Emerging Technologies for use in Real World and Second Life

rescuepinklady — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:51:58 +0000

Free or almost free emerging technologies for educators and students that was published by the brilliant Bill Burkett.

http://docs.google.com share and interact with large documents
http://www.yackpack.com connect voice groups
http://www.freeconferencecall.com setup and run free conference calls
http://www.audacity.com free audio editing software for use with podcast
http://www.fraps.com free video editing software for use with vodcast
http://www.vyew.com Free Breeze type sessions using voice, video, presentations
http://pbwiki.com Free Wiki
http://blogspot.com Free Blogs
http://www.youtube.com Post your vidoes free
http://www.skype.com World wide free VOIP
http://www.zipgenius.it Excellent free archiving tool that reads & writes all formats

Instant Messaging:

http://www.msn.com/defaultc.aspx IM Messenger – Free text messaging
http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Messenger – Free text messaging
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_message for a complete listing
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ Manage all IM and Skype type connections with one software – Trillion
http://www.gmail.com – Google text and email – Free
http://www.hotmail.com – Hotmail text and email – Free
http://www.yahoo.com – Yahoo text and email – Free

Virtual Worlds:

http://www.secondlife.com A virtual world
http://www.there.com A virtual world
http://www.whyville.com A highly acclaimed children’s oriented virtual world
http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/ A compendium of many available virtual worlds
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/05/virtual-world-hangouts-so-many-to-choose-from/ A compendium of many available virtual worlds

Alternative Internet Browsers:
http://www.apple.com Safari
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Foxfire

What is Second Life?

rescuepinklady — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:18:29 +0000

The Virtual Reality platform of Second Life is being utilized in educational and business institutions. Students and educators can work together on the Second Life Grid from anywhere in the world as part of a globally networked virtual classroom environment. Using the Second Life Grid as a supplement to traditional classroom environments also provides new opportunities for enriching an existing curriculum. Many universities and educational institutions are already using the Second Life Grid, and you can find an updated list at http://secondlife.com

-Rescue Pinklady

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