From jokaydia: Exploring Virtual Worlds and Games in Education

Second Life Links and Multimedia

The following is a listing of articles, blog posts, resources and multimedia focussed on Second Life and Education. For more info see also: Virtual Worlds - Useful Resources and ReactionGrid Resources.

Click on the links below to access:

• Articles and Case Studies
• Blogs and News Sites
• Community Sites
• Resource Sites
• Tutorials
• Educational Tools
• Journals and Academic Papers
• Multimedia Resources

Articles and Case Studies

• 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life (May 2008): http://www.collegedegrees.com/blog/2008/05/27/50-tips-and-tricks-to-create-a-learning-space-in-second-life/
• AI Learning Center Being Built in Second Life (December 2009): http://tinyurl.com/yll8hh5
• Business Week - My Virtual Life (May 2006): http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982001.htm
• CNN.com - Educators explore 'Second Life' Online (November 2006): http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/13/second.life.university/index.html
• The Guardian - 'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away (April 2007): http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/25/starsgalaxiesandplanets.spaceexploration
• Second Life - Engaging Virtual Campuses (April 2009): http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/03/04/second-life-engaging-virtual-campuses.aspx
  
• The Second Life of UK Academics (October 2007): http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue53/kirriemuir/
• Starting a Second Life Business (January 2007): http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/businessideas/article172768.html
• Wired - Wii + Second Life = New Training Simulator (July 2007): http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/07/wiimote

Blogs and News Sites

• Alphaville Herald: http://www.secondlifeherald.com/
• Biome - A Sim-Biotic Second Life World: http://simbioticbiome.wordpress.com/
• Community Virtual Library: http://infoisland.org/
• Daneel Ariantho’s laboratory - A blog about chemistry and healthcare in Second Life: http://daneelariantho.wordpress.com/category/second-life/
• Metaverse Messenger: http://www.metaversemessenger.com/
• New World Notes: http://nwn.blogs.com/
• NMC Campus Observer: http://sl.nmc.org/
• Official Second Life Blogs: http://blogs.secondlife.com/
• Reuter's Second Life Bureau (Closed March 2009): http://secondlife.reuters.com/
• Second Life Biology: http://slbiology.blogspot.com/
• Second Life Education New Zealand (SLENZ): http://slenz.wordpress.com/
• VintFalken.com: http://www.vintfalken.com/

Community Sites

• Better World Islands Ning: http://betterworldisland.ning.com/
• Second Life Italia: http://www.secondlifeitalia.com/

Resource Sites

• Annotated Bibliography of Second Life Educational Online Resources: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib
• Quiz - Are you ready to teach in Second Life?: http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/7--PShe/Are-you-ready-to-teach-in-Second-Life
• Designing Courses - Second Life as a tool in Education: http://www.ibritt.com/resources/dc_secondlife.htm
• Global Kids Second Life Curriculum: http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=GKCx/Table_of_Contents
  
• LSL Wiki: http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/
• Resource Database for Second Life Educators: http://simteach.com/sled/db/
• Science-Related Places in Second Life: https://sl-science-places.dabbledb.com/page/sl-science-places/vbxOGovy#
• SimTeach Second Life Wiki: http://www.simteach.com/wiki/
• SLHealthy File Cabinet: http://slhealthy.wetpaint.com/page/SL+Healthy+File+Cabinet

Tutorials

• Nicole Escher - Introduction to Creating Clothes in Second Life: http://nicolaescher.com/tutorials.php
• Robin Wood's Second Life Tutorials: http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/SL-Tuts/SLTutSet.html
• Video Tutorials - Second Life Wiki: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials

Tools

• Scratch for Second Life: http://web.mit.edu/~eric_r/Public/S4SL/
• SLOODLE - Simulation Linked Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment: http://www.sloodle.org/

Journals and Academic Papers

Multimedia Resources

The following are useful videos and machinima pieces which can be used for demonstration and workshop purposes. You can also view a page with embedded videos here.

Videos and Machinima on Youtube:

• Education in Second Life: Explore the Possibilities (May 2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGR9q43dag
• Educational Uses of Second Life (2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA
• Highlights of a Triage Exercise in Play2Train (VLE in Second Life)(2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1doVBFl9fs
• NESIM demonstration (2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Iy-7dbaDs
• The Second Life Project: An Interview with Douglas Danforth (2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEk48Sc9UaM
• Second Life Tour of Svarga (2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbC-izqQIT0
• Science Learning Opportunities in Second Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsSGBraUhc

Other Videos and Machinima:

• TED.com - Philip Rosedale on Second Life: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/the_inspiration_of_second_life.html

Treet.tv: http://archive.treet.tv/