Second Life Virtual Field Trip - Another homework post

For the final assignment this week we have a choice of one of the following projects:
  1. Online Virtual Reality Project using Second Life
  2.  Cloud Computing Projects using Google Docs (now Google Drive)
  3. Blog Project using any blog tool that allows public access.

I am using my blog post to document the Second Life activity. Multi-user virtual environments have a place in the learning environment, although not on the .mil domain. I have participated in conferences and visited NASA and NOAA sites through Second Life but never truly embraced the tool in the learning environment beyond my own educational participation.

Second Life (SL) has a place in education and by the resources available one may be surprised at the educational organizations using Second Life to collaborate. From the Second Life Education Destination Guide to the Second Life Education Wiki.

The image of my teleport visit to ECU (required).

EdTech Island

Bloom's taxonomy steps

Underwater after stepping off of the submarine in NOAA's virtual island

This was another fast and fun exercise in EDTC 7030. I believe the activity benefits the participants who work in the CP32 career field as they discover a variety of tools that may not be familiar or available to them.

These activities support these course goals:

1. Explore and use Internet tools used to deliver web‐based instruction.
2. Apply instructional design components in developing web‐based instruction
3. Identify and demonstrate knowledge of selected Internet technologies and apply them to course development

Thanks to everyone who supported my participation in EDTC 7030. Comments, recommendations, reaction box checks and +1s are always welcome.

Sloodle

Sloodle - Learning Systems for Virtual Environments

Sloodle is an Open Source project which integrates the SecondLife® multi-user virtual environment and the Moodle learning-management system. Sloodle provides a range of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world; tools which are fully integrated with a tried and tested web-based learning management system used by thousands.

Sloodle
Sloodle on Second Life
SecondLife Education Wiki
Moodle

For those who want to add dimension to their learning environments.

Meet the Cool Cat Teacher in Second Life on 8/28

From Vicki Davis' blog, The Cool Cat Teacher...

From my friend Cris Crissman, the announcement about a presentation next week I'm giving in Second Life. This will be my first official presentation in Second Life and I'm so excited about it! Announcing the USDLC Star Teacher Series . . .

"New School Year -- Cool Tools Here: Cool Cat Teacher Vicki Davis Shares the Tools She’ll Bring to Her Classroom" as a Flat Classroom Teacher, Vicki Davis, made wiki a classroom word.

Now as the Cool Cat Teacher, she shares new tools, ideas, and resources with the enthusiastic readers of her blog. Join her in Second Life (or Internet Radio with chatfor non-Second Life Residents) as she shares the cool tools and tips she’ll use to make the 2008-2009 school year the best yet.

Event will take place Thursday, August 28, 8 p.m. EDT, on USDLC Star Island in Second Life. Non-Second Life Residents can listen via Internet Radio and join the chat. Get all the details at http://www.literacy2learn.org/ Learn more about Vicki at http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/

To prepare for the event, be sure and read Vicki’s August 4th blog post: “Tips on Starting the School Year Right”. For more information check out the Cool Cat Teacher Blog

New to Second Life? Join the 3D virtual world and check out the variety of educational events. Join now http://secondlife.com/