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AECT SecondLife Membership and Event News
Welcome to AECT in Second Life 
AECT members and non-members can now meet whenever and where ever in Second Life. As the
most successful current virtual environment in terms of adoption and growth, Second Life
represents a vehicle for AECT members to share and gain expertise as well as network with
other professionals. AECT is now included as an educational organization that allows users to join at no cost, and attend in-world presentations and events modeling a variety of works within the cutting edge environment.
The virtual world,
Second Life (SL), offers user-created content, social networking and educational events to its users. The SL
environment is completely user-generated and Basic accounts are free. As a leader in the field of educational technology and communications, AECT’s presence in
this virtual world offers the opportunity to expand its professional activities, provide service
to its members and affiliates, and advance scholarship and practice to enlarge the field's
knowledge base.
It's easy to start and join AECT once you have a Second Life account. Your SL account will allow you to participate at events, develop and upload content and network with friends and colleagues across the globe, thus this world is limited
only by one’s creativity, skills, and bank account.
Here are some basic steps to get started with your SL account (from the Linden Labs group creator of SL):
About Second Life (SL)
Frequently Asked AECT Questions:
- How do I get started using Second Life? Go to Second Life's website to get started!
- Sign up Download SL, and Create an avatar
- Recommended: Complete the Tutorials on Orientation island (where your avatar will start out inside the program). By doing this you will have an opportunity to get the hang of maneuvering your avatar so you can walk, sit, fly and teleport to other areas in SL.
- Next, start creating landmarks at your favorite locations and you can teleport frequently to and from the areas you have saved in your inventory. here is the AECT headquarters landmark: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/115/174/23.
- Click Terminology, to get the basic understanding of how to speak and understand what others are speaking about in-world.
- What will it cost me?
- Basic memberships are free, but in order to upload content to your account or purchase items in-world, you will need have a paid account. Or, some really NICE friends! (See Membership Plans above)
- How do I join AECT in Second Life?
- With SL program running link to the following SLURL, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/115/174/23, to teleport to AECT's headquarters.
- Here you will find a sign about AECT group membership. Click on the "Join OurGroup" sign at this location and you will receive a note card, providing instructions on group membership.
- Hint: if you don't have a location set as your HOME destination, this is a safe and eventful place to start!
- Once you join the AECT group, your "name halo" (above head) will state your and and membership affiliation of AECT. Group affilaitions can be changed anytime by selecting on the Groups tab under your avatar's profile information.
- How do I attend AECT events in Second Life?
- Make sure that you are on the AECT Membership list-serv and become an AECT member in-world and you will start to get notices in both locations. this include email. Click here to join the AECTSL@aect.org list-serv.
- Log in to SL and click on the SLURL that you recieve and you can Teleport to that location within seconds.
- There is a Blog, Wiki and multiple Forums to learn from, and the New Media Constortium is always holding classes and the SLED blog is for folks just like you, eager to participate in new and emerging technologies. Many AECT members are also associated to educaitonal institutions that own and operate land in SL. They also present training and building classes, that are generally free of charge. Many times you will need to join thier group too.
If you have further questions, please contact Cheryl Comstock, the AECT SL Social Coordinator. In-world, you can use the Search feature on the bottom menu, select the People tab and search on Ize Mesmer for assistance too.
See you in-world!
Cheryl/Ize Mesmer
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AECT in Second Life Events
The 2008 AECT "On the Horizon... Rays of Change" Convention was LIVE in Orlando, FL
Thursday, November 6th we hosted a simultaneous audio feed from the RL presentations into SL hosted at EdTech Island Amphitheater [http://slurl.com/secondlife/EdTech/163/141/25]. Our presenters included Tom Atkinson of UCF, Lisa Dawley of BSU, Alice Bedard-Voorhees of CMCC, Steven Hornik of UCF, Bill Freese of MSU, Ross Perkins of BSU, and Rob Sephenson from the Tech Museum of Innovation. Download the AECT SL Schedule now and please join us for this exciting line up of presentations! Click here for our the AECT in SL Archives Page
Archives and SL News
Click here for our the AECT in SL Archives Page
AECT Webinar (90 mins)
The recording of Ross Perkin's webinar, 'AECT in Second Life: Prims, Plans, & Projects', is now available for those unable to attend.
CLICK HERE to view this session.
Note: Recording playback requires Flash.
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