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Why Second Life?
Provides a unique and flexible environment for educators interested in distance learning, computer-supported cooperative work, simulation, new media studies, and corporate training. Second Life provides an opportunity to use simulation in a safe environment to enhance experiential learning, allowing individuals to practice skills, try new ideas, and learn from their mistakes. The ability to prepare for similar real-world experiences by using Second Life as a simulation has unlimited potential! Students and educators can work together in Second Life from anywhere in the world as part of a globally networked virtual classroom environment. Using Second Life as a supplement to traditional classroom environments also provides new opportunities for enriching existing curricula.

Establishing an Educational Presence in Second Life
For information on how to buy, rent or borrow land and facilities for educational purposes see: Establishing an Educational Presence in Second Life.

=** Getting Started with Second Life **=

> The following hardware and software is REQUIRED to run Second Life successfully. If your computer doesn't meet these requirements, you may not be able to participate in Second Life: PC Minimum System Requirements: Mac Minimum System Requirements: > For further information see [|Second Life - System Requirements]. Note: A Linux version of the Second Life client is available but only in 'alpha' version
 * **Downloads ** http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php
 * **System Requirements **
 * Internet Connection - Cable or DSL
 * Operating System: Windows XP (Service Pack 2) OR Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)
 * Computer Processor: 800MHz Pentium III or Athlon, or better  Computer Memory: 256MB or better
 * Video/Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4mx, or better OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250, or better
 * Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL
 * Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or better
 * Computer Processor: 1 GHz G4 or better
 *  Computer Memory: 512MB or better
 *  Video/Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4mx, or better OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250, or better

> The Second Life world is a place dedicated to your creativity. After all, an avatar is your persona in the virtual world. The picture below shows how easy it is to create your avatar. Despite offering almost infinite possibilities, the tool to personalize your avatar is very simple to use and allows you to change anything you like, from the tip of your nose to the tint of your skin. Don't worry if it's not perfect at first, you can change your look at any time.
 * **Create an Avatar **

 How to **create** an **avatar** **in** **Second** **Life** **and** navigate it through Orientation Island.Created by the Technology Training Center at SUNY Cortland
 * Avatar Movement: Walk: use arrow keys on your keyboard
 * Video Orientation Island -** [|**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egYIfe_v4sk**]

To do any building in Second Life you either need a premium account and buy some land, or have access to a sandbox. A sandbox is an area of Second Life where you can build objects without having to own any land. You can find sandboxes by searching for "sandbox" in the Places search in Second Life (but make sure they allow you to run scripts, not all do).
 * Where to build**

** Graphic Editing Tool ** [|Corel PaintShop Pro Photo XI] [|Adobe Photoshop] **[|Gimp] (Free Software/Open Source) **
 * Internal Building System **
 * Highly flexible building tools allow manipulation of geometric primitives in a simple interface. Stretch these “prims” into new shapes, change their texture and physical qualities, link them to other prims. From this easy-to-learn process, create objects of all kinds and sizes, from a jeweled navel ring to a five hundred meter skyscraper.
 * Importable Textures **
 * Import .jpegs and other standard graphic files into the Second Life world to texture the objects you create.
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 6, 147); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Collaborative Creation **
 * Construct the same object(s) with several other Residents (at different times, or simultaneously).
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(47, 5, 148); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Physics and Dynamic Lighting **
 * Imbue all objects with Havok™-powered physics so they respond to gravity, inertia, propulsion, and wind from the in-world weather system. Objects cast shadows and are illuminated by the sun.

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Matthew (Mat)-Audio and Video

Maria-In the box scavenger hunt (I will be calling Bill to clarify if we need to create the lands we might want to teleport to, or can we use existing lands...as I do not believe we are clear on that piece of his instruction....I will let u know what I discover)

<span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Dijlah Benjamin (Dij) <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Also Added the following: <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Dijlah Benjamin and Karen A. Smith <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Karen A. Smith - working on embeding the Power Point into Second life (Work in Progress)
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Create note cards for Second Life Getting Started (Done on Nov. 12, 2008)
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Find applicable You Tubes (Done on Nov. 12, 2008)
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Created note cards for Power Point Presentation (Done on Nov. 12, 2008)
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Build a presentation wall (Done on Nov. 12, 2008)
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Build a house - //Might be used by the group, it's just a thought (Done Nov. 12, 2008)//
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Creating a Power Point Presentation (Done Nov. 12, 2008)
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Strength/Weaknesses Second Life
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Learning in Second Life & Learning Theories
 * <span style="color: rgb(135, 186, 242)"><span style="color: rgb(17, 82, 141)">Best Practice Learning Experiance

Sonja Wood I will need to give you the apple and backpack to add to your inventory in order for you to put your work ( ie: audio, video, ppt, note cards) Please call me via phone or skype me. My Skype name is sonja.wood
 * Created Apple
 * Created the Backpack

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Karen-Student Safety
 * Module
 * Tutorial
 * ppt
 * jing

Sonja-Create the package
 * Apple
 * Back Pack
 * Laptop

Josephine (Jojo) Appearance
 * Apparel
 * Hair
 * Body
 * Accessories

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Sources ** Official Website to Second Life: http://secondlife.com/whatis/ Educational use for Second Life: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl/index.php/Second_Life_Education_Wiki Build fast in Second Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csWe7yjIJLw <span style="color: rgb(30, 13, 125)"><span style="color: rgb(2, 2, 3)">Video Orientation Island - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egYIfe_v4sk <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Created by the Technology Training Center at SUNY Cortland