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Title: Second Life for Business


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Second Life for Business
  • May 13, 2008
  • Catherine Wyman
  • SL AuntFun Ellison
  • Catherine.wyman_at_gmail.com

2
What is Second Life?
  • http//silverandgoldie.com/linden_congress.htm
  • http//secondlife.com/whatis/
  • http//www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?vide
    oId165604titleavatar-heroes
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?ve9nyJCYrP6w

3
Why Should We Care?
  • Second Life has endless possibilities for
    immersive learning
  • Voice enabled teaching language at a distance
  • Recreating environments that would be impossible
    in the real world
  • Being on the moon
  • Flying through the eye of a hurricane

4
Everyone Else is Doing It
  • According to an article in The New Yorker, the
    National Security Administration is training
    agents in SL
  • IBM has purchased many islands, so has Intel,
    Xerox, etc.
  • CSI NY, the Office

5
How Do I Get in Second Life?
  • Step 1 goto secondlife.com and create a free
    account
  • Step 2 download the client software o your
    machine
  • Step 3 brace yourself. Login. Complete the
    introductory activities.
  • Step 4 visit places recommended on the next slide

6
Landmarks of Cool Places
  • Palomar West Hospital http//slurl.com/secondlife/
    PalomarWest20Hospital/30/120/34
  • Elon University Carbon Footprint House
    http//slurl.com/secondlife/Elon/20/101/27
  • International Spaceflight Museum
    http//slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport20Alpha/65/6
    2/22
  • Virtual Hallucination http//slurl.com/secondlife/
    Sedig/26/45/22
  • GCC Campus Calisto Encial's Hacienda
    http//slurl.com/secondlife/GCCAz/75/121/24

7
Follow up
  • Join the Maricopa Educators group in Second Life
  • Other groups of interest
  • ISTE Educational Technology Assoc
  • Life 2.0
  • Metanomics
  • NMC Guests
  • Sign up for Second Life for Business CIS280 at
    SCC this Fall!

8
Thank you for coming!
  • Please let me know if I can help you on your
    journey.
  • Catherine Wyman
  • Catherine.wyman_at_sccmail.maricopa.edu
  • SL AuntFun Ellison
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