The Story of My “Second Life”

Hey everyone, Came across this terrific resource thanks to a diigo tag by Wainbrave Bernal. The Learning Experience (http://www.tleinsl.com/) is a massive, seven-sim, free (user-supported) university in Second Life offering free classes & events, a wide range of interest groups (that, thankfully, count towards your Linden-imposed 25 group limit), interactive museums of World History and [...]

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Write that URL down … now! (Special thanks to Claird Loon for sharing!) This fantastic wikispaces site, http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/, belongs to Jo Kay and Sean FitzGerald and is one of the most comprehensive sites dedicated to the gathering and dissemination of education-related SL resources I’ve seen. It is a veritable one-stop-shop for people learning about SL [...]

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My friend and colleague Ken Hartman told me about an article he read in the May 18, 2007 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education. The piece, entitled “Case Western Reserve U. Builds Virtual Campus to Woo Prospective Students,” talks about the university’s use of SL to create an environment for prospective students. The article, [...]

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The New Media Consortium (NMC) just announced they have built a system for Second Life account creation and new user orientation expressly for educators. By working closely with Linden Labs, NMC has the ability help educators create SL accounts and take them to NMC’s own custom, safe, (probably) griefer-free, teacher-flavored version of Orientation Island. This [...]

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Ok! Time to get serious… I’ve been in-world almost two months and at this point I’ve pretty much had my fill of random main grid exploration. I’ve enjoyed EVERY sim I’ve visited and nearly EVERY avatar I’ve interacted with. It really has been enjoyable and informative but it’s time I start focused explorations of MG [...]

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Good morning everyone, I’d like to tell you about something very special happening on EduIsland II, a recently formed sim. It is the creation of a complex of buildings housing some of the greatest and most influential thinkers in EdTech today, and it’s going on right now. But first, some background. Soon after beginning my [...]

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Anyone new to Second Life needs to find their way to Terra Incognita. Click the image below for a full-size version. There’s so much to explore, you could make a day of it … and still not see everything. Be sure to take the gondola ride at the visitor’s center as soon as you arrive, [...]

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So yesterday I pop into SL and find Existential on EduIsland II, proud new owner of a palatial estate. This for some reason galvanized me into action. I asked him for his real estate contact and in seconds I was being shown properties on EduIsland II. To make a long story short, I missed a [...]

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Victoria was kind enough to take me out for a spin on the Flying Tako, her virtual yacht, and she was so right, it is quite fun and very relaxing. (I didn’t have the nerve to tell her I get seasick in RL). This particular ship is a simpler design but there are many others [...]

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Ok! So I met in-world last night with Clare Lane and Dembe Wellman and decided to go exploring, starting with EduIsland (which we’d already seen but I thought we should test out the “Team Recon” process.) Basically, the idea is to check builds out together, virtually as a team, to expedite the exploration process. Some [...]

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