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 Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents.  Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of residents from around the globe.

 Social Interaction & Networking  Businesses (Both in SL and real life)  Government – NASA, NOAA  Entrepreneurial endeavors  Creative Arts (live music, etc.)  Education – List of schoolsList of schools  Prototyping  Role-playing  Buy & Sell objects like real life

 Active Learning: ◦ An ideal platform for engaging students in creating their own learning activities, experiences and environments, and not just be passive consumers of learning.  3D virtual worlds can provide: ◦ Opportunities for rich sensory immersive experiences. ◦ Authentic contexts and activities for experiential learning, simulation and role-play.

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 Educational Use Video Educational Use Video  Ohio State University YouTube Ohio State University YouTube

 English students at the University of Texas- Austin each picked a role model, created an avatar and assumed the role of the avatar for the activity. Among avatars: Malcolm X, Oprah, Mother Teresa, Bill Gates and Teddy Roosevelt. The students conducted conversations in the personae of their avatars.

 The 3D virtual world "Second Life" is full of places to practice a foreign language - you can speak with real people all over the world. On the Avatar Languages web. You can click on a map to go directly to a country.Avatar Languages On the Avatar Languages web. You can click on a map to go directly to a country.Avatar Languages

Thousands of residents are making part or all of their real life income from their Second Life Businesses. – Linden Dollars Existing in-world companies also have Second Life presence – Cisco – IBM – MTV – Starwood Hotels – Sun Microsystems Holds press conferences in their “Sun Pavilion”

 NESIMOR is a 3-D simulator that uses the online virtual of Second Life to practice diagnosing and treating patients in a simulated emergency department environment. It is currently being used to instruct nursing students at Tacoma Community College.  Nursing Field Trip Nursing Field Trip

 NOAA  NASA  Genome Project  Video: Science Learning OpportunitiesScience Learning Opportunities  History of the Earth and Life on Earth: Students in Chris Impey’s astrobiology course at the University of Arizona contributed to his History of the Earth and Life on Earth exhibit.

 UC Davies – Schizophrenia  Koolaid people - Creating Community/Exploring diversity Koolaid people - Creating Community/Exploring diversity  Utopian Society  Body Image Body Image  Ethnic/Gender Studies

 3D Modeling  Galleries  Contests  The Louvre SL Art Gallery List

 Social Gatherings  Parties  Dance Clubs

 SL Users have the best seats in the house to these concerts

 Emergency Preparedness Emergency Preparedness  Companies are combining the use of Second Life and the (Nintendo) WiiMote to train employees on things such as: ◦ Inspecting a house for moisture and heat sources ◦ Mixing chemicals and loading them onto a truck ◦ Power Plant training ◦ Driving simulations  Using products like Google Maps and Google Earth, simulation can represent actual streets on-screen, so that not every trainee in America has to drive down the "same mythical Maple Street”.  Training modules include those intersections and locations where there is a history of accidents.

 SL provides online facilities for entire conferences to take place via the web  Conferences sometimes held on SL and simultaneously in a live facility

 Foundation Grant  Class Meeting Rooms  Training  Demonstration