http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Getting_Started_in_Second_Life?action=feed&mode=view 2009-11-24T21:37:50Z Wiki page as html MediaWiki 1.14.0 Contributors http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Getting_Started_in_Second_Life/17099 2009-11-19T05:13:02Z <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#GETTING_STARTED_IN_SECOND_LIFE"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">GETTING STARTED IN SECOND LIFE</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#eXtension_in_SL_resources:"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">eXtension in SL resources:</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Other_valuable_resources:"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Other valuable resources:</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Interesting_places_to_go_in_SL:"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Interesting places to go in SL:</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#eXtension_sites"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">eXtension sites</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Second_Life_skills"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Second Life skills</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Second_Life_Libraries"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Second Life Libraries</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Second_Life_educational_exhibits"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Second Life educational exhibits</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#City_replicas_and_other_real_world_locations"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">City replicas and other real world locations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Art_Centers.2C_Museums_and_Live_Music_areas"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">Art Centers, Museums and Live Music areas</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Weekly_Programs"><span class="tocnumber">4.7</span> <span class="toctext">Weekly Programs</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript"> if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } </script> <a name="GETTING_STARTED_IN_SECOND_LIFE" id="GETTING_STARTED_IN_SECOND_LIFE"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> GETTING STARTED IN SECOND LIFE </span></h3> <a name="eXtension_in_SL_resources:" id="eXtension_in_SL_resources:"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> eXtension in SL resources: </span></h3> <p>Facebook group "Cooperative Extension Second Life." Please join if you are on Facebook. News and events are posted there. </p><p>eXtension SL wiki <a href="http://collaborate.extension.org" class="external free" title="http://collaborate.extension.org">http://collaborate.extension.org</a> 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 </p><p>eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordinator LuAnn Phillips </p><p>in SL Thynka Little </p><p>email luann.phillips@extension.org </p><p>These folks are eXtension in SL mentors, please feel free to IM them in SL if you need help </p><p>★Brianna Beresford </p><p>★DFox Spitteler </p><p>★Thadicus Caligari </p><p>Here are some Youtube videos of eXtension in SL. They are useful if you want to show SL to someone without logging in. </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm96vfC-YY0" class="external free" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm96vfC-YY0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm96vfC-YY0</a> eXtension - Virtual State Fair </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5KajOerENQ" class="external free" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5KajOerENQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5KajOerENQ</a> eXtension - Live-ability House </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRvzWI3-SYM" class="external free" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRvzWI3-SYM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRvzWI3-SYM</a> extension - Turfgrass </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyscHipKkkc" class="external free" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyscHipKkkc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyscHipKkkc</a> Virtual Health Inspector game </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKP3Eu3nDY" class="external free" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKP3Eu3nDY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKP3Eu3nDY</a> Be an Ant Detective game </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZsAat_UjCg" class="external free" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZsAat_UjCg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZsAat_UjCg</a> ACE/NETC Mixed Reality Mixer </p> <a name="Other_valuable_resources:" id="Other_valuable_resources:"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Other valuable resources: </span></h3> <p>Second Life newly updated and very helpful website <a href="http://secondlife.com" class="external free" title="http://secondlife.com">http://secondlife.com</a> </p><p>You need the latest version of Quicktime to view media in Second Life <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" class="external free" title="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/</a> </p><p>Second Life system requirements <a href="https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp" class="external free" title="https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp">https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp</a>? deptID=4417&amp;task=knowledge&amp;questionID=3885 </p><p>SL Educators email list <a href="https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators" class="external free" title="https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators">https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators</a> </p><p>SL Video tutorials <a href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials" class="external free" title="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials">http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials</a> </p><p>Simteach wiki <a href="http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page" class="external free" title="http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page">http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page</a> </p><p>Bibliography of Second Life Education <a href="http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib" class="external free" title="http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib">http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib</a> </p><p>Virtual Reality and Education: Information Sources; A Bibliography <a href="http://vr.coe.ecu.edu/vpbib.html" class="external free" title="http://vr.coe.ecu.edu/vpbib.html">http://vr.coe.ecu.edu/vpbib.html</a> </p><p>About Teen Second Life <a href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Teen_Second_Life" class="external free" title="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Teen_Second_Life">http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Teen_Second_Life</a> </p><p>Pew Internet on Teens and Games <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Teens-Video-Games-and-Civics.aspx" class="external free" title="http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Teens-Video-Games-and-Civics.aspx">http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Teens-Video-Games-and-Civics.aspx</a> </p><p>Global Kids online leadership program <a href="http://globalkids.org/?id=5" class="external free" title="http://globalkids.org/?id=5">http://globalkids.org/?id=5</a> </p><p>Skoolaborate <a href="http://www.skoolaborate.