1. 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

2. Teaching, Learning, and “Plorking” Faculty Focus: 2007-2009

3. Information Literacy Library Grant Project: 2008-2009

8. Aztlán Island 2009 - 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.

10. Student Projects 2009 - present

11. 3D modeling by students in the School of Television, Theatre, Film and New Media

13. Senior Capstone projects by students in the School of Art and Design to create virtual exhibits for the University Art Gallery

14. Interdisciplinary Studies graduate student created a machinima film studio

15. One-unit Educational Technology course, called Teaching in Second Life, for California, K-12 teachers

16. Considerations If you build it, will they come? Staff Time and Expertise Technology Requirements Digital “Ownership” Transferability

17. Thank You pjackson@rohan.sdsu.edu

18. Aztlán Links Aztlán Wiki: http://sdsu-aztlan.wikispaces.com/ http://sdsu-aztlan.wikispaces.com/ Link to Aztlán (this link will open a Second Life client) http://slurl.com/secondlife/aztlan/201/93/41/ http://slurl.com/secondlife/aztlan/201/93/41/ Machinima created for the Grand Opening of Aztlán Island: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDKESGsO3JM Information Literacy Grant Project:http://www- rohan.sdsu.edu/~pjackson/Site/secondlife.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDKESGsO3JMhttp://www- rohan.sdsu.edu/~pjackson/Site/secondlife.html