August 27, 2009Created by DiAnn Bunting Virtual Worlds in Education Second Life Second Life ® Active Worlds Active Worlds ® and Quest Atlantis ®Quest Atlantis.

August 27, 2009 Created byDiAnn Bunting

Virtual Worlds in EducationSecond Life®

Active Worlds® and Quest Atlantis®

http://secondlife.com/

http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/

http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/

Education needs an upgrade! No Future Left Behind 5:46 min.

“I can’t create my future with the tools of your past.”

“Let the future in.” “Ask questions, share, work

together, play together, explore, discover, create, learn our way.”

“Step out of the comfort zone.” “Let me show you what I can do.” “Tear down the walls.” “The future called…”

http://www.youtube.com/user/KnowclueKidd

Social Networking…

Youtube Youtube.com/

edu Schooltube Facebook Twitter

Digg Reddit Linkedin Blogs Wikis

Virtual Worlds…

Immersive Environment

MMO: Massively Multiplayer Online World

Activities in a Virtual World…

Building 3:09 min

Scripting

Textures Sculpted Prims

Animations

Terraforming 4:17 min.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQL8_HB1HtQ

http://blip.tv/file/304481

How do I begin?

Second Life®

Teen Second Life®

Second Life® (Main)

Buying a Private Sim

Active Worlds®

Active Worlds® in Education

Pricing Information for AW®

Quest Atlantis®

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/gettingstartedwithsecondlife.pdf

http://teen.secondlife.com/




http://secondlife.com/land/privatepricing.php

http://secondlife.com/land/privatepricing.php

http://www.activeworlds.com/




http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/awedu_pricing.asp

http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/

Other Choices… Alice

Story Telling Alice Designed for Middle School Students

Alice 2.2 or 2.0 Designed for High School Students

Conspiracy Code Playing engaging

concept practice games;

Responding to a variety of question types;

Writing assignments and essays;

Completing authentic game-based assessments; and,

Participating in discussion based assessments.

MIVHS Online Class

http://www.alice.org/

Tools for Second Life… Second Life Wiki: Creation Portal

Gimp Scratch QAvimator SculptyPaint Blender

There are many others that may cost

or are free for residents to use.

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Creation_Portal

http://gimp.org/

http://web.mit.edu/~eric_r/Public/S4SL/

http://www.qavimator.org/

http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/

http://www.blender.org/

Educational Resources: In World

Main Grid: Get A Muve On

by Kathy Schrock ISTE Island Michigan Library

Consortium Terra Incognita Eduisland Global Kids

Teen Grid Global Kids Islan

d Kids Connect Isla

nd Ohio University:

VITAL Lab Global Citizenshi

p in a Virtual World

These are only a few of the many choices.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhs2t6g6_88dmrkt4f8



http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/37/160/23

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/167/50/22

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/167/50/22

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terra%20incognita/128/128/39

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/128/128/24

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching/223/164/25

http://holymeatballs.org/

http://holymeatballs.org/

http://www.kidzconnect.org/

http://www.kidzconnect.org/

http://globalvirtual.blogspot.com/



Education Resources: Off World

Second Life In Education by Joan Namkay Practical Examples of 3D Virtual Environments for HS St

udents by Steve Collis

Guide To Second Life for K-12 Educators by Kathy Schrock

Suffern Middle School In Second Life by Peggy Sheehy Ramapo Islands (Suffern Middle School’s New Website)

by Peggy Sheehy Second Life: Educators Working With Teens

Linden Labs Wiki 834 Tips For Successful Online Instruction

Produced by The Elearning Guild New Media Consortium (a community of hundreds of

leading universities, colleges, museums, and research centers.)

DigiTales by Bernajean Porter Learnport (Professional Development Portal)

http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/

http://www.happysteve.com/2009/04/practical-examples-of-3d-virtual-environments-for-learning-in-high-school.html

http://www.happysteve.com/2009/04/practical-examples-of-3d-virtual-environments-for-learning-in-high-school.html

http://kathyschrock.net/k12secondlife/secondlife_schrock.pdf

http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/

http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life:_Educators_Working_with_Teens

http://www.elearningguild.com/pdf/4/guildtipsbook-final.pdf

http://www.nmc.org/

http://www.digitales.us/index.php

Video Resources

Education in Second Life: Explore The Possibilities by Arete. 6:01 min.

Educational Uses of Second Life by MaryAnnCLT 6:59 min.

ISTE Second Life by KnowclueKidd 10:02 min.

Poetry Quest 2009 by majenh 8.06 min.

Practical Examples of Using a Virtual 3d Environment for Learning in High School

by lestep 9:55 min.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGR9q43dag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGR9q43dag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP137QgYKvQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oeCkBbwWo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oeCkBbwWo

Contacts

Steve Collis Peggy Sheehy Kathy Schrock

Second Life Wiki: Working with teens

Joan Namkay

DiAnn Bunting

Tracy517-664-5441

http://www.happysteve.com/2008/11/case-study-teen-second-life-at-suffern-intermediate-school-with-peggy-sheehy.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/03651162225518942003

http://kathyschrock.net/blog/





http://www.hudson.k12.mi.us/

August 27, 2009 Created byDiAnn Bunting

Virtual Worlds in Education are part of our students’ futures.

“Keep the fire burning! Let the children play!” – Peggy Sheehy (Suffern Middle School, Suffern, New York.)

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