http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Getting_Started_in_Second_Life?action=feed&mode=raw 2009-11-22T17:41:50Z Wiki page as wiki MediaWiki 1.14.0 Contributors http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Getting_Started_in_Second_Life/17099 2009-11-19T05:13:02Z === GETTING STARTED IN SECOND LIFE === === eXtension in SL resources: === Facebook group "Cooperative Extension Second Life." Please join if you are on Facebook. News and events are posted there. eXtension SL wiki http://collaborate.extension.org then choose "Cooperative Extension Second Life Educators". Events calendar is here along with progress notes, meeting minutes, how-to topics, and the wonderful Global Kids Second Life Curriculum eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordinator LuAnn Phillips in SL Thynka Little email luann.phillips@extension.org These folks are eXtension in SL mentors, please feel free to IM them in SL if you need help ★Brianna Beresford ★DFox Spitteler ★Thadicus Caligari Here are some Youtube videos of eXtension in SL. They are useful if you want to show SL to someone without logging in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm96vfC-YY0 eXtension - Virtual State Fair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5KajOerENQ eXtension - Live-ability House http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRvzWI3-SYM extension - Turfgrass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyscHipKkkc Virtual Health Inspector game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKP3Eu3nDY Be an Ant Detective game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZsAat_UjCg ACE/NETC Mixed Reality Mixer ===Other valuable resources: === Second Life newly updated and very helpful website http://secondlife.com You need the latest version of Quicktime to view media in Second Life http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Second Life system requirements https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp? deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=3885 SL Educators email list https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators SL Video tutorials http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials Simteach wiki http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Bibliography of Second Life Education http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib Virtual Reality and Education: Information Sources; A Bibliography http://vr.coe.ecu.edu/vpbib.html About Teen Second Life http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Teen_Second_Life Pew Internet on Teens and Games http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Teens-Video-Games-and-Civics.aspx Global Kids online leadership program http://globalkids.org/?id=5 Skoolaborate http://www.skoolaborate.com/ Metaverse Journal http://www.metaversejournal.com Suffern Middle School In Second Life http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/ == Interesting places to go in SL: == (note: to use a slurl link, log into Second Life, then click on them here in this document or cut and paste the slurl into your web browser.) ===eXtension sites === Cooperative Extension Home Base http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/151/14/24 Virtual County Extension Office http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill2/184/195/24 eXtension on Eduisland http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/60/44/21 === Second Life skills === Virtual Ability Island tutorial http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/170/99/23 The Particle Lab http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29 Campus Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29 The Ivory Tower of Primitives http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/164/27 New Citizens Incorporated http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36 === Second Life Libraries === Info Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/112/105/33 Alliance Virtual Library http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/117/39/33 Caledon Library http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/128/128/24 State Library of Kansas http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/36/164/22 Library of Illumination http://slurl.com/secondlife/Illumination%20Island/83/151/23 === Second Life educational exhibits === Brainiac http://slurl.com/secondlife/Afton/31/98/117 Genome Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/127/128/48 Second Nature http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Nature%203/133/180/35 Heart Murmur Sim http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/125/56/32 NOAA http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27 Social Simulation Research Lab http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hyperborea/199/100/23 International Spaceflight Museum http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/ 137/128/451 Nanotechnology Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/137/128/451 === City replicas and other real world locations === London http://slurl.com/secondlife/Knightsbridge/171/159/22 Dublin http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25 Virtual Morocco http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25 Moscow http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moscow%20Island/128/190/0 Sistine Chapel http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vassar/200/90/25 Japan http://slurl.com/secondlife/Japan%20Kanto/91/176/31 === Art Centers, Museums and Live Music areas === Land of Lincoln http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36 Muse Isle http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/81/155/28 === Weekly Programs === Science Friday http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36 Metanomics http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36