Second Life places
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'Educational' islands
Name |
Domain |
Comments |
Camput: Teen Second Life | Teen education | This is owned by Linden Labs, who provide space on it for folk who have good proposals for educational groups who want to work with Teens. Check out the blog on EdBoost's work - which is about teaching teens to program. |
Schome Park | General - schome | The schome community island in the Teen Grid. See The Schome Park bliki or go the the Schome Park sitemap for more info. |
SchomeBase | General - schome | The schome community island in the Main Grid. See The SchomeBase bliki or go the the SchomeBase sitemap for more info |
The Ivory Tower of Building Primitives | SL tutorials | Not just a useful tutorial on the basics of creating objects but is also an interesting use of space to lay out some complex instructions. |
New Media Consortium Campus | NMC | Electric Sheep build, good range of resources for educators; overview movie. |
Campus: Second Life | Linden Labs first educational space | Pathfinder Linden's hosted space for educators |
English Village | Language teaching space | Includes a holodeck which can change into a variety of classroom spaces at the click of a button |
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Science focussed places
Name |
Domain |
Comments |
The international spaceflight museum | Astronomy Space flight |
A very popular and well known site |
Solar Eclipse Planetarium | Astronomy |
Shows the potential for linking real life events with Second Life |
Virtual Eco-system | Ecology | An island with a virtual ecosystem to explore |
NOAA's Virtual World | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Earth System Research Laboratory to explore climate change etc |
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Medicine/Health focussed places
Name |
Domain |
Comments |
HealthInfo Island | Health | I (MGaved) had a good conversation with the librarian there, this is some initiative from a Dutch university at Gronigen. They have an academic Medical Library and a Consumer Health Library in this SL space. |
Virtual Hallucinations | Mental health | Lets you get an 'insider view' of what its like to be schizophrenic |
Virtual Neurological Education Centre | Mental Health | A good demonstration of the simulation possibilities of Second Life |
Heart Murmer Sim | Medical assessment exercise | A tool to allow trainee medics to diagnose different forms of Heart Murmer |
Second Health | Second Health | A sim devoted to looking at what health care in the future might be like. Check out the associated website for more info |
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Realistic re-creations of places
Name |
Domain |
Comments |
Paris 1900 | History Geography |
Realistic re-creation of Paris in 1900 - very neat. |
Roma | History | March with the Roman Legions |
Virtual Morocco | Virtual Field trip | A representation of Morocco created by a group of students after a real world field trip |
New Globe Theatre | Arts | A Second Life representation of the Globe Theatre, with avatars performing plays |
Second Louvre Museum | Arts | Like the Louvre ... |
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Libraries
Name |
Domain |
Comments |
ICT Library | ICT | A must visit location - everything from links to places to visit through to free scripts for things like picture displays. Everyone should spend a little time here. |
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Museums
Name |
Domain |
Comments |
Sci-Fi Museum | Sci-Fi | Includes a holodeck that you can use ... |
Bayside Beach Galleria | Arts | Bayside Beach Galleria Museum of Contemporary Art |
Artsplace | Arts | |
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Links to other lists of Second Life places
Name |
Domain |
Comments |
SimTeach | Educational sites | A wiki which lists top educational sites |
edumuve.com | Education | Sites of interest to educators in Second Life |
A Second Life for Your Museum | Museums | Paper about museums in Second Life - lots of interesting links ... Full title is A Second Life for Your Museum: 3D Multi-User Virtual Environments and Museums |
The SciLands blogg | Science | A blogg about the SciLands - a cluster of islands all with a specific focus on science. The blogg provides links to relevant sites. |
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