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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Gary hayes of Personalize Media created this 7-minute video which takes the viewer on a tour of over 40 social virtual worlds. Hayes is working on a commercial report exploring the creative, business, and educational potential of the metaverse and has some preliminary insights in his post here.
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Kathryn Greenhill at Librarians Matter has created a step-by-step guide to how to stream audio and video live from a webcam into Second Life. She has video clips of this amazing feat which she accomplished in preparation for an upcoming conference presentation. If you’re at all interested in presenting or streaming media in-world, you’ll want to check this out.
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Educause has come out with another of their handy 7 Things guides, this time about the popular virtual world which many libraries and librarians have decided to join. In 7 Things You Should Know About Second Life, the folks at Educause answer the following questions:
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Laura Milligan at CollegeDegrees.com has compiled an all-in-one guide to creating a learning space in Second Life. Her annotated guide presents 50 resources which will help you make the most of the virtual world. Her tips, tricks, and resource links are divided into the following categories:
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The Association of Virtual Worlds has published The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds. This free, downloadable book provides a guide, with links, to over 250 virtual worlds along with a glossary. Included are virtual environments for every age group ranging from Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow, Creebies, and Frenzoo, to one of my faves - Neopets, Planet Cazmo, and Scions of Fate. Coming soon: The Green Book: A Business Guide to Virtual Worlds.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
University Business discusses the innovative ways colleges and universities are using the Second Life virtual realm for collaboration, instruction, promotion, and machinima creation in Sizing Up Second Life: Higher ed learns how to live in a virtual world.
“The greatest benefit of our Second Life campus has been as a marketing tool, really extending our brand out into a whole different channel,” he says. “Along with creating the campus, we also created a corresponding machinima video on YouTube that has had thousands of hits. That has done wonders in terms of throwing attention not just on our Second Life campus but on Ohio University as well.”
via Educause
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
I’m all for empowering women to learn about technology, so when Women’s Voices for Change asked me to contribute a piece about educational opportunities in Second Life, I was more than happy to write this article about Learning in a Virtual World. If you’re interested in Second Life learning, you may want to check it out.
Friday, December 14th, 2007
Ohio University Campus
Second Life is a massive virtual world with many opportunities for learning and entertainment. Over 60 colleges and universities have a virtual presence there, and are joined by more than 500 librarians. If you are just starting out in this MMOG (massively multiplayer online game), this guide should get you up and running. Follow the SLURLs (Second Life URLs) by clicking or pasting them into your browser’s address bar and then clicking the “teleport now” button on the page to go to that location, (note: you will need to have established a SL account first & have the program installed).
These sites are the 12 islands of the Alliance Library System which make up the Info Archipelago:
Here are some sites to visit when you’re ready to learn how to build the world around you.
Friday, November 30th, 2007
I will be speaking today at the ACRL/NY Symposium about Social Software in Academic Libraries. My presentation is here on Slideshare.net. Thank you to all of the college and university libraries who gave me great quotes about their social software initiatives to use in my prez. Also, here is a quick guide to all of the websites I refer to in my presentation:
Wikis
Wikipedia
WikiHow
University of Minnesota Libraries Wiki
Antioch University New England Library Staff Training & Support Wiki
USC Aiken Gregg-Graniteville Library Wiki Webpage
Ohio University Libraries Biz Wiki
Butler University Libraries WikiRef
ALA 2007 Annual Conference Wiki
Library Success Wiki
Library Instruction Wiki
Social Bookmarking
StumbleUpon
del.icio.us
Southern Connecticut State University Hilton C. Buley Library
MIT Libraries Virtual Reference Collection
University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ PennTags
Libmarks
LIS901-06
Maui Community College Library
University of South Florida Lakeland Library Services
library2.0 tag
ALA2007 tag in del.icio.us
Media Sharing
YouTube
Flickr
Colorado College Tutt & Coburn Libraries
Arizona State University Libraries
Williams College Library on YouTube
School of Dentistry and Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Michigan
GeorgiaTech Webcasts
LIS901-06 Webcasts
SJSU’s School of Library and Information Science
American Library Association on Flickr
Social Networks
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
University of Central Florida
StonyBrook University Health Sciences Library
Facebook Applications
JSTOR on Facebook
Library 2.0 network on Ning
Blogs
Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University
Binghampton University Library
Mohawk College Library
Barnard College
University librarian at the McMaster University Library
IM
Ohio University Libraries
American University Library
Microblogging
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Second Life
Nova Southeastern University Law Library & Technology Center
McMaster University Libraries
San Jose State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ohio University
Answers
Answer Board Librarians
Subject Guides
Boston College University Libraries LibGuides
LIS753 on Squidoo
Monday, November 12th, 2007
There have been some great presentations put up on the Web over the past few days. Check out a few of these.
Sarah Houghton-Jan
HLA 2007: Building a Thriving eBranch
Sarah Houghton-Jan
HLA 2007: Technology Training Tips
Michael Stephens’ Keynote
Ten Technologies and Ideas to Improve Library Productivity
David Lee King
Setting up the New Stuff: Planning & Implementing Library 2.0
David Lee King
Topeka’s Second Life: Experiments in a Digital World
David Lee King
Introduction to Video Blogging
Darlene Fichter
Mashups & Data Visualizations: The New Breed of Web Applications
Darlene Fichter, Frank Cervone
Cool Tools for Webmasters
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
The MediaShift blog has compiled a resource guide to virtual worlds including a glossary, background and history, a section discussing Second Life, a summary of how media companies are using virtual worlds, and a list of resources. Worth a look if you’re a fan of these online environments.
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
A recent study by the Yankee Group has indicated that there has been a significant lack of growth in virtual worlds such as Second Life which may be due to their non-mobile nature. According to this study, Second Lifers only average 12 minutes per month in-world, while sites like Facebook entertain visitors for 186 minutes per month.
Via CrunchGear.
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic will give a live concert in Second Life on Friday September 14 at 7:30 pm. According to their website, the RLPO will be the first professional orchestra in the world to give a performance in SL. The orchestra’s Principal Conductor Vasily Petrenko will condcut Ravel’s Sheherazade and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. Following the show, orchestra members will take questions at the virtual Grand Foyer Bar. There are a limited number of seats, so those interested are asked to register.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
The School of Dentistry and Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Michigan have partnered to create a video which features opportunities for Science learning and research within Second Life. This instructive three minute film spotlights such destinations as Genome Island, ISTE Island, ARC Research Center, and the New Media Consortium’s Research Park.
Watch the video to learn where you can find real-time weather data displayed on a 3D map, interact with cholesterol molecules, enter a giant cell and interact with it, conduct genetic experiments, take part in clinical simulations, and participate in a real-time conference with other learners.
Read about their experiences making the video in their blog post here.
