LIVE IN SECOND LIFE!

Rose Marie Kuceyeski, Ph.D.NBEAApril 1, 2010

TALKING POINTS

Define Second Life and its birth

Explore Second Life’s business presence

Discuss Second Life’s educational presence

Explore the possibilities for business courses

SUSIE FELISIMO

Born October 16, 2007

http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2008/09/06/philip-rosedales-relaxing-summer/

TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

In 2007, Rosedale was listed among

GETTING STARTED IN SECOND LIFE

Create a free account at www.secondlife.com

Agree to TOS & Community Standards

Select your name & avatar

Orientation Island – mentors

Islands Join SLED Listserv Shop—Little Rebel Designs Read and explore—Second

Life for Dummies, Robbins & Bell

COME TOGETHER TO ENGAGE IN A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES

socializingattending musical events

shopping

running business building collaboratin

g

attending meetings

and presentatio

ns

education and

training

http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070201/hidi-rosedale.html

THE BUSINESS OF SECOND LIFE

Big companies are popping up

Business is conducted in Linden dollars

Haven for entrepreneurs

MARKETPLACE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

automotive manufacturer

fashion designer custom avatar

designer jewelry maker XML coder &

scripters

theme park developer

real estate speculator

vacation resort owner

advertiser architect tour guide publicist

BUSINESSES IN SL

IBM

Toyota

Sony

Cisco

Best Buy

Kraft

Sun Micro

Manpower

Amer. Cancer Society

Dell

Starwood Hotels

Wells Fargo

COLLEGES IN SL

CC in Second Life Universities in Second Life Virtual Colleges in Second Life

PRESENTATION MANAGEMENT

Syllabus/Class Schedule/Code of Conduct

SL Assignment The First 10 Things You Should Do in

Second Life Presenting in Second Life versus Real Life

Individual and Team presentations Extra Credit

Upload PowerPoint as jpeg, gestures, responding to questions in SL

STUDENTS’ QUOTES

"I personally loved doing SL. I think that if I was given the opportunity I would choose it every time.”

"I did like SL, and I feel that it is a good way to present to different people and around the world."

“I loved the flying (once I got used to it), being able to make yourself look the way you want to, and being able to travel to different locations. This can open (and has) so many opportunities to engage yourself in a way that is rewarding for you and the listener.”

EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES

http://mocozone.blogspot.com/2008/01/institutional-checklist-for-sl-course.html

PEDAGOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

What activities will best support the defined outcomes for the course offering(s)?

Which activities will best be carried out in SL and which will be better experienced with other educational activities in SL (field trips, other listed educational events, simulation and role-playing sites)?

How will activities capitalize on the immersive and social capabilities of SL?

What guest experts are available?

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

Entrepreneurship Customer service Finance and economics, study theLindeX,

buying and selling, building and trading limits

Financial analysis and predictions Real Estate

Purchasing land Land auctions

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Business programs: recruitment piece available for potential students and employers

International/multicultural component Virtual party at end of semester Fieldtrips and job fairs Conduct interviews because many organizations

have a presence in SL Role play interviewing. Students’ avatars would

have to dress appropriately, interview with individuals and make judgments on appearances.

PLACES/PROJECTS IN SL

Aesthetic Computing Class Dr. Paul Fishwick's Aesthetic Computing class at the

University of Florida students had to create some part of a computer program and represent it in 3D with user interaction. The original programming language could have been anything from Linden Scripting Language (LSL) to Java, Python or Lisp. The projects were done within Second Life and included Simple Arithmetic Machines, Finite State Machines, a Perceptron, a Turing Machine and Cellular Automata.

Cyber One: Law in the Court of Public Opinion Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society presents a course on the

creation and delivery of persuasive argument in the new integrated media space constituted by the Internet and other new technologies. The class has held mock trials in-worldhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlHcNQrF8bY&eurl=

PLACES/PROJECTS IN SL

The Concept of Virtual Property in a First Year Property Law Course Elizabeth Townsend Gard, a visiting assistant professor at Seattle

University School of Law, uses Second Life to teach about the concept of virtual property in a First Year Property Law course. The course covers topics such as: Adverse Possession; Real Estate versus Chattel in SL; IP Issues: Trademarks, Patents, Right of Publicity, and Copyrights in SL; Public Spaces, Zoning and Nuisances; Nightlife and Gambling; SL Economy and the Nature of Work and Prostitution and the Sex Industry in Second Life.

60 SECONDS OF COOLSL in Business Courses

SL RESOURCES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA&feature=related www.secondlife.com http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses http://www.kuceyeskisl.blogspot.com/ http://www.rezed.org/ join for free curriculum http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/ http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib http://ccsl.wetpaint.com/page/CC+Locations Community Colleges http://www.avatrian.com/docs/avatrian_factsheet.pdf http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/03/mr-linden-goes.html http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/businessideas/article172768.html http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/04/using_second_li_2.html (Cisco) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZAj8Cg4bLo http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki#Institutions_in_Secon

d_Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaLKFeJLnqI&feature=related&resnum=1 https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators subscribe to listserv http://list.academ-x.com/listinfo.cgi/slrl-academ-x.com SL researcher’s listserv http://www.slvirtualassistants.com/&SL http://blip.tv/file/185225 Obama in SL http://facstaff.elon.edu/mconklin/pubs/glshandout.pdf 101 uses