Get a (Second) Life ! When one life just isn’t enough:)

1. Get a (Second) Life!When one life just isn’t enough:) Dr. Linda Hefferin Elgin Community College Elgin, Illinois 2009 National Business Education Association Convention

3. Overview Getting Started with Second Life Using Second Life for F2F and Distance Learning Using Second Life for Business Using Second Life for Entertainment Use Questions/Comments/Raffle

4. What Is Second Life? Online 3-D Virtual World Many uses, future still unknown

5. Basic Background • Created by Linden Research, Inc. 2003 (formerly Linden Labs) • Over 15 registered million users* *As of March 9, 2009, according to http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/16/second-life-still-alive-and-kicking

6. Basic Background Cont. • Over 15,000 merchants sell virtual goods in SL • Over $1.3 million worth of transactions take place each day • In January 2009, residents spent 41.5 million hours in SL, compared with 28.3 million hours in January 2008 • The number of active users has risen over 25 percent since September 2008 http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/16/second-life-still-alive-and-kicking

7. Avatar Catalina Horten Resident Common terms used in Second Life

8. Teleport Common terms used in Second Life

9. Land Parcels Common terms used in Second Life

10. Lindens (L$) LindeX Common terms used in Second Life

11. Flying Lag Common terms used in Second Life

12. Getting Started with Second Life http://secondlife.com

13. Creating an Account

14. Saving/Running Install File

15. Opening Screen

16. Choosing a Membership Plan

18. Using Second Life for Education • Real Life Education in Second Life - Find colleagues and collaborators to help you with your education work in Second Life. • Second Life Grad Student Colony - For support in research, dissertation writing and promoting collaboration among researchers/student researchers. • Second Life Research -To help ensure ethical treatment of subjects and to promote collaboration. • K-12 Educators- A group created specifically for K-12 educators and interested others, focusing on collaboration and communication of events in Second Life that are useful to support teaching and learning. • Community Colleges in Second Life--A group for Community College educators focused on support, research and discussion of challenges unique to the community college environment. http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses

19. Middle Schools & High Schools

20. High School Example

21. Colleges and Universities Northern Illinois University

22. Podcast on Using Second Life in Education Teshia Roby, Assistant Professor of Educational Multimedia at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Podcast of session at Educause Learning Initiative 2008 entitled, “Second Life for the First Time: Learning to Use a Virtual Word on a Real Campus.” http://net.educause.edu/ELI081/Program/13300?PRODUCT_CODE=ELI081/SESS11

23. Medical Schools University of California – David Medical Center Ann Myers Medical Center

24. Medical Schools

25. Medical Schools

27. Using Second Life for Business • Meetings, Events, Networking • Public Relations • Training • Interviewing • Job Fairs • Teleconferencing

28. IBM Sandbox

29. IBM’s use of SL

30. IBM Case Study “Achieving that kind of relaxed conversation in that large of a group was a powerful thing.” Joanne Martin President, IBM Academy of Technology http://secondlifegrid.net.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/Second_Life_Case_IBM.pdf

32. Second Life for Entrepreneurs • Party/wedding planners • Tattooists • Fashion designers • Jewelry makers • Architects • Tour guides • Real estate speculators • And more!

33. House for Rent!

34. Talk about virtual banking!

35. Non-Profit Organizations American Cancer Society Greenpeace

37. Entertainment Use in Second Life • Theatre • Music concerts • TV • Museums • Movies • Authors • And more!

39. TV shows in Second Life

41. Other Entertainment Spots

43. Getting Started with Second Life Using Second Life for F2F and Distance Learning Using Second Life for Business Using Second Life for Entertainment Use Questions/Comments Make More Out of Life With Second Life Summary

44. The Challenge to You: Get A (Second) Life!

45. SL Resources • http://feeds2.feedburner.com/SecondLifeLibraryPodcasts • http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials • http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses • http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008052_842516.htm • http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3571/college-debate-teams-to-face-off-in-second-life • http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Campus:Second_Life • http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Getting_a_PowerPoint_Presentation_into_Second_Life

46. http://aplink.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/newsweek-why-millions-are-living-virtual-lives-online-itsreal/http://aplink.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/newsweek-why-millions-are-living-virtual-lives-online-itsreal/ • http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/e-learning/2008/01/10/a-second-life-for-higher-ed.html • http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2008/nov/11/highereducation-secondlife • http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/education-use-virtual-world • http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/ • https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators can sign up for this • http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/businessideas/article172768.html

47. http://secondlife.com/whatis/businesses.php • http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/16/second-life-still-alive-and-kicking • http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/corporations-use-virtual-world

48. Questions/Comments? http://faculty.elgin.edu/lhefferin/