Island Archipelago Tour http://youtube.com/watch?v=B8v3TZethQ0 infoisland.org http://infoisland.org Second Life Library 2.0 http://secondlifelibrary.blogspot.com/ The Shifted Librarian http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/04/12/second_library.html http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/01/08/alas_second_life.html Second Life Librarians http://sllibrarians.ning.com/ Developing Library Services in Second Life http://seriousgamessource.com/features/feature_063006_second_life_library.php alliancesecondlife (google group) http://groups.google.com/group/alliancesecondlife?hl=en
- 25. UTD SOM Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/UTD%20SOM/141/70/22/ Capitol Hill http://slurl.com/secondlife/Capitol%20Hill%201/128/127/23/ Casablanca (Virtual Morocco) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Casablanca/134/87/26/ EduNation http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation/69/48/22/ Glacier Simulation http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/93/237/23/ Harvard’s Berkman Law School http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/105/74/35 Heart Murmur Sim http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/130/37/ Info Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/ International Space Museum http://slurl.com/secondlife/SpacePort%20Alpha/23/51/22/ NMC Campus http://slurl.com/secondlife/nmc%20campus/142/223/ Virtual Hallucinations http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sedig/27/45/22/ Bibliography
- 26. Horizon Report http://www.nmc.org/horizon/2007/report LSL Scripting Form http://forums.secondlife.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15 Second Life http:// www.secondlife.com Second Life: Education http://secondlife.com/education/ Second Life: Get One (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxj8RTW4ev4&mode=related&search = Second Life: Knowledge Base http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase SimTeach http://www.simteach.com SimTeach: Institutions and Organizations in SL http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL SLED (SL EDucators) https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators Torley Linden’s YouTube instructional videos http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Torley UTD SOM Second Life http://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/secondlife/SOM_SL.html Bibliography
- 27. Questions?
- 28. Thank You! Katrina Adams (aka Katrina Sol) [email_address] Darren Crone (aka Darren Student) [email_address]