The creator of many of our favorite software titles, has entered Second Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Adobe%20eLearning/171/68/42
This information comes from an Adobe Press release on Monday, Jan 26, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Videos That Introduce Second Life Recommended by Bernadette Daly Swanson, University of California
Introducing Second Life: The magnificent works by Robbie Dingo (Watch the World(s)): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVDVggLqsA&fmt=18
Global Kids (A Child's War)Better Life: http://secondlife.com/community/media.php
Greylin's (SJSU/Sun). She answers the question & handles some of the nay-sayers: Her channel on YouTube is: http://www.youtube.com/user/GreylinF
What is Second Life? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5YVG4n2bA&fmt=18
(two parts).
I am Library: an Ode to Self-discovery and Collective Creativity in Second Life® (HD 720p)
it can be watched in HD and then full screen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCoy6MABQM&fmt=22
My channel is: http://www.youtube.com/user/HVXSilverstar
Education: works by Joe Sanchez (North Lamar) and his students:http://educatorscoop.org/blog/?tag=machinima
Pia Klaar (RezLibris) has done some wonderful work on the teen grid...http://www.youtube.com/user/majenh
Sheila Webber & Infolit iSchool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg6OuQmWefg&fmt=18
Stolvano has some great ones.. the rushing to the reference desk... sure to hit home with librarians... http://www.youtube.com/user/srharris19
There are many others such as Torley Linden's videos that are a good detailed introduction to various aspects of SL.
Bernadette Daly Swanson
University of California Davis
HVX Silverstar in SLSecond Life: Machinima Institute Island (218, 114)
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hvxsilverstar
On Blip.tv: http://libraryfamous.blip.tv
Blog: http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.comMachinima Workflow on Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/sets/72157606675009781/On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hvxsilverstarOn Facebook: Bernadette Daly Swanson
Global Kids (A Child's War)Better Life: http://secondlife.com/community/media.php
Greylin's (SJSU/Sun). She answers the question & handles some of the nay-sayers: Her channel on YouTube is: http://www.youtube.com/user/GreylinF
What is Second Life? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5YVG4n2bA&fmt=18
(two parts).
I am Library: an Ode to Self-discovery and Collective Creativity in Second Life® (HD 720p)
it can be watched in HD and then full screen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCoy6MABQM&fmt=22
My channel is: http://www.youtube.com/user/HVXSilverstar
Education: works by Joe Sanchez (North Lamar) and his students:http://educatorscoop.org/blog/?tag=machinima
Pia Klaar (RezLibris) has done some wonderful work on the teen grid...http://www.youtube.com/user/majenh
Sheila Webber & Infolit iSchool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg6OuQmWefg&fmt=18
Stolvano has some great ones.. the rushing to the reference desk... sure to hit home with librarians... http://www.youtube.com/user/srharris19
There are many others such as Torley Linden's videos that are a good detailed introduction to various aspects of SL.
Bernadette Daly Swanson
University of California Davis
HVX Silverstar in SLSecond Life: Machinima Institute Island (218, 114)
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hvxsilverstar
On Blip.tv: http://libraryfamous.blip.tv
Blog: http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.comMachinima Workflow on Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/sets/72157606675009781/On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hvxsilverstarOn Facebook: Bernadette Daly Swanson
Plans of Teen Grid Merging with Adult Grid in SL...Comments by Linden Employee
Metanomics transcript: http://www.raulcrimson.com/2009/01/20/the-merging-of-the-grids-teen-and-main-all-in-one/
ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: ... So what are your plans with the Teen Grid at this point?
PHILIP ROSEDALE: Generally, I think that the future of Second Life needs to be one where people of all ages can use Second Life together, and that's the direction that we're taking in our planning and our work. I think that the educational opportunities for Second Life are so great for all ages that we need to make it as available as we possibly can to people. If you look at what we've done with the Teen Grid, I think we've done a good job, as a small company, of being inclusive and creating an environment in which teenagers were able to use Second Life, I think, perhaps earlier than, I don't know, we might have been able to. We pushed hard to get that working.
