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* [[Sloodle]] is an attempt to integrate this with an [[LMS]].
* [[Sloodle]] is an attempt to integrate this with an [[LMS]].
== How to ==
To experience second life you should have a computer with a 3D graphics card (e.g. nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4 MX or better). Clients exist for
Win/Mac and Linux (alpha as of dec 2007)
=== Finding things ===
A good way to find things is to use SLURLs that provide direct teleport links to locations.
Syntax:
<pre>
http://slurl.com/secondlife/<region>/<x-coordinate>/<y-coordinate>/<z-coordinate>/
</pre>
You also may add a picture, e.g.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/<region><x/y/z>?img=http://yourdomain/pict.jpg&title=Your title&msg=Your message


== Links ==
== Links ==


; Official websites
=== Official or closely related to SL/Linden===


* [http://secondlife.com/ Second Life Home Page]
* [http://secondlife.com/ Second Life Home Page]
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* [http://lindenlab.com/ Linden Lab] (Makers of Second Life)
* [http://lindenlab.com/ Linden Lab] (Makers of Second Life)


; Manuals
* [http://secondlife.com/educationwiki Second Life Education Wiki]
 
* [http://blog.secondlife.com/ Seconde Life Blog] (official news)
 
* [http://slurl.com/ Location-based linking in Second Life]
 
; Mailing lists
* [https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators SL Educators Mailing list]
 
* [http://list.academ-x.com/listinfo.cgi/slrl-academ-x.com Second Life Researchers List]
 
=== Manuals ===


* [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal LSL Portal] community wiki to provide accurate documentation for the scripting language of Second Life (LSL)
* [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal LSL Portal] community wiki to provide accurate documentation for the scripting language of Second Life (LSL)
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* There is also a manual that you can find from the second life client. (lsl_guide.html)
* There is also a manual that you can find from the second life client. (lsl_guide.html)


; Other
=== Extensions ===
 
* [http://www.secondpresentation.com/blog/ eaching and Presentation Tools for Second Life], e.g. a voting tool.
 
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pinastri/118/169/23 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pinastri/118/169/23] (SecondPresentation Display Panel)
 
 
=== Other ===


* [http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki Second Life Education Wiki]
* [http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki Second Life Education Wiki]
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* [http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/ Second Life in Education wiki]
* [http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/ Second Life in Education wiki]
* [http://www.rent-a-tutor.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/27/p350 Second Life: hype or business model?] (Rent a Tutor).
* [http://cyberwizard.de/secondlife/index.php?title=Hauptseite  Bildung in Second Life] (Wiki, in German).
* [http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Grad_Student_Colony Grad School Colony]
== Example educational sites ==
Search "slurl education" or something like this in google.
* [http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Top_20_Educational_Locations_in_Second_Life op 20 Educational Locations in Second Life] (SimTeach Wiki)
* [http://tinyurl.com/nfjt2 Campus region]
* [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20I/45/99/24/ A german high school] (See [http://www.vhs-secondlife.de/index.htm Wir sind im Second Life! Kommen Sie zu uns!)


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 15:49, 17 December 2007

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Definition

“Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 2,938,247 people from around the globe.” ([1], 17:22, 26 January 2007 (MET)).

See also: Active Worlds

In education

  • In "Second Life", there are educational events and even some learning activities (to be documented).
  • Sloodle is an attempt to integrate this with an LMS.

How to

To experience second life you should have a computer with a 3D graphics card (e.g. nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4 MX or better). Clients exist for Win/Mac and Linux (alpha as of dec 2007)

Finding things

A good way to find things is to use SLURLs that provide direct teleport links to locations.

Syntax: 

http://slurl.com/secondlife/<region>/<x-coordinate>/<y-coordinate>/<z-coordinate>/

You also may add a picture, e.g. http://slurl.com/secondlife/<region><x/y/z>?img=http://yourdomain/pict.jpg&title=Your title&msg=Your message

Links

Official or closely related to SL/Linden

Mailing lists

Manuals

  • LSL Portal community wiki to provide accurate documentation for the scripting language of Second Life (LSL)
  • There is also a manual that you can find from the second life client. (lsl_guide.html)

Extensions


Other

Example educational sites

Search "slurl education" or something like this in google.

References

  • Gregory M. Lamb, Real learning in a virtual world, Christian Science Monitor, October 05, 2006 edition. HTML
  • Davis, Vicki A. (2007). The frontier of education: Web 3D, Blog Entry. HTML, retrieved 20:03, 25 April 2007 (MEST). (This is the best blog article on SL Daniel K. Schneider has seen so far).
  • Antonacci, David M. and Nellie Modaress (2005). The Educational Possibilities of a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (MMVW). EDUCAUSE HTML
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