1. Beyond Blogs: Exploring Virtual Worlds for use in History and English Education Annabel Astbury | HTAV

2. Who am I? 3. Todays session is about... Possibilities and realities 4. Web 1.0 or Web 2.0 or Web 3.0? 5. Web 1.0 ScreenFlow QuickTime and a H.264 decompressor are needed to see this picture. 6. Web 2.0 QuickTime and a H.264 decompressor are needed to see this picture. 7. So, what are virtual worlds? MUVEs & MMORPGs 8. Where can we see virtual worlds? 11m 1m 17m 45m13m 17m 90m 9. Virtual World Usage Data retrieved 19/11/2008: http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/10-200091.jpg Permission granted to reproduce 10. Role-Playing Games : 11. Quest Atlantis QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. Video url: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=J_E70jOKsjs uploaded by slyshadowsnacks 12. Teen Second Life QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGMH_1VnnaY Uploaded by Holymeatballs 13. So, why would we use it to teach? 14. It can do more, though ... 15. that leads to ... 16. Whats my approach? What do you think? Photo: Samanathon via Flickr Photo: sciminal via Flickr + = 17. So what can you do in Second Life or in a Multi User Virtual Environment? Create Perform Research Collaborate Discuss Reflect Role-play But a question remains: 18. Dont go for all or nothing: would you ever use only one textbook, novel, point of view, kind of assessment in class? Consider the advantages: Role-play Creativity Performance Collaboration Digital Story Telling Development of literacies: including historical, digital and visual. Why would you use this environment? 19. What are the problems? Infrastructure: Bandwidth Machines Access Budgets Skills Appropriate expertise / time for skills development Students need to have expertise Safety Multi-user (public) Multi-user (private)Using commercial worlds 20. Literature Alive - Second Life QuickTime and a H.264 decompressor are needed to see this picture. 21. Lets look at some examples: SecondLife Simulations City of Gilgamesh: Federation of American Scientists 22. QuickTime and a H.264 decompressor are needed to see this picture. 23. David Rumsey Map Collections QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. 24. QuickTime and a H.264 decompressor are needed to see this picture. 25. Civilizations IV (trans. Civilisations IV) QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=d7fcf5a4421229c946c0 uploaded by mclemson on TeacherTube 26. Professional Learning / Discussions: Jokaydia SL in Education Wiki: www.sleducation.wikispaces.com 27. Where am I at now? 28. How can you learn more? Contact me: Annabel Astbury Have a go!: Lets meet up in Second Life! a.astbury@htav.asn.au Skype: annabel_astbury Diigo: astbury Second Life: Annabel Recreant