Elizabeth Becker Christine Crawford

Lori Swinney

AgendaTour of an instructional space designed for SL by Cathy

Walker of St. Vincent de Paul School in Rogers, AR

Guest speaker, Larry Johnson (aka Larry Pixel), CEO of NMC

Guest speakers John Miller of Tacoma Community College and Cathy Walker will demonstrate the Nursing Education Simulator (NESim) (at 3:00 pm).

Explore….This instructional space was created by Cathy Walker (see

her bio in your handout)

What is Second Life?A 3-D virtual worldFree and available to everyoneCreated in 2003 by Linden LabOver 9 million residents

53% male, 47% female200 + countries200 + universitiesIn-world economy US$1 = L$275 (as of 11/24/07)

Is Second Life a Game?Goals and objectives in games are dictated by the game

designers.

What you set out to accomplish, when and how you level up are all predetermined by the writers.

In SL, the players ARE the writers.

Gartner Report 2007

Gartner Says 80 Percent of Active Internet Users (and Fortune 500 enterprises)Will Have A "Second Life" in the Virtual World by the End of 2011

Trends toward Virtual WorldsVirtual worlds are new to our current studentsIn-coming students will have already been introduced to

the virtual worlds:Club PenguinWebkinzWhyvilleTeen Grid

Corporations like IBM, Cisco and SUN use SL to interview, train, and socialize their employees

EconomyCurrency is the Linden Dollar

US$1 = L$275 (as of 11/24/07)

value fluctuates with supply and demand

Can buy all things virtual

How can we use this instructionally?

Culture Norms, etiquette,

subcultures ie: personal space

It has newspapers, communities and cultural events

Art galleries, jazz clubs, concerts, fund raisers

How can we use this instructionally?

Networking/Collaboration

Employee of Sun MicrosystemsGraduate library student from U of AFaculty member managing 3 SUNY

IslandsBuilder of Northern Illinois University

(Glidden)Member of SL Development board and

shop ownerEducators in Arkansas, Pennsylvania

and North Carolina

Referenceshttp://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503861

http://www.metaversemessenger.com/pdf/2007/11/MM20071120.pdf

http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy-market.phpwww.secondlife.com

Special thanks to friends in-world for the help!