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* [http://www.secondpresentation.com/blog/ | * [http://www.secondpresentation.com/blog/ Teaching 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) | * [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pinastri/118/169/23 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pinastri/118/169/23] (SecondPresentation Display Panel) | ||
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* [http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Top_20_Educational_Locations_in_Second_Life | * [http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Top_20_Educational_Locations_in_Second_Life Top 20 Educational Locations in Second Life] (SimTeach Wiki) | ||
* [http://tinyurl.com/nfjt2 Campus region] | * [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!) | * [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 16:12, 17 December 2007
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
- See also the 3D interactive environment article.
- In "Second Life", there are educational events and even some learning activities (to be documented).
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
- Linden Lab (Makers of Second Life)
- Seconde Life Blog (official news)
- 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
- Teaching and Presentation Tools for Second Life, e.g. a voting tool.
- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pinastri/118/169/23 (SecondPresentation Display Panel)
Other
- Beth's Second Life, blog entry.
- Second Life Travels: EduNation, blog entry
- Second Life: hype or business model? (Rent a Tutor).
- Bildung in Second Life (Wiki, in German).
Example educational sites
Search "slurl education" or something like this in google.
- Top 20 Educational Locations in Second Life (SimTeach Wiki)
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