linden land - denby, longfellow (cg linden’s home is here - he has a tic tac toe game and the scripts to create it. There’s also a chess board, lots of really pretty architecture and plants
check out pooley - one of hte bits of land is shaped like a foot
Category > secondlife
some pretty places in SL to check out
secondlife activities for games class
arrange a panel discussino with game creators in sl - invite lots of people to come (an event on our island) - have a moderator with some questions, then take questions from teh crowd
interview game creators in sl and post summaries/photos on web
set up a rpg using sets and such in sl
play some of the [...]
some sl stuff - about educational sites in SL
check out Caerleon Isle
check out Sarah Nerd’s freebie paradise (NineInchNerds 156,120,24 — notice name all one word) - they have 3 skee ball games to play (gives you instructions and a launcher when you click on it - get to practice being in mousemode and wearing attachments), there’s a conect4 game for 2 people to [...]
some sl stuff - free clothes
search for freebies - get an interesting list
Deva Loka (47,31,54) - Freebies Dungeon - ots and lots of freebies - definintely M rated - dn’t want to see it, don’t look at the nekkid pictures. There are lotsof clothes - especially lots of guy clothes - jeans, tshirts. Also free textures, vehicles
NM C’s orientation [...]
things to do in sl
scavenger hunts - put up flags, have to get notecards, maybe do in pairs, can have tasks to do - kind of like ht etraining at orientation island - could be likke get a free tshirt and put it on, take a picture of you and your buddy doing some gesture
play rock paper scissors using [...]
sl activity
place objects around hte second life island for the students to pick up - hidden, make them use the camera feature, the take object function use their inventory
the one prof made them ride horses - he mentioned one called dreamhorse - copyable - they have to make it go and steer it - learning to [...]
textbook notes - SL book - ch4
from SL book - ch4 - Your Avatar - Your Virtual Self
talks about how to save appearance - that’s important - show them some of my appearance folders to see how easy it is to switch (if there’s not too much lag), got to remember to do that right up front, start with the boring [...]
textbook notes - SL book - ch3
from SL book - ch3 - Communication and Social networking
most comm in SL - chat =Â real time typed text visible to anyone in the area so it’s local, IM = private real time typed text between you and a specific person (or group) who can be anywhere in world
have to get a feel [...]
textbook notes - SL book - ch2
book - ch2 - Exploring the new frontier
take time on orientation and help island because there are important basic skills
basic tutorials about walking, running, flying - using arrow keys, gives some specific exercises like try to follow an avatar (we could play follow the leader), directions for landing gracefully
basic explanation of camera controls (default = [...]
textbook notes - SL book - ch1
from SL book - Ch1 - Welcome to SecondLife
words for a vocab quiz - avatar, sim prim inventory, Linden rez, landmark, mainland, teleport (TP), TOS (terms of service), alts, griefers, newbie
features introduced
inventory (can carry unlimited # of things, some stuff in inventory of new characters)
landmarks - map locations of cool places (landmarks go into inventory) [...]