Second+Life

=__Second Life Wiki__ = Link back to HOME: http://chcemergtech.wikispaces.com/ =   =        INTRODUCTION            Second Life is oftentimes referred to as a game, but this description does not fit the set definition. It does not have scoring, winners and losers, competition, levels, points, odds or many other characteristics of games (Kramer, 2000). Second Life is a 3-D virtual world, also called a Multi-User Virtual Environment, entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown exponentially and today is inhabited by nearly 7,000,000 people from around the globe. There are shopping malls, events, homes, lands of different types, and best of all, participants can contribute content, buildings, and other digital creations. Second Life provides near unlimited freedom to its online denizens. Second Life is populated by avatars: virtual representations of SL members. If you want to hang out with your friends in a garden or castle, you can. If you want to go shopping or fight dragons, you can. If you want to start a business, create a game or build a skyscraper you can. The choice is up to the player. In true constructivist fashion, this virtual world is whatever you make it, and your experience is what you want to get out of it. The users are free to explore the environment while also critically reflecting on it. J.P. Gee, describes this as being a multimodal principal. “Meaning and knowledge are built up though various modalities (images, texts, symbols, interactions, abstract designs, sounds, etc), not just words “ (2004, p. 210). If you want to hang out with your friends in a garden or castle, you can. If you want to go shopping or fight dragons, you can. If you want to start a business, create a game or build a skyscraper you can. The choice is up to the player.

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mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">     <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">**//What is unique about Second Life?//**     <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">     <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">     <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The unique characteristics of a 3D virtual worlds can provide opportunities for authentic learning, collaboration and co-creation activities, sensory immersion, role-playing, modeling of scenarios, and other social networking opportunities that allow people to connect with others whom have similar interests. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">According to Tapscott and Williams ([|Wikipedia], 2006), players participate in the creation of products in an active and ongoing way. “The consumer actually co-innovates and co-produces the products they consume.” In that way, Second Life is like other Web 2.0 technologies; users are the developers, society members, producers and entrepreneurs of their own programming. Robert Hof in an article in //Business Weekly// (May 1, 2006) goes so far as describing Second Life as “The unholy offspring of the movie [|The Matrix], the social networking site [|MySpace.com],and the online marketplace [|eBay.com].” <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Despite its prominence, //Second Life// has notable competitors, including [|IMVU] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">, [|There] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">, [|Active Worlds] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">, [|Kaneva] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">,[|vPMR] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">,[|Whyville] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> and <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> [|Club Penguin]. - **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">//Did it replace or enhance something else used for teaching and learning?// ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">Second Life provides a flexible environment for educators interested in distance learning, computer supported cooperative work, simulation, new media studies, and corporate training (Second Life, 2007). Students and educators can work together in Second Life from anywhere in the world as part of a globally networked virtual classroom environment. Using Second Life as a supplement to traditional classroom environments also provides new opportunities for enriching an existing curriculum. <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">

**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">//How does it work for today's learners - the Milennials, digital natives?// ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">According to Rob Salkowitz in the book, [|Generation Blend: Managing Across the Technology Age Gap (2008]//),// millennials are sociable, confident, have a belief in collective action, are good at multitasking and are technologically savvy. You would think that a generation of people raised on the proverbial virtual teat would be flocking to an environment like Second Life. However, according to the demographics,  http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?p=961 {{<span {{<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">says only 24% of the users of Second life are under 25 years of age, with the majority being 25-34 (Generation X). }} <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">     <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">     <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">     <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #e31616; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">

