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Painting onto the Second Life avatar in Photoshop YouTube vidtut PSCS4 or 5 extended - clothing, tattoo & skin creation skills for 3D environments. Good vidtut

I've been following Kathy Schrock since the mid-1990s when I began using computers in the classroom. I have numerous bookmarks of her helpful websites filled with classroom resources as well as her blogs. She is the technology administrator for the Nauset Public Schools in Massachusetts. An earlier YouTube video has Kathy Schrock aka Kathy Dryburgh (in Second Life), gives a brief overview of what Lighthouse Learning Island is all about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7IC-JeK4Mc&feature=related. In a more recent video, Kathy along with other educators, explain how the Lighthouse Learning Island came to be and what it is currently doing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlwsXsTptbs. The original occupants of the Lighthouse Learning Island was the Nauset Public Schools but since then, several other school districts have joined this virtual learning platform. I was really excited how school districts are utilizing Second Life to offer professional learning development for their educators in Web 2.0 for teaching and learning. Additionally, educators from outside the district have attended these sessions. I'll be looking into how I am able to attend some of these professional development workshop sessions. Unfortunately, on August 1, 2010, Lighthouse Learning Island will be closing due to budget constraints. Kathy has rented a small plot of land on Eduisland 6 (SLURL) and will be announcing any upcoming professional development opportunities through the "K-12 Educators" group in SL. Her new spot is called "Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch".

YouTube channel - Avatars & 3D Viewers in SL and OS VWs. You are creating a Second Life account / avatar... so, what SL Viewer should you use? SL Viewer Version 3, 2, 1.23 or one of the alternate 3rd party viewers such as Imprudence or Phoenix. I'll go for Imprudence since I'm on a mac and if you are accessing second life and OpenSim, it is the only option for me on a mac. Good series of vidtuts from UCDavis

The magic of storytelling is captured in this compelling short film about an hiv positive character dealing with hiv aids known as "Uncle D." Accompany the Reluctant Quester and his trusty sidekick Cice the therapy dog as they embark on a life changing journey. http://www.tvwsp.com Youtube overview of the "Uncle D" storyquest ... great 3D narrative example

YouTube video (3:35 minutes) featuring examples of Reaction Grid K12 projects.

This is the official Second Life YouTube channel. Featured here are many vidtuts - including the series here: Viewer 2 Beginner's Tutorials. These are GREAT how-to resources! Please check them out!

Excellent Photoshop tutorials for skills needed for Second Life and similar virtual world graphics and mesh content creation.  Also see her site at http://robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/PhotoshopTuts

A portion of a recorded Webinar discussing the 7 sensibilities that make learning in a 3D Virtual World different from 2D learning. Speakers are Karl M. Kapp (Bloomsburg University) and Tony O'Driscoll (Duke University), co-authors of "Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration".

I found this YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGMH_1VnnaY) about a virtual museum exhibit created by teens. It showcases "Kristallnacht," or "The Night of Broken Glass" from the holocaust. Teens from the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. worked with teens from New York and museum staff via Skype, SL, & phone (sound familiar, COMETEERs?) to discuss issues, storyboard, and even create a design document (future COMETEERs!) to create the exhibit in SL. Interestingly, it seems that the build was done by an SL company called "Digital Refinery," "...an all teen in-world development company," headed by a 15 year old CEO. Teens visiting the site are placed in the role of an investigative reporter in order to find out what people did during Kristallnacht. They can click on cutouts of people to get information and learn about the choices that ordinary people faced during this event. Visitors also observe the environment; broken storefront windows, a before & after Kristallnacht replica of a synagogue, and just general destruction of the Jewish community. When they are done, they reflect, discuss and write about what they have seen & learned, and post notecards to share their experiences. I love that this is all built by teens, but that they also had to work with adults in RL to learn how to cooperate and communicate intelligently. I am big on making history interactive, otherwise it just seems boring to many kids. SL holds so much potential for this sort of activity; time for textbook companies to look into this instead of making ridiculously expensive, environmentally unfriendly textbooks that bore kids to tears. Ok, I know I'm dreaming, after all, if the textbooks weren't expensive, those companies would go out of business. Hmm.

PBS video promo of Deep Down Virtual Mine in Second Life.  Good overview of real problem tied to SL experience

How to set up a virtual classroom with Kitely, OpenSim and Facebook.  Very clear instructions.

A portion of a recorded Webinar discussing the basic building blocks for creating a 3D Virtual World learning environment. Speakers are Karl M. Kapp (Bloomsburg University) and Tony O'Driscoll (Duke University), co-authors of "Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration".

YouTube Video: Torley explains how to access the Second Life Wiki and Knowledge Base from the in-world browser window.

Tongue in cheek argument between avatars - trying to sell the idea of "real" environments (vs. virtual) Funny 4:46 long.

Overview of Science through Second Life - a Motorola grant funded science curriculum implemented in a 9th grade Brooklyn science class, Spring 2008. (Full disclosure - Co-designed by Cathy) A practical example of using a virtual world to supplement and support standards based high school science. Note the environments NPIRL (not possible in real life).