Second Life and Lunch : Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 1-1:50 p.m.
KCELT 2097 or Join Us Virtually
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Comm%20Media/230/223/21/?title=IUP%20-%20Interactive%20Simulation%20System%20for%20Second%20Life

You'll be happy to hear that we think that the problems we were having with Second Life are over. We will reschedule the demo of Green Phosphor with Bob Wise from West Liberty University hopefully for one of our sessions in December.

Since this week is our last "Second Life and Lunch" session before the Thanksgiving holiday, we are going to visit a Thanksgiving-themed build created by doctoral Communications Media and Instructional Technology Students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. By creating this build, they also created a free product called the Preso-Matic Game Kit for the educational community of Second Life to quickly develop immersive simulation games in Second Life like this (a product which just might help with the development of the Plague Sim under construction on the Kirkwood island).

Here's a promotional video of this build:


We will be starting this session with a group voice chat (text chat works in the same chat box for those without microphones). A teleport to the start of this simulation will be sent as a notice before the meeting.

If you're not able to make it this week, I hope you are able to visit this build on your own. It is a good example of how to bring educational content into Second Life.

If you don't have an avatar:
You're always welcome at our Second Life and Lunch sessions. Feel free to stop by and check out what we're doing. It's a perfect time to see what Second Life is all about. Bring your lunch and bring a friend.

If you join us virtually:
We will be using voice. If you don't have a microphone, you can still communicate with the group through text.

Note to all members:
If you're a Kirkwood faculty member don't forget to sign up for this free KCELT session on the Kirkwood EagleNet whether you plan to join us in person or virtually. Faculty members receive Professional Renewal Credit for all KCELT sessions, but you have to sign up to receive credit. You can find instructions for signing up here. Just search for "second life" to find our sessions for this semester. (Members from other colleges do not need to sign up to attend.)

For more information about the Kirkwood Second Life Group visit http://www.kirkwood.edu/secondlife