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Preview: Angel Learning Island on Second Life
4/17/2007
My dude (Macathustra Dagger) at the SLED Orientation Garden. Man, if Second Life characters had D&D stats, this guy would have a charisma of 18, no doubt--with or without the party hat.
It also includes tutorials on more advanced Second Life controls, such as building and modifying objects. This area of Angel Island also includes sample objects for users to play with that incorporate Second Life's physics.
Macathustra Dagger ponders altering his own ivory texture using Second Life's texture controls. "Smacks of effort," he muses. Macathustra is indeed a Second Life slacker....
Beyond the text and video tutorials posted on billboards, Angel Learning Island also provides number of buildings and areas where educators can experiment with virtual classrooms, practicing skills such as leading a class in Second Life and even operating fully functional slideshows.
The Educator's Tool Gallery, where educations can work with self-created slideshows and practice other classroom techniques.
Angel itself does not have an obtrusive presence on Angel Learning Islad, just a single "corporate building" with facilities, such as a meeting room.
Macathustra loiters outside the Angel Learning corporate building, wondering whether anyone saw him plant the rocket launcher. A slacker AND a pyro. Sorry, he's taken.
Some of the other features include:
- Classrooms that hold up to 20 avatars;
- Scheduling resources;
- Historical avatars; and
- Links to other education sites of interest within Second Life.
Angel Island and Angel LMS
One of the obvious questions about Angel Learning Island is whether there will be some sort of integration with Angel's learning management system, Angel LMS, or whether there will be any particular advantage to being an Angel customer.
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