Staff and Departmental Development Unit Get a Second Life Simon Davis Jane O’Neill SDDU
Agenda Overview of Secondlife Educational uses ‘Simon says’ Exploring Secondlife Discussion
What is Secondlife?
What is Secondlife? 3D virtual world on the internet Free to use Pay for land
What is Secondlife? Personalised avatar
What is Secondlife? Communicate by text or voice
What is Secondlife? Walk, fly, dance, cycle, teleport….
What is Secondlife? Created by ‘residents’
What is Secondlife? A place to: Explore Meet Socialise Learn Create …………..
Educational Uses
Information point
Presentation and discussion
Exhibition space
Building and creating
Enterprise
Role play
Language practice
Simulation
Issues Reliability Computer spec Firewalls etc Learning curve Time