SL+Schedule

=Second Life in Teaching and Learning= Schedule May-June 2011


 * Week starting May 2**
 * Survey given to students
 * Preliminary information and discussion about SL - how to access, avatar development etc
 * Students to download SW and do SL orientation
 * Information about ITGS Island
 * All students to know how to get in, move around, re-model avatar and get to ITGS Island by end of week
 * A regular evening session established - to be maintained over the next 6 weeks - **Tuesday 9pm**
 * Week starting May 9**
 * Area of Impact: Education - discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of using a virtual world as a learning community platform
 * Research exploration of current ideas and news to do with SL/virtual worlds and education
 * Student SL project started - to explore and set up 'training' for newcomers to ITGS Island and SL


 * Week starting May 16**
 * Research**
 * Mini research continued
 * Focus on Machinima
 * Explore Shopping
 * Tuesday session in SL - 9pm**
 * Everyone to meet in the CISI HQ building on the roof
 * Students to be put into 2 teams - must stay with team, each will have a leader
 * Task 1: to explore shopping for free goods and acquiring more clothes
 * Task 2: to experiment with Machinima - take small clips of group events
 * Task 3: to find other interesting places to explore and teleport to - make sure landmarks are bookmarked
 * Meet back at CISI in last 10 min. and report back

Week starting May 23

Week starting May 30

Week starting June 6

Week starting June 13

School ends Friday June 17