edu day guatemala: using 3d virtual worlds in education
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Using 3D
Virtual Worlds
in EducationDavid Deeds
American School of
Guatemala
EDU DAY Guatemala
February 26, 2015
Goals/Objectives
Goals/Objectives
● Not Death by PowerPoint! Hope to
give demos, hands-on experience
● Briefly introduce 3D virtual worlds,
then Second Life & OpenSimulator
● Cover Higher Ed with Second Life,
K-12 with OpenSimulator
● Make: time for Q&A throughout the
prez; pitch for 3D Global Village
Hands-On Experience
● Go to:
http://wiki.kokuaviewer.org/wiki/
Kokua/Downloads
Download/install the Kokua Viewer
● Ready to go on one platform, will
have to add a grid for the other
● We'll do the intros/definitions first
Intros/Definitions
Deed Davids
● 14 years in education: 8 in higher
education, 6 in K-12
● Been using virtual worlds since
2006: 3 in higher ed, 6 in K-12
(3D) Virtual Worlds
● MMORPG? Immersive/Virtual
Learning Environments, not GAME!
● Some are: Minecraft, WoW, etc.
● No built-in XP, levels, etc.
Second Life
● Commercial, Linden Labs, 2003
● Still a million users; 50,000/day
● US $30,000,000 economy in 2011
● You make it, it's your IP
Second Life
OpenSimulator
● Open Source, 2007, Version 0.8
● Hosted platform best, can be free
● No standard currency/economy
● Best bet for ed, 3D Global Village
OpenSimulator
Second Life Avatars
● Password for all: ilovesl2009
● Male: SLTeacherOne Aristocrat,
SLTeacherTwo Bookmite,
SLTeacherThree Netizen
● Female: SLTeacherFour Quintessa,
SLTeacherFive Scribe,
SLTeacherSix Turbo
OpenSimulator Avatars
● http://209.126.208.161:9020● Password for all: davesastud2015
● Male: CAG Teacher1, CAG Teacher 2,
CAG Teacher3
● Female: CAG Teacher 4,
CAG Teacher5, CAG Teacher6
You/Demos/Videos
Second Life: Higher Ed
● Eliminates communications barrier
● Computer Aided Design and
Programming, Business, Languages
● Project Management, Local/Global
Collaboration, Digital Citizenship
● Problem-solving, task-based,
creativity-enhancing all built-in
● Ultimate 21st century teaching and
learning environment (PD too!)
Second Life
Want your own SL
cybercampus?
Contact Carol
Pfeifer of the New
Media Consortium:
OpenSimulator: K-12
● Best of both (virtual) worlds: security
plus interaction with others
● CAD tools, programming the same,
but no currency/economy...yet
● Affordable, even free: ideal choice for
3D Global Village (host preferable)
● Perfect for interdisciplinary efforts:
Art/Music with IT, other subjects
● The future of VWs in education
VIBE Project
https://sites.google.com/site/
virtualislands-bettereducation/
OpenSimulator
Want your own OS
cybercampus?
Contact Snoopy
Pfeffer of Dreamland
Metaverse:
snoopy.pfeffer@
yahoo.com
3D Global Village
Local Grids
● School Administrators control access
Central Grid
● Administered by one college/K-12
All Students/Teachers
● Students/teachers would hypergrid
from their grid to Central/other grids
● All areas/content would be 100%
kid-friendly, could have age limits too
● Virtual field trips all over the world,
language/cultural exchanges
● Global collaboration, digital
citizenship, project management
3D Global Village
● Possible for less than US $50/month
We can do it in LA/GT!
Stop by for a visit!
My Scoop.it Page!
http://www.scoop.it/t/3d-virtual-
worlds-educational-technology
