Second Life OU workshop 1-May-2007
Organisers
Peter Twining
Dan Seamans
Jacquie Bennett
Aims of the session
- To find out what Second Life is (and get some hands-on experience)
- To consider the affordances of Second Life (What does it offer that other media can’t?)
- To think about how Second Life might enhance our provision (Can it solve problems that we have?)
Overview of session
Timing (approx) |
What |
Notes/links |
11.20 to 11.25 | Hello – aims of the session | PT |
11.25 to 11.30 | What is Second Life? | DS |
11.30 to 11.40 | What are we doing in Second Life already? | JB & PT (5 mins each) |
11.40 to 11.55 | Line up in date of birth order | Everyone (in-world) How to move around in Second Life |
11.55 to 12.00 | Initial impressions/thoughts? | Everyone |
12.00 to 12.40 | Three activities: | |
A - World tour | Links to interesting places in Second Life (PT) | |
B - Prisoners' dilema (designed by DS) | http://slurl.com/secondlife/SchomeBase/77/32/30 (DS) | |
C - What do I look like? | How to edit your appearance in Second Life (JB) | |
12.40 to 12.55 | Discussion – re Aims of Session items 2 and 3 | |
12.55 to 13.00 | Where next - how to move forward? |
The backup plan
Timing (approx) |
What |
Notes/links |
11.20 to 11.25 | Hello – aims of the session | PT |
11.25 to 11.40 | What is Second Life? | DS |
11.40 to 12.00 | What are we doing in Second Life already? | JB & PT (10 mins each) |
12.00 to 12.35 | Explore resources | |
A - video clips | Second Life machinima | |
B - websites | The Schome Park bliki The SchomeBase bliki | |
12.30 to 12.55 | Discussion – re Aims of Session items 2 and 3 | |
12.55 to 13.00 | Where next - how to move forward? |