3D Storytelling Using Second Life and Web 2 0

3D Storytelling using Second Life and Web 2.0: The places you'll go

Hope R. Botterbusch, Graduate Faculty
R.S. Talab, Professor
Kansas State University
FETC2010

other virtural worlds
avitar hangout
Indiana Univ quest http://inkido.indiana.edu/research/onlinemanu/papers/QA_ETRD.pdf

MUVE's mutual environments
Synchronous
users can interact wiht one another
create objects users have avatars
immersive


Griefers - in SL they are there to cause havic

There.com place for kids and young adults
Whyville - lower level
BarbieGirls created by Matel to further use by girls
World of WarCraft also know as WOW
Open sim


Digital Storytelling
Lots of tools to create digital stories
iMovie
Movie Maker
Voicethread

Took a page from the book "Oh the places you will go" scanned pages in and make jpg and used to make panoramas. Placed different avatars in different locations within the picture and as you explore different avatars can read parts of the story.

There is a script that can keep kids from leaving the island.

If you have failure of in world audio voice then use Skype as a backup plan.

Create an environment like a WW2 battle field then post information, dress in costume.

HUD heads up display to help with disabilities

Angel Learning Island - owned by Angel Learning Management "Angel Island"

Sloodle second life interface for Moodle

If second life is slow clear your cache

McBeth total emersion into the story of McBeth

Capture story event with Camtasia
to keep text from popping up set to busy
you can turn off name pop up