Resources

Academic Research
Be sure to join the [|SL Educator's listserv]. The Association of Internet Researchers has [|a document about research ethics] available. //**An Important Reminder for Educators about the Teen Grid**// The main Grid of Second Life is for adults only (18+). We also have a [|Teen Second Life], and that world is strictly for teens (13-17). We don't allow anyone under 18 years old in the adult world of Second Life, and likewise we do not allow adult Residents (18+) on the mainland of the Teen World. Both of these worlds are separate from each other, and we do not allow inworld travel or communication between them. Teen Second Life is a world for teens, created and shaped by teens. Please remember that falsely registering as a teen to gain access to Teen Second Life is a serious offense, and cause for permanent banishment from all of Second Life. The only adults allowed on the mainland in Teen Second Life are Linden employees.

If you are an educator and want to work with teens in Teen Second Life, there is the opportunity to buy a private island on the Teen Grid and participate, but you will not be able to leave that island and visit the Teen Grid mainland. Teens from the mainland will be able to visit your private island if/when you choose, but they will be automatically informed that there are adults present. Also, if you are planning to use a private island on the Teen Grid to interact with teens from the mainland, we will need to run a background check on you for security and safety reasons. If you'd like more details about getting a private island for education work on the Teen Grid, please see [|Second Life: Educators Working with Teens]. 

Classroom Management, Lesson Plans

 * Sample [|Lesson plans]
 * Sample [|SL Projects Ideas for RL Students]
 * Global Kids' [|Best Practices For Education in Second Life] pdf.
 * Essay assignments: [|Avatars and Personal Identity], [|Building in a Virtual World], [|Compare to Snow Crash]
 * This "Handout for Instructors" [|HTML] and [|PDF] was created for the [|2005 Games, Learning, and Society Conference] based on lessons learned from the [|Elon University GST364] course. (updated, Feb. 2007)
 * [|SL Tools: Getting the Most out of Groups]

Teaching Resources

 * [|Interactive Scripts] for teaching
 * [|UIUC Tutorials]
 * [|EdBoost "Programming in SL"] tutorial for Teen Second Life
 * [|Voice Chatting with Ventrilo for Educators in Second Life] - Try Ventrilo (a free third-party client) for voice communication with your class.
 * [|The SaLamander Project] - a MERLOT Community to develop a 3D Learning Materials Taxonomy - participate!
 * [|Machinima]
 * [|Second Life Teaching Jobs]
 * [|Best Practices for organizing SL/Real World events]
 * [|Resources for teaching Life Sciences]
 * [|Resources for Technical Education]
 * [|Source Citation Ideas]

Educational Locations in Second Life
(Content From: http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki#Academic_Research)
 * Sample [|Learning spaces]
 * [|20 SL Hotspots] - a list of the top-20 must-see learning installations in Second Life with teleport links
 * [|Video walkthroughs of educational builds]
 * [|Ellie Brewster's Snapzilla diary -- adventures in SLeducation] -- open Second Life client to teleport through Snapzilla.
 * Organic Chemistry Quizzes in Second Life on Drexel Island and an example of [|students building 3D molecules] - instructor Jean-Claude Bradley