Resources for Educators in Second Life

http://rayschroeder.googlepages.com/secondlife

http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki

http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/

http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life:_Guidelines_for_Educators

http://homepages.uc.edu/secondlife/index.php/Site/WhitePapersReportsAndPeerReviewedArticles

http://www.nmc.org/

NMC Avatar Sign Up/Orientation

Teen Grid in Second Life

http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life:_Educators_Working_with_Teens

Technical Considerations in Second Life

This link will take you to a page which will show you the minimum requirements for running Second Life on Windows or MAC.

System Requirements for Second Life


The following link will take you to a page on Second Life
which will allow you to check your bandwidth, determine packet loss issues and verify you have the correct video card.

Second Life Bandwidth Checker

Interview with Sarah Robbins aka Intellagirl Tully

The following is a five-minute interview with Sarah Robbins, PhD candidate and Rhetoric faculty at Ball State in Muncie, Indiana. She has been teaching online for ten years, in Second Life for the past two years.

Five-Minute Video

5-minute Video Tutorial How to Create an Avatar in Second Life

Tutorial 1

Record Your Avatar for Five Minutes!

This free (for the moment) application allows you to record your screen

http://www.jingproject.com/

Links to Educators Teaching in Second Life

Lyr Lobo (Second Life)
Dr. Cynthia Calongne
Professor of Computer Science
Colorado Technical University
https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/educatorsandteens/2007-January/000209.html
http://sl.nmc.org/2006/11/28/teachers-buzz-nov-27-field-trip-with-lyr-lobo/
http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastusingsecondli/44967?time=1188754831
http://www.slcn.tv/bpe-lyr-lobo

Desideria Stockton(Second Life)
Beth Ritter-Guth
DeSales University
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Literature Alive!

Eloise Pasteur
http://nmcpandora.blogspot.com/
http://literaturealive.blogspot.com/

Korrigan Keynes
Renaissance Island Video

Hathead Rickenbacher (Machinima Artist)
http://www.hatheadinc.com/media/video/LestWeForget.wmv
http://hatheadinc.com/hhi/

Freebie Kiosk

You will find a red box on the UIS Island with the Sloode Gesture HUD, the Flatscreen TV and some basic scripts. If you would like any help inworld, please offer my avatar friendship (Vidorah Messmer)

UIS SLURL:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Univ%20Illinois%20Spfld/193/38/25/