{{<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">A member of the SL educator listserv stated that, “Young people raised with video games often get bored in SL because there's "nothing to do." They expect a scripted game with a quest, and with obstacles to overcome. The idea of shopping, dancing, sitting around and talking with friends seems too much like real life to them. The older generations seem more comfortable with the idea of free will and with self-motivated learning. It's an interesting paradox .... the younger people may take more easily to the technology in many ways, but the older ones tend to spend more time in SL.” }} http://teen.secondlife.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Second_Life [|Ohio University VITAL Lab Second Life projects] A number of Second Life projects for high schools and middle schools. [|Kids Connect Island] - A series of workshops for people on the Teen Grid that teaches them to connect and work together via performance, storytelling and collaboration by both theatrical and digital means. {{<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">**//-//** }}<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> //**Blogs**// <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Here is a list of Second Life Weblogs that help the user explore the virtual world. They include helpful resources, news, gossip and insights from devoted bloggers all over the Second Life universe. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Blog on SL - [|http://www.storyofmysecondlife.com] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|Milton Broome] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> - Simon Bignell's (//University of Derby, UK//) avatar Milton Broome on 'Virtual Psychology' in Second Life. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|Reuters Second Life Blog] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> – SL news <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|SLEDucating] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> - SLEDucating is a collective of individuals blogging their research and insights concerning Secondlife. Also supports a text to speech podcast. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|SLED Blogs] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> - a list of blogs created by educators and trainers using Second Life. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|New World Notes] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> - this is the blog about Second Life by "embedded journalist" Hamlet Linden. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|NPSL: Nonprofits in Second Life] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #131313; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Your <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #131313; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #131313; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">one-stop source for blog posts and news from the world of non-profit organizations making a difference in Second Life. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|Official Second Life Blog] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> – The official blog for second life
 * Teen Second Life** - The teen grid is for people who are 13 to 17 years old. It does not allow adults in, other than teachers who must go through a detailed background check, and then only to work with students in very specific areas in the Teen Grid.

[|Second Life Future Salon] – Links, current issues discussed, special guests, etc.
== [|Terra Nova] - this is a general group blog about gaming, especially MMOs and virtual worlds. They have some education-oriented content, and significant participation from the social sciences. == <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"> [|Research on Second Life] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"> - Current information, good overview specifically about doing business in second life. Teen Second Life After-School Club - <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'ArialMT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: ArialMT"><span style="COLOR: #001fe8; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">[|http://tsl.northfield.groupfusion.net/ <span] style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt">

//<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">**But is Second Life a Game, SIM, or Both?** // <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Second Life is oftentimes referred to as a game, but this description does not fit the set definition. It does not have scoring, winners and losers, competition, levels, points, odds or many other characteristics of games (Kramer, 2000). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> All simulations necessarily simplify aspects of whatever they simulate. That is their value. They have an explanatory function rather than a duplication of function (Kimball, 2008). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">Typically the designer constructs them to help users focus on aspects that are, for whatever reason, felt to be important or fun. The designer wants the user to gloss and experience or get to the point of something in as few steps as possible. Games are often made elaborate to enhance the pleasure of exploring them, while puzzles are often made so to disguise the solution.

//<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">**Second Life and Community** // <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> The history of Second Life is described in quite thoroughly in the Official Second Life guide, Rymaszweski et al. (2007). Second Life was designed to imitate the real world – it gives you the freedom to pursue your dreams and interests. Incorporating elements of Web 2.0, community formation tools such as MySpace and wikis, is responsible for creating a community that harness the power of the collective intelligence (O’Reilly, 2004; Robbins & Bell, 2008). In addition, Davenport suggests (2000) the possibility of recording collaboratively acted stories using built-in machinima (SL video production) also contributes to its appeal. **//Discuss what you are concerned might not work or needs to be addressed and why.//** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Giving away to much information about yourself on Second Life can open to stalkers and other potential low-lifes. It is important to keep personal things, like email and address private so as not to put yourself up to possible "first life" trouble. Resources//** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Second Life Official Site - [|http://www.secondlife.com] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Second Life Video: Ohio State University - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA <span <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Educational Uses of Second Life - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA&feature=related <span <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Second Life Newspaper - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://sl-newspaper.com/ <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Literature Alive! Second Life Project - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Second Life Educators (SLED) mailing list – <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">SimTeach – <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://www.simteach.com] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> – educational efforts in SL   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Linden Lab’s official explanation of how SL economy functions and is maintained –  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/08/14/the-second-life-economy/ <span] Second Life Insider - [|http://www.secondlifeinsider.com] Second Life Universe - [|http://www.sluniverse.com] - Third Party Community Site - Forums, Knowledge Base, etc. Kevin Jarret's Voicethread about SL - http://voicethread.com/#q.b8878

