ACTIVITIES AT VWEC EDUVERSE FROM MON. APRIL 3 TO SUN. APRIL 9, 2023

ACTIVITIES AT VWEC EDUVERSE

FROM MON. APRIL 3 TO SUN. APRIL 9, 2023

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*** VWEC QUARTERLY MEETING***

PRINCIPLES OF GROUP PROMOTION:

TURN AWARENESS INTO ACTION!

WED. APRIL 5 @ 9 AM SLT

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS

TUESDAY APRIL 4

1) 7 TO 8 AM SLT

FIRESIDE CHAT IN SPANISH WITH PI ILLIOS & MERYL MCBRIDE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

2) 11:30 AM TO 12:00 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DEX EUROMAT (LEARN POLISH!)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 5

1) 9 TO 10;30 AM SLT

APRIL QUARTERLY MEETING

2) 12 TO 1 PM SLT

WEEKLY PIANO CONCERT BY ARI

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/132/100/29

3) 3:30 TO 4:30 PM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DODGE THREEBEARDS

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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THURSDAY APRIL 6

1) 9:30 TO 10:30 AM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DODGE THREEBEARDS

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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FRIDAY APRIL 7

1) 10:30 TO 11:30 AM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH ZINNIA ZAUBER

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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DAYS/HOURS OF VWEC INFOCENTER VOLUNTEERS THIS WEEK

LOCATION:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/157/157/31

MONDAYS

2 to 3 AM John O’Connor

10 to 11:30 AM Namaara McDonough

12 to 1 PM Max Chatnoir

2 to 3 PM MysticStarling

7 to 8 PM tyoba Tarantal

TUESDAYS

9 to 10 AM David Arguna

10 to 11 AM Elli Pinion

12:30 to 1 PM Dex Euromat

2:30 to 3:30 PM Asia Connell

5 to 6 PM Beth Ghostraven

WEDNESDAYS

9 to 10 AM Zzri Avian

12 to 1 pm Max Chatnoi

1 to 2:30 PM Suemoon Magic

THURSDAYS

2 to 3 pm Serenity Kitty

3 to 4 PM Elektra Panther

FRIDAYS

1 to 2 AM Sheila Yoshikawa

7 to 8 AM Malia Rose

2 to 3 PM Breila Jenvieve

SATURDAYS

7 to 8 AM Kreatya Shannon

9 to 10 AM Meryl McBride

11 AM TO 12 PM Serenity Kitty

12 to 1 PM Pi Ilios

SUNDAYS

6 to 7 AM Killashandra.Lavendel

12 to 1 PM Valibrarian Gregg

1 to 2 PM Profgraceful

2 to 3:30 PM Suemoon Magic

3:30 to 5 PM Inquisitive Loon

2022 Some furries leave the metaverse. For Skype and YouTube. Some stay. They can make videos in Second Life, too.

Some furries leave the metaverse. 

For Skype and YouTube.   

Some stay.  

They can make videos in Second Life, too.

The furry community extends beyond the metaverse.  But it is also popular in the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• Things Furries No Longer Care About...
• Shadow Raccoon
• They previously used Second Life, but have shifted to YouTube ( with furry suits).
• One obvious advantage of YouTube: You can monetize your activity.
• There are still lots of furries in SL.  
• The furry dating group has over 2K members. 

Related

• Kitely avatars Island: A big collection of avatars! All general. All free. All can travel the HG.
• Furry avatars in Second Life
• Furries on YouTube

2022 The accessible metaverse. As close as your laptop. But accessibility takes more than that. Here are some features that add accessibility for common disabilities.

The accessible metaverse.  

As close as your laptop.  

But accessibility takes more than that.  

Here are  some features that add accessibility for common disabilities.   

The metaverse can make virtual places accessible to people with disabilities.  But you have to know how.

• Watch on YouTube
• Accessibility
• Learn how to offer accessible technology in virtual worlds by design!

2022 Interactive textbooks, interactive manuals, JIT learning-- the growing powers of the digital generation. Self-tests with immediate feedback. Learning how to learn from a computer.

Interactive textbooks, interactive manuals, JIT learning--

the growing powers of the digital generation.

Self-tests with immediate feedback.

Learning how to learn from a computer.

Some learners can manage their own learning.  Why not help them?

