Week 7: Second Life

Today we explored the virtual world of Second Life.

We all created our avatars by registering here: https://join.secondlife.com/

We logged in to Second Life with our new avatar identity and began exploring Second Life, experimenting with gestures - like dancing, and changing our appearance to an individual look. We all played in the Worcester University Island where we could sit and drink hot chocolate, dance, chat, walk and fly around.

For anyone who missed today's session, you will all be emailed a list of how to set it up and what you need to do. - This includes; your avatars name, appearance, profile and setting your home to the Worcester Island. This will also be added to the Blackboard.

Before next weeks session (Tuesday 22nd March) you will need to have:
1. created an avatar (you can do this here: https://join.secondlife.com/ )
2. emailed your avatar name to me and Karen Johnson, so you can be invited to the Worcester University Island in Second Life.

For anyone who missed week 7, you must ensure you have steps 1 and 2 done before Monday 21st March 5pm.

For anyone who was able to access Second Life in Week 7's session, you must ensure you have:
3. designed your appearance
4. accepted the teleport to Worcester University Island and set it as your 'home'
5. take a 'snapshot' image of your avatar in Second Life, by clicking the snapshot button
6. write something in the 'profile' section of Second Life about you in Second Life and you in First Life
7. add the image of your avatar in to your blog by inserting an image into a new blog post, you also need to add the name of your avatar and the 'Second Life' and 'First Life' profile that you've written in your profile in Second Life.


There are lots of tips on how to use Second Life in the links added to the right hand side under the heading Second Life - please read these. Any problems or questions please email me.