2015 EDU: PEOPLE: Murassic Park. Be your own dinosaur

Murassic Park.  Be your own dinosaur

Paleontology, ecology--come alive! If you are going to play the role of T. Rex, you have to find out how T. Rex made a living.  Is this an accurate depiction?   Can you make a video about T. Rex making a kill? 

• Watch on YouTube
• The really interesting part starts after about 14 minutes.
• SLurl: click to go or drag to viewer screen.
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Isla%20de%20Peligro/67/138/1508

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News and Notes

• Win A Fellowship to Visit UWA in RL Deadline: June 30

• Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info
• The Hypergrid WIP Show, Google+ community
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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Arrive here

• They have a selection of both dinosaur and human roles.
• It is a family oriented role-play sim.
• With realistic looking atmosphere and dinosaurs!
• Come check them out!  Ring the bell in the trailer for a tour!
• Join the group: Murassic Park, over 400 members.  

Click to contact someone online

• Tour guides are available

Allosaurus Avatars

• Prices: 1500 LIndens (about $5.77 USD) and 950 Lindens (about $3.65 USD).

Recently expanded to add places for kids:

• amusement park 
• school for learning about dinosaurs 
• school for learning how to be a junior lab assistant
• a lazy river that folks can take a kayak and see dinosaurs 

Related

• Jurassic World (IMDB)
• Jurassic World  (Wikipedia)
• Jurassic Park (IMDB)
• Jurassic Park(Wikipedia)
• Jurassic Park 2 (The Lost World)  (IMDB)
• Jurassic Park 2 (The Lost World) (Wikipedia)
• Jurassic Park 3 (IMDB)
• Jurassic Park(Wikipedia)

News and Notes

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Newcomer Help in Virtual Worlds

• Events on the Hypergrid. Selected Google calendars
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• Blender Basics - Making Basic Mesh Prims
• Communities in Second Life: Community Cultural Hub
• Basic help for new arrivals in a virtual world at Georgia Gwinnett College
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GGC%20Island/66/81/28
• How to start in a virtual world, the video: Now see it on your browser
• Firestorm Documentation and User Guide (Wiki)
• Beginner's building on the Hypergrid. Primland, the building tutorial game
• New Citizens Inc
• Table of Contents (Virtual Outworlding)
• Multilingual help: Welcome ports and Google Translate

Education

• VWBPE15 Conference, Summary, current and years past
• Education in Virtual Worlds. Summary
• Top 10 Tips on How to Use Avatars in eLearning
• How the Second Life basics series can help teachers
• SLeducate: Learn and teach in Second Life
• Learning Objectives Creator

How to handle a Hypergrid address 

• Travelling with Firestorm. Local, nearby, ingrid, Hypergrid, summary

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Video-Machinima in virtual worlds

• Google+ page;  Virtual World Video
• Machinima: Virtual World Filmmaking
• New Media Arts, Inc
• SUMMARY: Resources for video production in virtual worlds
• Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
• Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Art videos from the virtual world
• Comedy videos from the Virtual World

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