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Second Life Education Wiki

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Programs for Educators

• Community Support
• Campus:Second_Life
• Educators working with Teens
• Guidelines for Educators

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Institutions and Organizations in SL

A comprehensive and up-to-date list

• Universities, Colleges & Schools
• National Organizations
• Educational Organizations (Non-Profit / Not For profit)
• Libraries
• Museums

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Press, Blogs & Presentations

• Mainstream Media Coverage
• Second Life Video Showcase
  • Broadcast
  • Newspapers
  • Online and other media
• Blogs
• Podcasts
• Conferences
• References

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Second Life Mailing Lists, Blogs and Forums

• SL Educators "SLED"
• Educators Working with Teens
• Healthcare Support and Education
• Non-Profits
• SL Researchers
• Professional Educators and Trainers of Second Life

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In-World Groups

Second Life has a number of active groups who collaborate inside the metaverse and who keep in touch using the group system tools. To join a group, click the "Find" button and search under "Groups" for "Education"

Real Life Education in Second Life -- find colleagues and collaborators to help you with your education work in Second Life. Anyone may join; contact group owner Pathfinder Linden inworld if you have any questions.

Second Life Grad Student Colony -- for support in research, dissertation writing and promoting collaboration among researchers/student researchers, Limited to students pursuing advanced degrees. Contact group owner naiad - bbovard at nmsu.edu

Second Life Research -- To help ensure ethical treatment of subjects and to promote collaboration. Limited to academics pursuing IRB-authorized research projects covered under SL's Terms of Service and research ethics policy

Rowdy Kentuckians -- A group for Kentucky librarians, library employees, information professionals, teachers, faculty and anyone associated with libraries, universities, and education to discuss and provide support to each other in new worlds like Second Life, and possibly other social software tools. Apply for membership at their

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Academic Research

Be sure to join the SL Educator's listserv.

The Association of Internet Researchers has a document about research ethics available.

An Important Reminder for Educators about the Teen Grid

The main Grid of Second Life is for adults only (18+). We also have a Teen Second Life, and that world is strictly for teens (13-17).

We don't allow anyone under 18 years old in the adult world of Second Life, and likewise we do not allow adult Residents (18+) on the mainland of the Teen World. Both of these worlds are separate from each other, and we do not allow inworld travel or communication between them.

Teen Second Life is a world for teens, created and shaped by teens. Please remember that falsely registering as a teen to gain access to Teen Second Life is a serious offense, and cause for permanent banishment from all of Second Life.

The only adults allowed on the mainland in Teen Second Life are Linden employees. If you are an educator and want to work with teens in Teen Second Life, there is the opportunity to buy a private island on the Teen Grid and participate, but you will not be able to leave that island and visit the Teen Grid mainland. Teens from the mainland will be able to visit your private island if/when you choose, but they will be automatically informed that there are adults present. Also, if you are planning to use a private island on the Teen Grid to interact with teens from the mainland, we will need to run a background check on you for security and safety reasons.

If you'd like more details about getting a private island for education work on the Teen Grid, please see Second Life: Educators Working with Teens.

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Classroom Management, Lesson Plans

• Sample Lesson plans
• Sample SL Projects Ideas for RL Students
• Global Kids' Best Practices For Education in Second Life pdf.
• Essay assignments: Avatars and Personal Identity, Building in a Virtual World, Compare to Snow Crash
• This "Handout for Instructors" HTML and PDF was created for the 2005 Games, Learning, and Society Conference based on lessons learned from the Elon University GST364 course. (updated, Feb. 2007)
• SL Tools: Getting the Most out of Groups

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Teaching Resources

• Interactive Scripts for teaching
• UIUC Tutorials
• Voice Chatting with Ventrilo for Educators in Second Life - Try Ventrilo (a free third-party client) for voice communication with your class.
• Machinima
• Second Life Teaching Jobs
• Best Practices for organizing SL/Real World events
• Resources for teaching Life Sciences
• Resources for Technical Education
• Source Citation Ideas

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Educational Locations in Second Life

• Sample Learning spaces

• 20 SL Hotspots - a list of the top-20 must-see learning installations in Second Life with teleport links

• Video walkthroughs of educational builds

• Ellie Brewster's Snapzilla diary -- adventures in SLeducation -- open Second Life client to teleport through Snapzilla.

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