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.skoolaborate.com/">http://www.skoolaborate.com/</a> </p><p>Metaverse Journal <a href="http://www.metaversejournal.com" class="external free" title="http://www.metaversejournal.com">http://www.metaversejournal.com</a> </p><p>Suffern Middle School In Second Life <a href="http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/" class="external free" title="http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/">http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/</a> </p><p><br /> </p> <a name="Interesting_places_to_go_in_SL:" id="Interesting_places_to_go_in_SL:"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Interesting places to go in SL: </span></h2> <p>(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.) </p> <a name="eXtension_sites" id="eXtension_sites"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">eXtension sites </span></h3> <p>Cooperative Extension Home Base <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/151/14/24" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/151/14/24">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/151/14/24</a> </p><p>Virtual County Extension Office <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill2/184/195/24" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill2/184/195/24">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill2/184/195/24</a> </p><p>eXtension on Eduisland <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/60/44/21" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/60/44/21">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/60/44/21</a> </p> <a name="Second_Life_skills" id="Second_Life_skills"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Second Life skills </span></h3> <p>Virtual Ability Island tutorial <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/170/99/23" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/170/99/23">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/170/99/23</a> </p><p>The Particle Lab <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29</a> </p><p>Campus Second Life <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/155/142/29</a> </p><p>The Ivory Tower of Primitives <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/164/27" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/164/27">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/164/27</a> </p><p>New Citizens Incorporated <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36">http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36</a> </p> <a name="Second_Life_Libraries" id="Second_Life_Libraries"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Second Life Libraries </span></h3> <p>Info Island <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/112/105/33" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/112/105/33">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/112/105/33</a> </p><p>Alliance Virtual Library <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/117/39/33" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/117/39/33">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/117/39/33</a> </p><p>Caledon Library <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/128/128/24" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/128/128/24">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/128/128/24</a> </p><p>State Library of Kansas <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/36/164/22" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/36/164/22">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/36/164/22</a> </p><p>Library of Illumination <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Illumination%20Island/83/151/23" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Illumination%20Island/83/151/23">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Illumination%20Island/83/151/23</a> </p> <a name="Second_Life_educational_exhibits" id="Second_Life_educational_exhibits"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Second Life educational exhibits </span></h3> <p>Brainiac <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Afton/31/98/117" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Afton/31/98/117">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Afton/31/98/117</a> </p><p>Genome Island <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/127/128/48" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/127/128/48">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/127/128/48</a> </p><p>Second Nature <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Nature%203/133/180/35" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Nature%203/133/180/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Nature%203/133/180/35</a> </p><p>Heart Murmur Sim <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/125/56/32" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/125/56/32">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/125/56/32</a> </p><p>NOAA <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27</a> </p><p>Social Simulation Research Lab <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hyperborea/199/100/23" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hyperborea/199/100/23">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hyperborea/199/100/23</a> </p><p>International Spaceflight Museum <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/</a> 137/128/451 </p><p>Nanotechnology Island <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/137/128/451" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/137/128/451">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/137/128/451</a> </p> <a name="City_replicas_and_other_real_world_locations" id="City_replicas_and_other_real_world_locations"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> City replicas and other real world locations </span></h3> <p>London <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Knightsbridge/171/159/22" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Knightsbridge/171/159/22">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Knightsbridge/171/159/22</a> </p><p>Dublin <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25</a> </p><p>Virtual Morocco <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/125/161/25</a> </p><p>Moscow <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moscow%20Island/128/190/0" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moscow%20Island/128/190/0">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moscow%20Island/128/190/0</a> </p><p>Sistine Chapel <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vassar/200/90/25" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vassar/200/90/25">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vassar/200/90/25</a> </p><p>Japan <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Japan%20Kanto/91/176/31" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Japan%20Kanto/91/176/31">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Japan%20Kanto/91/176/31</a> </p> <a name="Art_Centers.2C_Museums_and_Live_Music_areas" id="Art_Centers.2C_Museums_and_Live_Music_areas"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Art Centers, Museums and Live Music areas </span></h3> <p>Land of Lincoln <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36">http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36</a> </p><p>Muse Isle <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/81/155/28" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/81/155/28">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/81/155/28</a> </p> <a name="Weekly_Programs" id="Weekly_Programs"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Weekly Programs </span></h3> <p>Science Friday <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36">http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36</a> </p><p>Metanomics <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36" class="external free" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36">http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Tech/126/244/36</a> </p>