SL Library Presentation

Second Life

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What is Second Life?

Second Life is a virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening in 2003, SL

has grown explosively and today is inhabited by over 7 million residents.

*Population as of 3/23/2007

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Virtual Worlds

The Horizon Report, 2007 Edition Virtual Worlds

- Time to Adoption: Two to Three Years

- “Campuses and businesses have established locations in these worlds, much as they were creating websites a dozen years ago. In the same way that the number and sophistication of websites grew very quickly as more people began to browse, virtual locations will become more common and more mature as the trend continues.”

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Virtual School of Management

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Creating a Second Life

Register at http://www.secondlife.com Fill out some basic information Pick your avatar Download/install the software Login

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Modifying your Avatar

Learning Environments

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Click image to view “Glacier Simulation” video

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Potential Benefits

Hands-on learning New form of interaction Experience your school in a “physical

manner” Marketing Recruiting (virtual information sessions)

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Potential Benefits

Virtual field trips Develop your own immersive environment Socialization Networking Virtual collaboration

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Obstacles

System requirements Hardware Network Connection

Stability Maintenance/Updates

“Black Wednesdays”

Learning Curve Pricing

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Obstacles

“Griefing” Vandalism Inappropriate materials Keeping students

on-task

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Pricing Basic Account is free

Access to events, shopping, building (temporarily in sand boxes), scripting & more

Premium Account Costs $9.95/mo Allows you to own land in SL

Private Island Ownership Education Discount

- Small island = $980 for 65,536 sq. meters (about 16 acres)

- Monthly land fee for maintenance = $150/mo

Renting space

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Coming Soon!

Integrated voice functionality Volume dependent on proximity Phone bridging Control who speaks Lip synching

HTML on a prim Better translators Open source possibilities

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Library Resources Info Island Archipelago Tour

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B8v3TZethQ0 infoisland.org

http://infoisland.org Second Life Library 2.0

http://secondlifelibrary.blogspot.com/ The Shifted Librarian

http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/04/12/second_library.htmlhttp://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/01/08/alas_second_life.html

Second Life Librarianshttp://sllibrarians.ning.com/

Developing Library Services in Second Lifehttp://seriousgamessource.com/features/feature_063006_second_life_library.php

alliancesecondlife (google group)http://groups.google.com/group/alliancesecondlife?hl=en

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UTD SOM Islandhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/UTD%20SOM/141/70/22/

Capitol Hillhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Capitol%20Hill%201/128/127/23/

Casablanca (Virtual Morocco)http://slurl.com/secondlife/Casablanca/134/87/26/

EduNationhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation/69/48/22/

Glacier Simulationhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/93/237/23/

Harvard’s Berkman Law Schoolhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/105/74/35

Heart Murmur Simhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/130/37/

Info Islandhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/

International Space Museumhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/SpacePort%20Alpha/23/51/22/

NMC Campushttp://slurl.com/secondlife/nmc%20campus/142/223/

Virtual Hallucinationshttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Sedig/27/45/22/

Bibliography

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Horizon Reporthttp://www.nmc.org/horizon/2007/report

LSL Scripting Formhttp://forums.secondlife.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15

Second Lifehttp://www.secondlife.com

Second Life: Educationhttp://secondlife.com/education/

Second Life: Get One (video)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxj8RTW4ev4&mode=related&search=

Second Life: Knowledge Basehttp://secondlife.com/knowledgebase

SimTeachhttp://www.simteach.com

SimTeach: Institutions and Organizations in SLhttp://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL

SLED (SL EDucators)https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

Torley Linden’s YouTube instructional videoshttp://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Torley

UTD SOM Second Lifehttp://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/secondlife/SOM_SL.html

Bibliography

Questions?

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Thank You!

Katrina Adams (aka Katrina Sol)

katrina.adams@utdallas.edu

Darren Crone (aka Darren Student)

darren.crone@utdallas.edu