• Watch on YouTube
• How to Create an Interactive Textbook for Your Students
• Interactive manual:  3DWEBWORLDZ MANUAL 

JIT learning

• Preparing instructions for a skill? Include a JIT glossary Use hypertext to let users control what they read.
• Computational thinking in preparing instructions: Design thinking: Use-case analysis: Micro-learning JIT learning
• Teaching with hypertext. JIT learning. Adaptive learning. Active learning
• Design for JIT help: Search on page supports for learning from a computer
• Just-In-Time (JIT) learning in virtual schools, maybe with DTA coaching. Language as an example
• Why learning is moving online: More support for JIT (Just In Time) learning. Learn it when you need to use it.
• The Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) for MUVES (virtual worlds): Summary with JIT learning design
• Newcomer welcome coach for OpenSimulator. Suggested design and text for JIT instructions to beginners. A DTA content page
• 3DWW Manual, CybaLOUNGE manual, Virtual Worlds Teaching Manual, JIT design. Instruction meets hypertext.
• Starting in CybaLOUNGE. A DTA content page designed for JIT learning
• Digicoach can support homework in virtual worlds with JIT learning, immediate feedback
• Possible uses of formative assessment items: JIT evaluation, immediate feedback, detailed analysis

2022 Digital art does not need the metaverse. But the metaverse could help with marketing. Everything online can connect in the metaverse. Storytime Painting

Digital art does not need the metaverse.  

But the metaverse could help with marketing.  

Everything online can connect in the metaverse. 

Storytime Painting 

Not about  the metaverse this time, but about  art exploring the new digital media.

• Watch on YouTube
• Storytime Painting (Birth of the Star-Hawk)
• Believe --An illustrated poem

2022 Upcoming in the educational metaverse: 16th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: VWBPE2021. All free and online in existing virtual worlds

Upcoming in the educational metaverse: 

16th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: 

VWBPE2023.  

 All free and online in existing virtual worlds

The educational metaverse has long been operating in Second Life and OpenSimulator.  Here is a well established conference.

• Watch on YouTube
• VWBPE 2022 Thinkerer Award - Dr. Doris Molero
  
• Welcome to VWBPE 2023: Uncommon Realities
• 16th Annual Conference of Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education.
• Main event: March 23 to 25, 2023.
• Also: pre- and post-conference immersive experiences during the two weeks beforehand and afterward. 
• Completely virtual and free to attend. 
• It will run on multiple platforms including Second Life®, streamed live on YouTube.
• VWBPE 2022
• VWBPE ARCHIVES
• Videos by Dr. Doris Molero

2022 Wrestling in the metaverse. With Furries as wrestlers. Sure, it is a show. Entertainment.

Wrestling  in the metaverse.    

With Furries wrestlers.  

Sure, it is a show.  

Entertainment. 

The Furries have a place in the metaverse.  Actually, many places.  Here's one.

• Watch on YouTube
• Wrestling Made in Second Life - Valiant Wrestling
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSq4kFwtPo4
• The challenge is in the animation
• HOBBIES: Water Sports: Public Rezz place
• Competitive sports for online schools. Robotics, search-masters, DTA-Turing challenges
• Project-based learning with work-groups: Not just the content: project skills, team skills, self-confidence
Furry fandom

2022 Building the metaverse. Meet the Moles. The Linden Department of Public Works. There is no metaverse unless somebody builds it.

Building the metaverse.  

Meet the Moles.   

The Linden Department of Public Works. 

There is no metaverse unless somebody builds it.

Who is building the metaverse?  Here's one answer.

• Watch on YouTube
• Meet the Moles 2022
• ABOUT THE MOLES
• The Moles are builders, scripters, and content creators.
• Employed by Linden Lab to work in the Linden Department of Public Works.
• Moles are paid an hourly rate.
• Learn more about the LDPW
• Second Life Blog
• Second Life Public Calendar
• Second Life on Social Media

2022 Metaverse destination management. How to get people around a themed collection of places. OSFest as an example.

Metaverse destination management.  

How to get people around 

a themed collection of places.  

OSFest as an example.

The metaverse has lots of places.  But yours don't work for you unless you get people to them. Here is how OSFest did it.

• Watch on YouTube
• OSfestival 2022 Parcel OSFEST VIP Center

2022 Kitely sites in the metaverse. Opensim Fest. Mike McHugh shows a walk through the display of Veritas.McMaster

Kitely sites in the metaverse. 

Opensim Fest.  

Mike McHugh shows a walk through 

the display of Veritas.McMaster

OpenSimulator is a collection of independent, privately owned, interconnected and collaborating worlds that may be a model for the future metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• OSfestival 2022 Parcel 135 Veritas.McMasterOSF 
• Chlorine Parcel 135
• Local location:320, 768, 22
• OSFest 2022

Free gifts on parcel 135

Click image to enlarge

2022 The metaverse is a programmed environment. Do the metaverse experts know what that means? You can't build it unless you can program it.

