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Staff and Departmental Development Unit
Get a Second Life
Simon Davis
Jane O’Neill
SDDU
Agenda
Overview of Secondlife
Educational uses
‘Simon says’
Exploring Secondlife
Discussion
What is Secondlife?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxj8RTW4ev4
What is Secondlife?
3D virtual world on the internet
Free to use
Pay for land
What is Secondlife?
Personalised avatar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40034470@N00/247465407/
What is Secondlife?
Communicate by text or voice
What is Secondlife?
Walk, fly, dance, cycle, teleport….
What is Secondlife?
Created by ‘residents’
What is Secondlife?
A place to:
•Explore
•Meet
•Socialise
•Learn
•Create
…………..
Educational Uses
Information point
Presentation and discussion
Exhibition space
Building and creating
Enterprise
Role play
Language practice
Simulation
Simulation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slml/1990427603/
Issues
Reliability
Computer spec
Firewalls etc
Learning curve
Time