But, if you look at the problems with having a teenaged area, which is itself so isolated from the rest of the World, they're substantial. There's an inability for educators to easily interact with people in there because we've made it an exclusively teen only area. Parents can't join their kids in Second Life so problems like that are ones that we think are pretty fundamental and need to be fixed. We need to stop creating isolated areas that are age specific and, instead, look at how we can make the overall experience appropriately safe and controlled for everybody. So that's the general direction that we're taking there.
ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: Do you expect any official action or public notice on this anytime soon? And is the idea am I hearing you right that it would basically be to allow people of any age to come into at least some parts of Second Life? Is that what I'm hearing?
PHILIP ROSEDALE: Definitely. From my perspective, our long term strategy is that but I won't make any specific "this is what's coming next and that's where you can expect it," in that regard. We're still working on how to do that and what to do next.
ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: ... So what are your plans with the Teen Grid at this point?
PHILIP ROSEDALE: Generally, I think that the future of Second Life needs to be one where people of all ages can use Second Life together, and that's the direction that we're taking in our planning and our work. I think that the educational opportunities for Second Life are so great for all ages that we need to make it as available as we possibly can to people. If you look at what we've done with the Teen Grid, I think we've done a good job, as a small company, of being inclusive and creating an environment in which teenagers were able to use Second Life, I think, perhaps earlier than, I don't know, we might have been able to. We pushed hard to get that working.
But, if you look at the problems with having a teenaged area, which is itself so isolated from the rest of the World, they're substantial. There's an inability for educators to easily interact with people in there because we've made it an exclusively teen only area. Parents can't join their kids in Second Life so problems like that are ones that we think are pretty fundamental and need to be fixed. We need to stop creating isolated areas that are age specific and, instead, look at how we can make the overall experience appropriately safe and controlled for everybody. So that's the general direction that we're taking there.
ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: Do you expect any official action or public notice on this anytime soon? And is the idea am I hearing you right that it would basically be to allow people of any age to come into at least some parts of Second Life? Is that what I'm hearing?
PHILIP ROSEDALE: Definitely. From my perspective, our long term strategy is that but I won't make any specific "this is what's coming next and that's where you can expect it," in that regard. We're still working on how to do that and what to do next.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Second Life Video by Alliance Virtual Institute Members Using Machinima
This video/machinima, filmed in 2007, was created for the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) 2007Conference in Baltimore, March 29-April 1, 2007. Abbey Zenith, Puglet Dancer and HVX Silverstar collaborated on this video project.
It was filmed on location in the very beautiful Second Life®. Visit us at the Alliance Virtual Library blog for more information: http://www.infoisland.org
Drop by the Machinima Institute 218, 114 to pick up 'do-it-yourself' instructional materials at Machinima Institute Island.
It was filmed on location in the very beautiful Second Life®. Visit us at the Alliance Virtual Library blog for more information: http://www.infoisland.org
Drop by the Machinima Institute 218, 114 to pick up 'do-it-yourself' instructional materials at Machinima Institute Island.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Orientation for Virtual Ability Island by Gentle Heron
Gentle Heron's video/machinima introduces us to the orientation for Virtual Ability Island focusing on SL instruction for people using assistive technologies. Here is her link to her YouTube videos on Virtual Ability Island. I have spoken briefly with her and she is very kind and approachable. She knows a lot about the medical and nursing communities in Second Life and has offered to help people here, at CSTCC to get connected with events and projects in SL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjG4Tv6LvU&fmt=22(click the square icon at lower right of the youtube viewer to watch in full screen).
Bernadette Daly Swanson
University of California Davis
HVX Silverstar in SL Second Life: Machinima Institute Island (218, 114)
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hvxsilverstar
On Blip.tv: http://libraryfamous.blip.tv
Blog: http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.com
Machinima Workflow on
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/sets/72157606675009781/
On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hvxsilverstar
On Facebook: Bernadette Daly Swanson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjG4Tv6LvU&fmt=22(click the square icon at lower right of the youtube viewer to watch in full screen).
Bernadette Daly Swanson
University of California Davis
HVX Silverstar in SL Second Life: Machinima Institute Island (218, 114)
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hvxsilverstar
On Blip.tv: http://libraryfamous.blip.tv
Blog: http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.com
Machinima Workflow on
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/sets/72157606675009781/
On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hvxsilverstar
On Facebook: Bernadette Daly Swanson
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