The metaverse is a programmed environment.  

Do the metaverse experts know what that means?  

You can't build it unless you can program it.

Objects in the metaverse do nothing unless they are programmed to do it.  Do the new people buying metaverse land know where they will get the programs to run their places?

• Watch on YouTube
• LSL (Linden Scripting Language): A (Very Basic) Intro
• Other video tutorials on LSL

Programming the metaverse

• Object-oriented: programs tell objects to do things
• Event-driven: objects do their thing in response to some event, such as a click
• Linden scripting language: used to program objects in Second Life and OpenSimulator 

What do you do with scripts?

Communication 

• Signs: Give more information: open a web page, give a note.
• Invite sign: Give option to join a group
• Mailbox: Take a note to deliver  to someone: deliver inworld or by email

Teaching (telling)

• Object: Give information about itself: open a web page, give a note, speak its name.
• Object: Animate to show function.

Formative assessment

• Object: ask a question, give a token on correct answer

Ambience

• Add expected sights and sounds to a scene.
• E.G.: a garden needs flying butterflies and birds singing.

Objects

• Do as expected: Doors open and close on click.

Previous articles

• Scripting resources in virtual worlds, LSL and OSSL. summary
• Thinkerer Utility Kit has utility scripts and objects for starting in HG
• Scripting. Meet LSL, object oriented, event driven and other concepts
• LSL scripts and scripting. Beginner's Summary
• Script Modding 101: Use scripts without knowing how. 2012
• Free LSL Script Library and Bug Tracking System. HG project, BeatThis
• Scripting Showcase Trail, Acryline Erin
• OpenSim scripting resources: OpenSim Scripters (G+), Showcase trail
• LSL Scripting in Second Life, states, video
• Particle effects. Smoke, fire, flies, snow, butterflies
• How to expand your Kitely virtual world. Megaworlds and teleport. Walk in TP works for avatars. Object TP for vehicles
• Scripts color for you.
• New plans for WIP meeting, to show stuff with OSSL threat functions
• Particle effects with Firestorm Particle Editor. AMP video notes

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Easy access sources in the metaverse

• Reddit/Second Life
• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true

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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
• All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• Screenshots from ShareX
• This blog is not affiliated with anything.   Ads are from Google

2022 Metaverse entertainment: Psychedelic Saturday at Billy Bob's Underground. The magic of particle effects.

Metaverse entertainment:  

Psychedelic Saturday at Billy Bob's Underground.  

The magic of particle effects.

The metaverse has great potential for visual art.  Here are some examples.

• Watch on YouTube
• Psychedelic Saturday at Billy Bob's Underground

• Particle effects are supported by the graphics card
• ART: Particle effects with Firestorm Particle Editor. AMP video notes

2022 The metaverse and OpenSimulator. It's a mini-metaverse. Your own metaverse. On your own machine.

The metaverse and OpenSimulator.  

It's a mini-metaverse.  

Your own metaverse.  

On your own machine.

Did they tell you to wait for the metaverse?  While waiting, we hold conferences there.  And we make videos so you can see for yourself.

• Watch on YouTube
• The Metaverse is coming, and OpenSim can show the way

• OpenSimulator
• Hypergrid business
• "Venture capital investment in the metaverse has nearly doubled this year."
• Facebook has changed its name to Meta.
• Metaverse hype is everywhere. 
• With improvements in bandwidth and better headset design, we’re in the a new era. 
• Many of the projects being announced are closed or proprietary platforms. 
• OpenSim’s decentralized, open-source, hyperconnected universe points the way. 
• What OpenSimulator/hypergrid needs to qualify as the beginning metaverse. It already has most of the needed features: A meeting in the metaverse.
• OSCC Presentation archive

OpenSimulator

OpenSimulator is an open source multi-platform, multi-user 3D application server. It can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols, see Connecting. Optional Hypergrid allow users to visit other OpenSimulator installations across the web from their 'home' installation or grid. In this way, it is the basis of a nascent distributed Metaverse.

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Easy access sources in the metaverse

• Reddit/Second Life
• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true

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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
• All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• Screenshots from ShareX
• This blog is not affiliated with anything.   Ads are from Google

2022 The metaverse man of your dreams. Create him. Be him. Here is a tutorial video.

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The metaverse man of your dreams.  

Create him.  

Be him. 

Here is a tutorial video.

In some parts of the metaverse we have lots of control over the appearance of our avatars.  Here is an example.

