Monday, June 29, 2009
Greetings from Debbie
Hi all,
Just signed up to the blogger for our project. I don't have much to say at present - just letting you know I am in!! There are a lot of sites, etc. to keep up with, aren't there! I am not sure if I will get to the team meeting tomorrow; unfortunately have another meeting - for the other part of my job, but might be able to come for the last bit - Second Life, which I am just starting to find my way around with - quite an experience at my stage of First Life!! But as the saying goes - you are never too old to learn something new!
Cheers, Debbie
Just signed up to the blogger for our project. I don't have much to say at present - just letting you know I am in!! There are a lot of sites, etc. to keep up with, aren't there! I am not sure if I will get to the team meeting tomorrow; unfortunately have another meeting - for the other part of my job, but might be able to come for the last bit - Second Life, which I am just starting to find my way around with - quite an experience at my stage of First Life!! But as the saying goes - you are never too old to learn something new!
Cheers, Debbie
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sloodle and zombies!
I went to a Sloodle community meeting in Second Life last Thursday morning (6.00am our time) where the Sloodle team demonstrated a zombie game (not really my thing lol). They demonstrated the use of the chat logger and also quiz questions. Basically you had to whack zombies with a sword a certain number of times, and then you were presented with a question to answer. There was a live scoreboard so we could see how all attendees were going. An interesting experiment. The younger kids would enjoy it – was a bit frenetic for me – blood, gore, zombies moaning and groaning. Fire Centaur developed the code for it and is now working with the Sloodle guys permanently I think – so watch out for the zombies! I visited the Sloodle site in SL one night – and the zombies kept following me. It was my first encounter with zombies actually – and I didn’t know why they were there so it freaked me out when they kept following me everywhere!!! I now know that Fire Centaur was just working on the development of this game.
It was useful to see games being used in Second Life / Sloodle and I can see wide application and use for this type of engagement (in other words, I think the kids would love it and it would be a great way to capture their attention!!). Not necessarily using zombies though.... !!
It was useful to see games being used in Second Life / Sloodle and I can see wide application and use for this type of engagement (in other words, I think the kids would love it and it would be a great way to capture their attention!!). Not necessarily using zombies though.... !!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
First Impresssions
Once I worked out how to get off of help island ( the starting point), I soon realised the size of Second Life. it's a big place. now to work out what people actually spend their time doing in there!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Welcome to our blog!
This is a blog for the SA Innovations ‘i-youth’ project team to share what we are learning throughout the life of our project. The ‘i’ in our project name stands for immersive – and it’s an immersive learning environment that we are looking to provide for the youth work learners piloting this program with us!
In a nutshell, Tabor Adelaide, in partnership with the South Australian Baptist Union (SABU) will be developing online delivery for CHCYTH1C Work Effectively with Young People and CHCOHS301A Participate in Workplace Safety Procedures.
We would like the courses to be engaging and contemporary, thereby hopefully motivating and capturing the imagination of the trainee youth workers and leaders of the future. As we will be catering for a cohort of students generally more comfortable and familiar with gaming and the online environment (although this is certainly debatable!!), Second Life is thought to be an ideal tool to effectively engage and immerse the students. We’ll be creating scenarios for the students to role play.
In addition to the above, the Tabor Adelaide Youth Faculty run an Arts component within the Certificate IV in Youth Development utilising film making to assist with creative expression. This culminates in a film festival each year. As it is possible to make films in Second Life (Machinima) - the project team (along with a number of consultants and helpers!!) will be providing assistance to run a Machinima course for the students, thereby immersing the department in virtual worlds and Machinima and providing the students with an engaging and contemporary course!
The films created will be used as learning objects for the CHCYTH1C Work Effectively with Young People and CHCOHS301A Participate in Workplace Safety Procedures.
On top of the above... we’ll also be connecting and combining the lot using SLOODLE – an integration between Moodle and Second Life!
We also hope to connect regularly with the other 2 teams looking at Second Life / Sloodle – “Effective Communication - Virtually Anywhere” and “Remote Life Inworld” and we hope to meet shortly to share some more ideas - as well as supporting each other along project journey!
And introducing our team ........
Missy Oximoxi
Ariki Ranimo
Lucy Ronwood
Damian Manimbo
Lucille Lemondrop
Seera Bluebird
(Will post photos of avatars soon!!).
Cheers,
Trudy
In a nutshell, Tabor Adelaide, in partnership with the South Australian Baptist Union (SABU) will be developing online delivery for CHCYTH1C Work Effectively with Young People and CHCOHS301A Participate in Workplace Safety Procedures.
We would like the courses to be engaging and contemporary, thereby hopefully motivating and capturing the imagination of the trainee youth workers and leaders of the future. As we will be catering for a cohort of students generally more comfortable and familiar with gaming and the online environment (although this is certainly debatable!!), Second Life is thought to be an ideal tool to effectively engage and immerse the students. We’ll be creating scenarios for the students to role play.
In addition to the above, the Tabor Adelaide Youth Faculty run an Arts component within the Certificate IV in Youth Development utilising film making to assist with creative expression. This culminates in a film festival each year. As it is possible to make films in Second Life (Machinima) - the project team (along with a number of consultants and helpers!!) will be providing assistance to run a Machinima course for the students, thereby immersing the department in virtual worlds and Machinima and providing the students with an engaging and contemporary course!
The films created will be used as learning objects for the CHCYTH1C Work Effectively with Young People and CHCOHS301A Participate in Workplace Safety Procedures.
On top of the above... we’ll also be connecting and combining the lot using SLOODLE – an integration between Moodle and Second Life!
We also hope to connect regularly with the other 2 teams looking at Second Life / Sloodle – “Effective Communication - Virtually Anywhere” and “Remote Life Inworld” and we hope to meet shortly to share some more ideas - as well as supporting each other along project journey!
And introducing our team ........
Missy Oximoxi
Ariki Ranimo
Lucy Ronwood
Damian Manimbo
Lucille Lemondrop
Seera Bluebird
(Will post photos of avatars soon!!).
Cheers,
Trudy
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