**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">//Second Life Locations// ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">There are thousands of interesting and educational locations to visit in the Second Life Universe. Here are the coordinates of a few of the more popular ones. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-International Space Museum <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://slispaceflightmuseum.org/drupal/ <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Orientation Island - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orientation%20Island%20Public/97/155 <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations (James Linden) - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://slurl.com/secondlife/sedig/27/45/22/ <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Virtual Starry Night (Coordinates: Luctesa (75,1,81,23)) – Recreations of Van Gogh Landscapes in 3-D forms that you can walk around in. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Paris 1900 – (Coordinates: Paris 1900 (9, 171,16)) – Complete with a scale model of the Eiffel Tower <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Info Island – (Coordinates: Info Island (97, 128, 33) – Several libraries, includes a teaching tool repository. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-The Sistine Chapel (Vassar Island) - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://slurl.com/secondlife/vassar/165/91/24 <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-New Media Consortium – (Coordinates: NMC (128, 128, 0) – The powerhouse for education in SL   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Massachusetts Institute of Technology – (Coordinates: MIT (44, 230, 31)   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Ohio University w/o Borders – (Coordinates: Ohio University (45, 92, 25) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Heart Murmur SIM (medical assessment experiment) - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://slurl.com/secondlife/waterhead/130/37 <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Virtual Casablanca, Morocco – (Coordinates: Casablanca (123,88, 26)) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">- <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #3366bb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://slurl.com/secondlife/sedig/27/45/22/ <span] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">-Escapade Zoo and Safari Park – (Coordinates: 170, 81, 25) -SL Louvre Museum - (Coordinates: Tompson (153,97, 100)) -Lisbon Opera House - (Coordinates: Lanercost) -The Great Wall of SL - (Coordinates: Athetis) -Camp Darfur, Genocide Intervention Network - (Coordinates: Better World (176,245,21)) -EdTech Island - (Coordinates: EdTech (100,133,25))

media type="youtube" key="IX8HskHNSIc&hl=en" height="355" width="425"Virtual Louvre Tour --- <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">**// <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">What you are concerned might not work or needs to be addressed and why. //** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> According to Clark Aldrich, a leader in the field of gaming and simulations, there are 1 <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">0 Missing Elements in SL: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">[|http://clarkaldrich.blogspot.com/2007/05/top-ten-missing-features-of-second-life.html </span]>

There are a number of issues that need to be addressed when setting up/working in an educational environment in Second Life. Pornography, weapons, inappropriate actions and language, and generalized "griefing" of other residents. These things make people's experience uncomfortable and unproductive.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt">A weakness of //Second Life (//Multi-UserVirtual Environment) is that the environment can seem more important than reality – it can become an addiction. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt">The concept of flow was developed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D., professor of human development at the University of Chicago, who describes flow as a state of complete absorption in something, to the point where one loses track of time (Nelson, 1995). Csikszentmihalyi first observed flow when studying artists; he then looked for and found it in dancers, athletes, scientists, musicians, and talented people in many other fields. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt">Your online social network is available 24 hours a day to talk with. In M.U.V.Es, you can easily transform your identity into something completely alien to normalcy, where real life can be more challenging. Some people get absorbed by their on line game and neglect reality, because the on line game is more fun, more instantly result rewarding gratification, and less difficult to deal with.

**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">//Include some e <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> xamples of education successes you've discovered.// ** **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-Literature Alive! - ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com/literaturealive - <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Their mission is to distribute resources for the teaching of immersive literature on the teen and adult grids of Second Life. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">-**PacificRim Exchange (PacRimX)** –  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">[|http://www.pacificrimx.wordpress.com] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> – The goal of this project is to use SL to create a constant level of interaction between the students of schools in Modesto, CA and Kyoto Gakuen, Japan. Most of the projects focus on communication, creativity, culture sharing and cooperation. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-**Global Kids** - http://www.globalkids.org/?id=30 – Hosts interactive, experimental leadership programs for teens. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">-**Lighthouse Learning Island** - [|http://nausetschools.org/lighthouselearning/A <span] style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN"> Second Life professional learning community by Kathy Schrock. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN">-**Terra Incognito - http://deckamah.com/ -** <span style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Action Learning in Second Life. Professional learning programs. <span style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">-**Ramapo Island –** [|http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org] -  <span style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">The <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">virtual presence for education at <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Suffern Middle School, Suffern, NY  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> - ** Eye4you Alliance Teen Library - [|http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2007/06/teen_second_lif_1.html<span] style="color: #000000"> -** Island in Teen Second Life working to connect with teens with library services

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Shea, L. (2007). [|What is MMORPG?] //BellaOnline.//