EDU DAY Guatemala: Using 3D Virtual Worlds in Education

Using 3D

Virtual Worlds

in EducationDavid Deeds

American School of

Guatemala

EDU DAY Guatemala

February 26, 2015

Goals/Objectives

Goals/Objectives

● Not Death by PowerPoint! Hope to

give demos, hands-on experience

● Briefly introduce 3D virtual worlds,

then Second Life & OpenSimulator

● Cover Higher Ed with Second Life,

K-12 with OpenSimulator

● Make: time for Q&A throughout the

prez; pitch for 3D Global Village

Hands-On Experience

● Go to:

http://wiki.kokuaviewer.org/wiki/

Kokua/Downloads

Download/install the Kokua Viewer

● Ready to go on one platform, will

have to add a grid for the other

● We'll do the intros/definitions first

Intros/Definitions

Deed Davids

● 14 years in education: 8 in higher

education, 6 in K-12

● Been using virtual worlds since

2006: 3 in higher ed, 6 in K-12

(3D) Virtual Worlds

● MMORPG? Immersive/Virtual

Learning Environments, not GAME!

● Some are: Minecraft, WoW, etc.

● No built-in XP, levels, etc.

Second Life

● Commercial, Linden Labs, 2003

● Still a million users; 50,000/day

● US $30,000,000 economy in 2011

● You make it, it's your IP

Second Life

OpenSimulator

● Open Source, 2007, Version 0.8

● Hosted platform best, can be free

● No standard currency/economy

● Best bet for ed, 3D Global Village

OpenSimulator

Second Life Avatars

● Password for all: ilovesl2009

● Male: SLTeacherOne Aristocrat,

SLTeacherTwo Bookmite,

SLTeacherThree Netizen

● Female: SLTeacherFour Quintessa,

SLTeacherFive Scribe,

SLTeacherSix Turbo

OpenSimulator Avatars

● http://209.126.208.161:9020● Password for all: davesastud2015

● Male: CAG Teacher1, CAG Teacher 2,

CAG Teacher3

● Female: CAG Teacher 4,

CAG Teacher5, CAG Teacher6

You/Demos/Videos

Second Life: Higher Ed

● Eliminates communications barrier

● Computer Aided Design and

Programming, Business, Languages

● Project Management, Local/Global

Collaboration, Digital Citizenship

● Problem-solving, task-based,

creativity-enhancing all built-in

● Ultimate 21st century teaching and

learning environment (PD too!)

Second Life

Want your own SL

cybercampus?

Contact Carol

Pfeifer of the New

Media Consortium:

[email protected]

OpenSimulator: K-12

● Best of both (virtual) worlds: security

plus interaction with others

● CAD tools, programming the same,

but no currency/economy...yet

● Affordable, even free: ideal choice for

3D Global Village (host preferable)

● Perfect for interdisciplinary efforts:

Art/Music with IT, other subjects

● The future of VWs in education

MOSES Project

http://militarymetaverse.org/

Community Conference

http://conference.opensimulator.org/

VIBE Project

https://sites.google.com/site/

virtualislands-bettereducation/

OpenSimulator

Want your own OS

cybercampus?

Contact Snoopy

Pfeffer of Dreamland

Metaverse:

snoopy.pfeffer@

yahoo.com

3D Global Village

Local Grids

● School Administrators control access

Central Grid

● Administered by one college/K-12

All Students/Teachers

● Students/teachers would hypergrid

from their grid to Central/other grids

● All areas/content would be 100%

kid-friendly, could have age limits too

● Virtual field trips all over the world,

language/cultural exchanges

● Global collaboration, digital

citizenship, project management

3D Global Village

● Possible for less than US $50/month

We can do it in LA/GT!

Stop by for a visit!

My Scoop.it Page!

http://www.scoop.it/t/3d-virtual-

worlds-educational-technology

Gracias!

Questions/Comments?

[email protected]