Session Outline
In this session we'll get up to speed on some of the basic skills you'll need to start exploring all that SL has to offer.
You will learn how to:
Use your inventory
Find and open notecards
Create a notecard
Use the pie menu
Share a notecard
Use the Map and Mini-Map
Find people and places
Use the Search Interface
Find people and places
Create a landmark
Create a link on a notecard
Take a snapshot
Use the camera controls
Use the movement controls
Use gestures
Fly
Use the movement controls & shortcuts
Contacts Interface
Chat and IM
Add friends to contacts list
View profiles
Transfer items to friends (e.g., notecards, landmarks, clothing, etc.)
Teleport a friend
Session Resources
Creating a SLURL
http://slurl.com/secondlife/<region>/<x-coordinate>/<y-coordinate>/<z-coordinate>/
Russian Red Square - Moscow Isl, Moscow Island (73, 193, 21) becomes
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moscow Island/73/193/21/
Learning more about SL...
Filling in your profile
Create and send a notecard
A Second Life metaphor...
EduMuve.com's Quick-Start Tour Guide for Educators (http://edumuve.com/tour/)
- This site contains an organized overview of SL places of interest to educators. Towards the middle of the alphabetized list, there are links of interest to teachers of ESL and languages other than English.
Educause Learning Initiative Focus Group on Immersive Environments in Learning (http://www.educause.edu/Proceedings/12440)
- Proceedings, including suggested reading, podcasts, videos, and examples of immersive environments used in education.