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This is a comprehensive site with thousands of online resources to use to develop critical thinking in any discipline. The argument mapping tutorials, for example, use various articles to demonstrate the annotation, questioning, and thought process one should use to evaluate the logic of an argument. One of the first tutorials uses an article which claims the moon landing was a hoax, which is a very engaging topic. Many of the other topics are also very timely and engaging. The only drawback is that most of the activities are more traditional activities which rely mostly on reading and writing (sometimes on discussing with others) and which don't incorporate much hands-on activity. However, it is still a very rich site of resources and activities for college and high school teachers and students.

This site has a list of virtual campuses and a list of Science and Health SLURL's.

Second Life interview with Skoolaborate's founder, Westley Field. Good overview of exemplary Teen Grid education project now involving 40+ schools globally.

List of Second Life tips and tools - updated URLs in English and French

I've never been able to find anyone here yet, but I did discover that nearby land included a nudist beach of some kind. One display had Ancestry.com's German homepage up it seemed. Also, there is an adorable gazebo here I'd love to have in my own yard in RL. Waiting to see if this place ends up being a useful resource in genealogy research.

Second Life Wiki

Virtual poll center used for training poll workers.

Poll worker training in Second Life by UCF.  

Continuing my theme of visiting virtual versions of Bay Area museums, I really enjoyed the virtual Exploratorium. In flatland, the Exploratorium is famous for their hands-on displays. It is very kid-friendly, and is a fun place to visit for all ages. I was interested to see how they would transfer this hands-on approach to learning into Second Life. I was not disappointed. The exhibits are very original and very interactive, and I had a lot of fun exploring. I will definitely be returning to the virtual Exploratorium. A previous Diigo post talks about the virtual Exploratorium, so I found this great video that shows off a number of the exhibits. Hopefully it will inspire you to visit it yourself!

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This is great, Cathy!! Thank you for this url!

Intel's opensim grid dedicated to science education

Forgotton City - fantasy ... "A once-great, clockpunck-ish city where the prosperous Residents were served by the miraculous mechanical automatons. The people have long since disa ppeared, but the automatons remained and still take care of the crumbling stone walls, abandoned halls, and rusty fences.

Link fro ISTE Island to Second Life video tutorials

I got this link from ISTE ... it is a Wiki loaded with video tutorials - official and resident created. The topics are wide ranging ... my daughter is a fencer, so naturally, I can't wait to view the En Garde product. Dana

OpenSim 4th grade class island. Ongoing creative applications of MULE's (curriculum based) for elementary students.

This group has really taken SL and ran with it. Very interesting work they are doing here

Textures for sale to ALL virtual worlds and 3D designs

Free and paid textures for virtual world work

This is actually a YouTube video which I found to be very useful in explaining to people the potential uses of Second Life, which I have had to do a lot since beginning this course. It was done by a humanities teacher, so her emphasis is on history and drama instruction.

How to cut a very thin prim (less than .01)

virtual world learning - geometry by building the Parthenon

Now with permissions for use in other virtual world platforms (Note individual designer permissions!) Many high quality sets. Not free but well worth it.