learning to teach in second life: a hands-on workshop
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Learning to Teach in Second Life: A Hands-On Workshop. Lisa Dawley & Chris Haskell Dept. of Educational Technology. Audience. How many have been in a virtual world of any kind? How many have created an account, an avatar in Second Life? How many are inworld more than 1 hour per week? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Learning to Teach in Second Life: A Hands-On Workshop
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Lisa Dawley & Chris Haskell
Dept. of Educational Technology
Audience
How many have been in a virtual world of any kind? How many have created an account, an avatar in
Second Life? How many are inworld more than 1 hour per week? How many are inworld more than 3 hours per week? How many currently teach in SL?
Overview of Today’s Session
Short overview on Second Life & Teen SL
Split into two groups & rotate Hands-on learning centers
on EDTECH Island Discussion group on
pedagogical techniques Questions & Next Steps
Web 2.0 Tools
Explore social networking technologies…
Blogs - web journalwww.blogger.com
Wikis - collaborative online space, editable by
communitywww.pbwiki.com
Photo & Video Sharingwww.flickr.comphotobucket.comwww.youtube.com
Virtual Worlds - online 3D, immersive environments
ActiveWorldsSecond LifeThereHipihiTeenSecond LifeHabbo 3BGogofrogWhyVilleToonTownClub Penguin
Why Virtual Worlds?
The Internet is Going 3D
In 2007, 24%, or 8.2 million children, visited
virtual worlds.
By 2011, the estimate is 53% or 20 million.
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3DLearn Interactive Academy http://www.3dlearn.com/
• Over 100 virtual worlds are in use or planned for release this year.
•By the end of the year, Club Penguin will be the largest with over 50 million kids.
•By 2011, 80% of internet users will use virtual worlds.
EDTECH Island What is EDTECH Island?
EDTECH Island is located on the main grid of Second Life (18 and over) Began in January 2007 offering graduate courses in educational technology Over 1,000 educators in our EDTECH community group (please join us!)
EDTECH Island
Designed in response to students’ needs:
• Building skills• Information• Meeting place• Social area• Living areas• Amphitheater
Handling Griefers
• Close Second Life• Turn off your computer• Ignore them• Teleport or fly away• Mute them (right click on their avatar & mute)• Report them using the “Abuse” feature• Ban or eject them
Activities in Second Life
What can you do in Second Life?
Because SL is a simulation, possibilities are endless
Build & Script: the entire world is designed and built by users
Role play: human, alien, animal, mermaid…
Activities: fly, run, roller skate, swim, surf, race boats, dance, parachute, play music, sing, write books, visit a famous city, explore museums, meet historical figures, date, ski, attend classes, create a living ecosystem, stage and film a movie, meditate, attend church, participate in charitable events, start a real business that generates revenues
Pedagogy in Second Life
What teaching approaches and techniques are used in Second Life?
Lecture Whole group discussion Small group discussion Collaborative projects Scavenger hunts Peer observation and feedback Surveys, tests Note-taking Field trips Simulations Guest speakers Design & building Commerce-based learning Interviews And more….
K-12 Education in Second Life
Examples of Second Life in K-12 Education
Camp Global Kids 2006 was the first virtual summer camp.
Global Kids Island in the teen grid is a place for teen
residents to learn about important social and world issues.
Kids Connect is a series of workshops for young people in
multiple locations, teaching them to connect and work
together via performance, storytelling
and collaboration by both physical and digital means.
Exploratorium in San Francisco, the museum of science,
art, and human perception, mixed real- and virtual-world
experiences when they presented a live Webcast of a solar
eclipse from Side, Turkey, in three virtual SL amphitheaters.
Diversity & Culture
Choose Your Appearance
SL has many diverse cultures, sub-cultures, and social networking groups.
SL provides teachers and students the opportunity to engage in experiential learning opportunities with diversity, in a non-threatening environment. Avatars can take on any physical shape including human, animal, robots, and objects such as the KoolAid man.
Socialization
Students can socialize beyond the classroom
Back-to-school party
Social events, like this back-to-school party on EDTECH Island, provide students and other educators a way to socialize and build relationships beyond the classroom.
Sciences
International Space Flight Museum
Experiential learning in space
Life size replicas of actual rockets, NASA video, and interactive exhibits. Ride a rocket into space, land and walk on a space station, see the Hubble Telescope, and teleports to planets in the solar system created from actual space photography.
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Music & Theater
Live Music, Theater & Poetry
Hundreds of Artists Play Live Everyday
SL streams live audio. Musicians, singers, and actors find a willing audience any time of day.
•Suzanne Vega
•Sting
•U2
Literacy The Edgar Allen Poe House
Immersive Education in the Literature Alive! Project
Visit scenes recreated from Edgar Allen Poe’s novels. Explore activities designed to engage you with the text.
Impact of Social Networking
Why Use Social Networking? Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way we communicate. Communication
influences how people think and learn.
Historically, mass communication has involved transmission from a main source to many
users. Note the same is basically true for all levels of education since the Industrial Age.
Teacher, TV, advertiser
Student
Student
Student
Teacher’s Role in Social Networks
Why Use Social Networking? Social networking promotes mass
communication among all users, thus
supporting constructivist approaches to
teaching.
Examples of influence of social networks:
political campaign blogs, YouTube,
MySpace
Role of teacher: facilitator of the network
In an era of social networking, those
participating WITHIN the network are most
credible.
Teacher
Parent
Student
Student
Student
Teacher Student
SL’s Social Network
SL’s intersection with the social network is vast, and takes many forms:
SL currently interfaces with blogs, email, web pages, audio, video streams
Sloodle: Moodle and SL mashup GeoGlobe: brings Google Earth into
SL Salamander: Merlot database
project Inworld groups and ads Slurls SLExchange: The “ebay” for SL
Anything on the internet can be brought into Second Life. SL is the “web plus.”
Challenges & Concerns
Some Challenges and Concernswith Second Life
Mature content on the main grid
TOS and community standards
Access for all students
Faculty training, learning curve
Costs & management
Griefers
Videos on Second Life
Watch These Videos to See What SL is All About…
New Media Consortium Second Life Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8wm_1TIHGA
Global Kids in Second Life (3 videos)
http://secondlife.com/businesseducation/education.php NOAA's Virtual Island www.youtube.com/watch?
Architecture in Second Life Machinima www.youtube.com/watch?v=KruzH82Z2qQ
The Making of Suzanne Vega's Second Life Guitar www.youtube.com/watch?
v=bQL8_HB1HtQ
Getting Started in SL
Getting Started in Second Life…
Second Life Education Wiki - everything you need to know about SL.
http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/
Introducing your Real Life Students to Second Life - provides overview
of things to consider when using SL with your students.
www.cxknowledge.com
Rez Ed: The Hub for Learning & Virtual Worlds
http://www.rezed.org/ Second Life Education Grid http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/education-use-
virtual-world
How do I teach in Second Life?
1. First, be a learner, not a teacher. Spend time on the main grid. 2. Take as many free classes as you can!3. Understand the basics of the interface (Torley’s YouTube videos!)4. Get involved in virtual educator groups:
Second Life (listserv) Teen Second Life (listserv) Rez Ed (website)
5. Learn where to find information: SL Education wiki SimTeach wiki
6. Learn to build7. Carefully plan your Teen SL project 8. Stock up your avatar before you move over9. Keep it fun! Allow you and your kids to be creative