San Diego State University in Second Life Pamela Jackson Information Literacy Librarian San Diego State University Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting San Jose, CA April 29, 2011
Teaching, Learning, and “Plorking” Faculty Focus:
Information Literacy Library Grant Project:
Aztlán Island present Aztlán is the legendary ancestral home of the Nahua peoples. "Aztec" is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlán.” Aztec/Aztlán heritage represents the diversity of our regional histories. The island design combines realism in the form of familiar SDSU architectural landmarks and local terrain with the creative idealism for which Second Life® is famous.
Student Projects present
3D modeling by students in the School of Television, Theatre, Film and New Media
Senior Capstone projects by students in the School of Art and Design to create virtual exhibits for the University Art Gallery
Interdisciplinary Studies graduate student created a machinima film studio
One-unit Educational Technology course, called Teaching in Second Life, for California, K-12 teachers
Considerations If you build it, will they come? Staff Time and Expertise Technology Requirements Digital “Ownership” Transferability
Thank You
Aztlán Links Aztlán Wiki: Link to Aztlán (this link will open a Second Life client) Machinima created for the Grand Opening of Aztlán Island: Information Literacy Grant Project: rohan.sdsu.edu/~pjackson/Site/secondlife.html rohan.sdsu.edu/~pjackson/Site/secondlife.html