This wiki was created for brainstorming for those involved in the pre-conference workshop on Second Life at the CALICO 2008 conference in San Francisco.
Please post your ideas below about what you'd like to do in the workshop. Keep in mind that we have 10 people involved and that the workshop is Wednesday, March 19, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The acceptance does not say anything about a lunch break, but I assume we need to leave at least an hour (or two???). So, that means our total workshop time would be a maximum of perhaps 6 hours.
In the space below please include your name and contact information, and then list your ideas for the workshop. Right now this is just a one-page wiki, but as we develop the idea feel free to add pages as needed.
Randall Sadler: rsadler@uiuc.edu http://www.eslweb.org
Idea 1: General Orientation: I assume that we will have at least some participants in the workshop who are true newbies in SL. In this case we may have to assign some of to a basic workshop on things like how to:
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use inventory
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move around in SL
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"buy" things
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teleport
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take pictures
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set landmarks
I have a scavenger hunt I'll be using with my students very soon that could accomplish all of these tasks. This sort of scavenger hunt could easily focus on places in SL useful for educational purposes.
Idea 2: Building workshop: In this section we would provide the participants with a folder containing some basic shapes and textures. We would also show them how to create their own shapes, how to modify and move objects, link objects, and apply textures. We could, for example, give them a shape to work from, like a simple house, and have them create their own version. Alternatively, we could have them create something like a book with pages--there are explanations about how to make your own book already available in SL. I'll be doing a modification of this workshop as part of a research project in the potential for Task-based language teaching in Second Life.
Idea 3: Scripts: Personally, I am at the level of "I can make minor changes to pre-existing scripts," so if there are any "Script Masters" in the groups--go for it! This idea is certainly another one that would allow for a dividing of the workshop. Newbies could see what some basic scripts can do, while more advanced users might investigate how to do some more serious modifications.
Idea 4: Task-based language learning and SL: I'll be doing another presentation during CALICO on this topic, but having it in the workshop itself would give a different perspective. In the workshop the participants could engage in several of the tasks I'll use for the study.
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