Poised at the Edge of the Unknown:Surviving and Thriving in Second Life

Jeff HilesCenter for Teaching & Learning

Wright State University

TCC Worldwide Online Conference 2009

April 2, 2009

Licensed under aCreative Commons Share Alike

with Attribution License

Cynthia CalongneInstitute for Advanced StudiesColorado Technical University

Nick NoakesHong Kong University

of Science and Technology

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They have great educator freebies at the

NMC Orientation!

A newcomer searches for educator loot!

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Educator Freebie Center

Head southeast & inside a lovely building for free educator items

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NMC Educator Freebie Center

Jack and Jill in a box!Avatar gear & animations

Cool educator tools!

Cool outfits & academic regalia

Love thesefreebies!

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Wheredid I putmy hair?

Farley has a bad hair day

Unpacking your loot:Items are often packed in a box. Drag it to the ground, “open” it

and use “copy to inventory.”

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Farley dresses his avatar and visits the Texture Tutorials

Left click on an objectto use it and right click on an

object to sit or touch it.

…must…try...everything!

Some objects do not do

anything when touched.

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Best seat in the house!

I was here first!

*pinch* Everyone is so friendly!

Some sit on the pillow; the others sit on the ledge

Right clickon the

seatbefore sitting

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Libraries are great ways to

meeteducators

Right clickon an avatar

to make friends

Use the Morebutton to givea calling card

Look for cool educatortools inside

Nice to meet youCorwin

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Let’s see, I want to keep

in touch

Give a card...Doh! Eject?

Oh No!

Eject me, will you?

Give a calling card…carefully

Lyr plots her revenge

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Now whatwas her name?

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Is a griefer shooting

you?

Sit down, or build a box and sit on it

If the box is not physical, you cannot be moved

Report griefersusing the

Help menu

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What a great view…whoa!

To land, use the PageDown

Key!

The SciLands are fun!

...hmm, whatdoes this do?

A friend shouts from below...

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Where did myhair go?

Lyr looks for her missing hair

Lyr drug herhand over her

avatar

& accidentallydetached or

edited her hair

Right click the hair, select

More and Wear

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Avatars come in all shapes, colors, species and sizes

Corwin and Lyr (l) Heidi and Stella (r)

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Rename your shape so you can find it easily

Lyr is wearinga child’s shape

I’m shrinking!

This can happenafter wearing

a smaller avatar

Create a folder& put the items

in it that youlike to wear.

Right click yourfolder & useAdd to Outfit

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Avatar Grooming Tips

• Create a new folder for your normal look– Copy (or drag no copy items) into this folder

– Lost worn items? • Right click the folder name & select Add to Outfit

• Finding lost hair in your inventory– If from a new avatar’s look

• Look in your Library folder to find, copy it, paste it into a My Inventory folder

• Right click the name in the inventory and select wear -or- • Search the inventory for the hair’s name

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The Library& Clothing folders

hold startingoutfits

Highlight, copyand paste the itemsinto a new folderin My Inventory

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Wright State MBA students get ready for their first class in SL

I’m ready foraction!

How do Ilook?

Get ready tocollaborate!

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Chattering Objects

• Avatars wear personal items– Clothes, skin, shape & hair

– Animation overrides (AOs)

– Coffee cups, jet packs, etc.

• Avatars wear devices – When touched, these items

may write to the chat log

– You don’t want your items getting a life without you

• Users touch everything– Invisible items can chatter

– They can be intrusive

– & may disrupt the meeting

• Tips– Remove all personal

attachments

– After all, scripted devices also lag a crowded meeting

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It’s great to meet with educators!

Lyr clicks on an invisible object that someone off screen is wearing.

I wonder what this does?

Please click the chat box if you want us to blog your comments.

Lyr clicks on a newcomer

Hello!

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an object worn bysomeone offstage starts chatteringin the local chat

Tip: Remove all chattering objects before meetings

A chat log devicerecords it

Wow! This blog post

is going to be riveting!

blushes!

Moans… ...whimpers

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Where’s mymagic 8-ball?

Avatars share ideas in a meeting of minds

Thinkscreatively

Lives outside the box

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How distinctiveand

delightful!

You look great up there!Lost items? No problem!

Hello! I’d recognize you

anywhere!

Where did Iput my…hmm?

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Poised at the Edge of the Unknown:Surviving and Thriving in Second Life

Cynthia CalongneLyr Lobo in SL

http://edumuve.com http://ctusoftware.blogspot.comhttp://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo

Nick NoakesCorwin Carillon in SL

Jeff HilesFarley Scarborough in SL