Creating Basic Educational Objects in Second Life

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Creating Basic Educational Objects in Second Life

• by
• Tony Hursh and Doe-Hyung Kim

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Outline of Workshop

• Overview of Second Life
• Basic Scripting for Educational Objects
• Possible Applications of Scripting in Second Life

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Overview of Second Life

• Virtual 3D world full of possibilities for
  education.
• Almost everything in the world is created by
  users.
• Possible to create engaging environment for
  students to explore, create, and interact.
• Scripts can let objects behave in certain ways
  that can be utilized for creating a learning
  environment.

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(1) Floating Text
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Floating Text Wheres the script?
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Through the Edit Menu
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Script Editor
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Change Text in Quotes
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The Result?
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(2) Interactive Messages
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Interactive Messages
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Interactive Messages
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Interactive Messages
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After clicking Yes
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(3) Assignment Giver
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(4) Assignment Dropbox
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(5) Local Teleport
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Interacting with Outside World
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Streaming Audio
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Interaction with an Outside Web Server
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Web Services
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References Links

• CTER Tutorials http//cterport.ed.uiuc.edu/techno
  logies_folder/SL
• Official Scripting Site
• http//wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal
• Useful Scripts
• http//secondlife.forums.com
• http//www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?titleScri
  pts
• Moodle and SL Integration
• http//www.sloodle.com