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Experiencing Your Second Life
Experiencing Your Second Life
Dr. Bryan CarterAssociate Professor, English
University of Central Missouri
Bryan Mnemonic - Second Life
Dr. Bryan CarterAssociate Professor, English
University of Central Missouri
Bryan Mnemonic - Second Life
What is Second Life?
What is Second Life?
Massive Multi-User Online Role playing
Environment
Inhabited by over 8 mission people
Housed on over 5000 servers in San Francisco
and texas
Massive Multi-User Online Role playing
Environment
Inhabited by over 8 mission people
Housed on over 5000 servers in San Francisco
and texas
Getting Setup
Getting Setup
Creating an Account
downloading the Client
hardware Requirements
Networking Requirements
Changing your Mindset
Creating an Account
downloading the Client
hardware Requirements
Networking Requirements
Changing your Mindset
More About Second LifeMore About Second LifeCurrency (The Linden
Dollar)
Communities
Education
Entertainment
Resources Abound(simteach, slexchange,
blogs and wikis)
Currency (The Linden Dollar)
Communities
Education
Entertainment
Resources Abound(simteach, slexchange,
blogs and wikis)
Engaging Digital Learners
Ellen Wagner, Senior Director of
Worldwide e-learningAdobe Systems
Engaging Digital Learners
Ellen Wagner, Senior Director of
Worldwide e-learningAdobe Systems
Capture their attention Convince them to care
Motivate them to change Give them choices
Connect them with communityInduce them to participate
Enable opportunities to contributeMake learning an experience to
rememberConsider that maybe it’s not about putting the learner at the center
Always remember that learning is personal
Capture their attention Convince them to care
Motivate them to change Give them choices
Connect them with communityInduce them to participate
Enable opportunities to contributeMake learning an experience to
rememberConsider that maybe it’s not about putting the learner at the center
Always remember that learning is personal
All sorts of classes
meet in SL
All sorts of classes
meet in SLComposition II
Literature
Honors
And classes in a host of other disciplines
Composition II
Literature
Honors
And classes in a host of other disciplines
The Cost of EngagementThe Cost of
EngagementBasic Account
Premium Account
Renting Land
Owning Land
Buying an Island
Goods and Services
Basic Account
Premium Account
Renting Land
Owning Land
Buying an Island
Goods and Services
Interactivity limited only by
imagination
Interactivity limited only by
imagination
Harlem Branch Library
AI Bots
Virtual Montmartre
Kamimo Island
Harlem Branch Library
AI Bots
Virtual Montmartre
Kamimo Island
Getting StartedGetting Started
Creating an Account:
http://secondlife.com
or
https://secure-web20.secondlife.com/join/index.php
or
http://sl.nmc.org/join/
Creating an Account:
http://secondlife.com
or
https://secure-web20.secondlife.com/join/index.php
or
http://sl.nmc.org/join/
