Features class ideas and activities for use in Second Life. Full title: Digital Learning Environments: Creating Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life was presented at the TCC 2009 Worldwide Online Conference on April 14, 2009 by Cynthia Calongne

1. Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life TCC Worldwide Online Conference 2009 April 14, 2009 Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License Cynthia Calongne Institute for Advanced Studies Colorado Technical University

2. How would you describe your Second Life (SL) experience? A. Using SL in your classes - educator B. Instructional designer in SL - creating content C. SL user, not building content - expert shopper D. New to Second Life E. Not using Second Life (yet)

4. Virtual world classrooms - open spaces and imaginative

5. First day in Second Life

6. Teen grid classes Ramapo reflection questions Part of an identity exercise

7. Second Life skills In your Inventory, the Library & Clothing folders hold new outfits Highlight, copy and paste the items into a new folder in the My Inventory folder

8. Class meetings in a gazebo - great for meetings Easy to use for classes - not ideal for content creation - the invisible walls block access to objects via the build menu

9. Free floating seating arrangements make it easy to build content Students create spheres, elevate them, and discuss their projects and concepts

10. Field trips Take a trip to the library Visit Info island, HealthInfo island and other library sites

11. Create your own or visit Second Life libraries

12. Visit the NMC, tour Second Life and share your ideas with others

13. Shopping for free items at the NMC Educator Freebie Center Use these items for class activities

14. Field Trips Visit the SciLands Science sites include the International Space Museum, NOAA, Science Fridays, Genome island and more!

15. Simulation of the Space Shuttle by Jimbo Perhaps

16. Nanotechnology lab -studying polymers

18. First MBA class at Wright State University

19. Human barometer activity students take a stand From GlobalKids Students take a stand and discuss their opinions. As they change their minds, they move to another sign.

20. Middle school students roleplay the Steinbeck book Of Mice and Men

21. Creativity and exercises in learning to build custom content for class projects Relaxed meeting spaces

22. Creativity session Students learn to build, name and link these primitive shapes as they create their draft projects

23. Two projects: Autism and a military training interface

24. Newspapers for myopic users, voting machine, fridge for wheelchair users

25. Students create and test their user interface design projects. Identifying how to support users and their behavior.

26. CTU student projects on display for Wright State University

27. Lumiere Noir’s Ivory Tower of Primitives at Ramapo

28. Texture tutorial in Second Life

29. Class discussions in Second Life

31. Class meetings and seasonal fun Want a copy of this table and chairs for your classes? Send an instant message to Lyr Lobo in Second Life Ask for the Holiday gifts 2008

32. Work on Second Life skills Cultural Decisions Right click an avatar to Add a Friend or Use the Give a Card feature

33. To set up a custom voice or text conference Give a Calling Card Control click names in your Calling Cards folder Right click these names to start your custom conference

34. Be flexible and evaluate after trying a new activity

43. Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life Cynthia Calongne Lyr Lobo in SL [email_address] http://edumuve.com http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo