Educational Uses of

Second Life

What is Second Life?

An online 3D virtual world

with content created by its users.

Real people are represented in-world

as an avatar that they modify to look

a lot or not at all like themselves.

Educational Places in

Second Life

American Library Association

SLURL: Click here to visit the American Library Association

There are many libraries in

Second Life with holdings that

will appeal to a wide range of

users. If you are interested in

libraries, check out

Cybrary City I and II on

InfoIsland.

Other libraries of interest include,

Cleveland Public Library,

Ossus Star Wars Library, and

The Second Life Library 2.0.

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Math & Science: The SciLands

SLURL: Click here to visit the SciLands Orientation Island.

The SciLands are a group of 33

science-related islands including

an orientation island as a starting

point.

International Spaceflight Museu

m

displays full scale models of

rockets from 12 countries and a

tour of the solar system.

NOAA Island has interactive weather and climate exhibits including a virtual tsunami and a plane ride into a hurricane.

Genome Island has a collection of interactive genetics experiments.

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YouTube Video

Math & Science: Science Friday

SLURL: Click here to visit Science Friday in Second Life

NPR's weekly science news

program, Science Friday, is

broadcast live on radio stations

nationally and in Second Life.

Host Ira Flatow, appears in

Second Life during the show as

his avatar and takes questions

from the virtual audience.

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YouTube Video

Health Science: Heart Murmur Sim

SLURL: Click here to visit the Heart Murmur Sim.

Visit three exam rooms in a

virtual hospital and diagnose the

heart condition of five patients by

listening to heart rhythms.

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YouTube Video

Ancient Rome

SLURL: Click here to visit the Roma simulation

An ancient Roman themed sim.

Roleplaying a member of the

ancient Roman empire is

welcome in ROMA, although

certainly not required of all

visitors.

Tour video on Blip.tv

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EMS: Play2Train

SLURL: This is a closed Sim. Only Play2Train students can visit.

In traditional first responder

training, a disaster scene is

presented on a scale model

diorama for students to role play.

Play2Train has taken the

diorama and created it in a virtual

world.

The Play2Train islands are open

only to registered participants.

This snapshot shows a BLUMED

mobile hospital.

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YouTube Video

Real Life Colleges in

Second Life

Ohio University

SLURL: Click here to visit Ohio University in SL.

A beautiful campus with a lot

going on. The campus currently

uses two islands, as a virtual

representation of the Ohio

University campus.

Classes in subjects ranging from

English to engineering have

been held on campus.

Find it on the Web:

www.ohio.edu

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YouTube Video

Vassar College

SLURL: Click here to visit Vassar College in SL.

You can find reproductions of

some of the buildings found on

Vassar’s real life campus on their

Second Life island but there’s so

much more to see. A professor

from this college has recreated

the Sistine Chapel here.

Find it on the Web:

www.vassar.edu

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West Liberty State College in SL

SLURL: Click here to visit West Liberty State College in SL.

Virtual campus builder, Bob

Wise, gave the Kirkwood group a

tour of his campus under

construction in November 2007.

Find it on the Web:

www.westliberty.edu

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WV Recruitment Video

Kirkwood Community College

SLURL: Click here to visit Kirkwood Community College in SL.

Currently in the beginning

phases of construction. Outreach

and collaboration with Kirkwood

libraries, Distance Learning and

Marketing Services.

Visit the Kirkwood Second Life

Group Blog for upcoming and

ongoing activities.

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