• Watch on YouTube
• Signature online store.
• Signature location in SL.
• In the metaverse you can be the girl of your dreams. Or create her. Here is a video to show you how.

2022 Metaverse for practice by first responders. Role play or serious practice Virtual Tornado Rescue: Training practice.

Metaverse for practice by first responders.  

Role play or serious practice.  

Virtual Tornado Rescue: 

Training practice.

A simulation of a tornado rescue created as an example of immersive learning in a virtual world for education and delivery of library resources. 

• Watch on YouTube
• Virtual Tornado Rescue: Training Practice
• First responders: to an emergency (accident, natural disaster, or terrorism).
• First Responder of Second Life
• Virtually a disaster

2022 In the metaverse you can be the girl of your dreams. Or create her. Here is a video to show you how.

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In the metaverse you can be the girl of your dreams. 

Or create her.  

Here is a video to show you how.  

In some metaverse worlds you can make or buy an avatar that is close to your ideal appearance.

• Watch on YouTube
• If you are casting a video, make the whole cast to suit you.
• FEMALE AVATAR TUTORIAL | SECOND LIFE 2022
• The notes on YouTube give links to SL locations where you can get the products.
• If you are not in SL, you can get them here.
• More videos here.

Products

• Head
• Eyes
• Skin
• Hair
• Eyebrows
• Mouth
• Najls
• Wardrobe

2022 Can people hold collaborative meetings in the metaverse? Business meetings where people work together--remotely

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Can people hold collaborative meetings in the metaverse?  

Business meetings where people work together--remotely.

A webworld discussion

A discussion and demonstration of how we hold meetings in the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube 
• Metaverse school (YouTube)
• .Immworlds
• Immworlds Information

2022 The global village, the metaverse. Marshall McLuhan in the Metaverse. The metaverse is the new message. For those who can speak it.

 

The global village, the metaverse.   

Marshall McLuhan in the Metaverse.  

The metaverse is the new message.  

For those who can speak it.

A video of a class discussion about these ideas.  

• Watch on YouTube
• The global village 
• The medium is the message

Timeline

Epigraph 0:00 Agenda 0:17 The Medium is the Message 2:36 The Message is Not as Important as the Medium 7:00 Oral Culture 11:30 Visual Culture 13:56 Changes in Human Society 15:22 Print, Knowledge, and Power 19:39 What is the New Medium? 22:21 What is the Basis of Print Media? 24:50 What is the Basis of Digital Media? 26:42 What is the Organ of Digital Culture? 28:39 McLuhan’s Electronic Media 29:27 What is the Organ of Digital Culture? (reprise) 33:20 Tools 36:19 Tools, Techné, and Pharmakon 38:46 David Bowie and the Internet 42:51 The Alien 46:41 Digital Media and Society 50:57 Digital Media and You 55:55 Epilogue 58:29

What is the message here?

• People write articles about the metaverse.
• People make videos of themselves talking about the metaverse. 
• People make videos of their avatar in the metaverse as they talk about the metaverse.
• People make videos of themselves in the metaverse showing their activities in the metaverse.

2022 Metaverse fashions: Designer Showcase - Earning money in the metaverse: Making fashions, making videos.

Metaverse fashions: 

Designer Showcase - 

Earning money in the metaverse: 

Making fashions, making videos.

A video about selling fashionable clothing in the metaverse

• Watch on YouTube
• Second Life - Designer Showcase - February 2022
• 330 lindens is about a dollar
• We walk around the Designer Showcase for their February Round. 
• The Event is in a new location 
• so be sure to use the link here in the description if you are interested in coming. 
• https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Corrupted%20Innocence/82/75/3502
• Second Life Marketplace
• Kitely Market

2022 Metaverse: Decorate your home in the metaverse. Practice interior decoration. Build your portfolio, sell your services.

Metaverse:  Decorate your home in the metaverse.   

Practice interior decoration.  

Build your portfolio, sell your services.

Interior decoration. landscaping, and architecture fit quite well with what virtual worlds can offer.

• Watch on YouTube

• Decorating your house in Second Life with Beau
• You can slide ahead on YouTube with the time slider.
• How To Decorate On Second Life
• Landscape and Decorate With Me! 
• Furnishing my dream house| Second Life
• SecondLIfe: 10 Must know tips on decor in secondlife.
• Second Life | WHERE TO GET LAND, HOUSES AND FURNITURE
• Where To Buy Land and Houses + Set up! | Second Life
• Second Life Full Starter Guide Tutorial for Beginners 2020 - What You Need to Know