Free Virtual World Educator Tools

A large number of virtual information dissemination tools are available in virtual worlds for educators and trainers. Which ones are relevant? What is the nitty-gritty of really operating with them? This group explores about what tools are available, which qualify to be up-to-date and rank to be benchmark or class-best, and how are they operated in what contingent settings, as well as where are their limitations and drawbacks. Grassroot state-of-art developments are also addressed. This group is guided by a spirit of continuous improvement and quality. This ensures higher capability maturity, quality repeatability and template building, more defined processes, a managed structure and procedure, and the capability of optimizing.

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Each item put to focus should be listed with its full title in the discussion forum below with an according graphic, and a link or description to its conclusive manual document. In the course, instructions, functions, feasible processes, features, and use cases should be unraveled.

Gaps regarding implicit requirements should then be addressed.

What is a use case? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_case

Use Case Template
Use case name
Version
Goal
Summary
Actors
Preconditions:
- Event Configuration (Windows)
- QuickTime installation http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
- Linden$ on your account for the upload of slides or pictures. L$10 per picture.
Triggers
Basic course of events
Alternative paths
Post-conditions
Contingent rules
Notes
Author and date

Out-World: Jane Hart Center for Learning & Performance Technologies
http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/

In-World: Marketplace: XStreets SL (login with your avatar data for the search engine)
http://www.xstreetsl.com/

Also skills, knowledge, experiences, methods and settings can be introduced as a discussion title.

5 Skill Areas Needed
http://blog.languagelab.com/2008/07/

Web Resources for Second Life Educators

Second Life Tool Ranking

Do you want to know what Second Life tools are the favorites of educators and trainers? Here you have the opportunity to add free Second Life tools to an on-going list and/or rank the existing ones listed. Then look at the results. A form for non-free ones is also provided.

The free tool questionaire is split into 3 forms:
Part A - Adding A Free Tool http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-a
Part B - Ranking Your Top 10 Free Tools http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-b
Part C - Check the Results (assessment sample size and time interval pending)

The non-free tool questionaire is also split into 3 forms:
Part A - Adding A Non-Free Tool http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-a1
Part B - Ranking Your Top 10 Non-Free Tools http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-b1
Part C - Check the Results (assessment sample size and time interval pending)

Second Life Creation Portal http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Creation_Portal

YouTube videos: Voice Chat

HUD is the method by which information is visually relayed to the player as part of a game's user interface. It takes its name from the head-up displays used in modern aircraft. Edunation Free Toolbox Location (round white building) with 3 Hour Sandbox http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/163/167/22

ICT Library (in-world) is a place with lots of free educator stuff.

Group: Non-Free Second Life Educator Tools
Group: Building Educational Support Objects in SL
Reference: Event Configuration (Windows)