AKA Riptide Furse

Attending a workshop on machinima
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This post is shamelessly stolen from the Second Life LC blog – get over it, but thanks to Pattie Ruffin for making it.

Do you wonder how you can keep your avatar from slumping over mid-conversation (not polite) or use your camera tool to view what’s on the second floor without going actually going up there? Do you know how close someone needs to be to hear “chat” conversation? Or when to “whisper” or “shout”? Do you want to put on a new outfit without worrying about an essential piece not “showing up” and feeling like the Emperor in his “new clothes”?

Join us on Wednesday, October 21, at the DEN (2DP) to brush up your SL skills. Bring questions on these or any topics you need help with, and we will be glad to smooth out the rough spots in your SL experience.

Sessions begins at 5 p.m. SLT (8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central)

See you in-world!

For newbies that already have Second Life installed – this link is called a slurl. It is a Second Life url. Clicking this link will launch Second Life and take you right to where the workshop will meet. Cool huh?

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/132/131/22

Join us tonight for a chat with the folks that bring us the edtechtalk podcasts from week to week especially for educators. Begins at 8PM SLT
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Join us this Wednesday for “Chatting it Up with EdTechTalk.”  Presenters include: Leesa Biedermann (Lisa Parisi) Edith Halderman (Lisa Durff) and Hoser Rhode (Jose Rodriguez)

EdTechTalk is the premiere online site for free live shows by educators for educators. This home-grown webcasting site has weekly shows dealing with a variety of educational issues.  Come learn how to get involved and increase your learning and your PLN.  Find out about starting your own show.

SLT TIME:  5 p.m. SLT ( 7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%202/88/127/22

Demb Oh presenting on Discovery Education Student Adventures.
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DATE: Aug 26

WORKSHOP: Pack your Curiosity and GO! Part 2

PRESENTER: Demb Oh

DESCRIPTION:  3 trips, 9 teachers, 36 students, and the adventure of a
lifetime! From Cape Town to Johannesburg, and then on to the African
bush, come see what happened to STAR Discovery Educators as they
journeyed around the world and used technology to share their
experiences in real time.  And then learn how you can begin your own
Discovery Student Adventure!

SLT TIME:  5 p.m. SLT ( 7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/132/131/22

cc licensed flickr photo by teach42: http://flickr.com/photos/teach42/3628824474/

Image by krossbow via Flickr

Last night we gave an introduction to hunts in Second Life. These hunts are great for several reasons:

• Gives you a reason to explore more of the creative sims and builds in Second Life.
• You get free things from different designers. These can include clothing, hair, shapes, skin, furniture and more.
• Meet new people and help each other.
• Learn new skills and problem solve. The hunts can be difficult and using the hints to find things can take some thought. Also different designers use different ways to package some of their wares so you learn more about what is possible in Second Life as you find more objects.

Hunts usually work this way. You are given a starting point or slurl. There you find an information or notecard giver to get more info on the hunt. There may also be a group to join. This is where updates, changes and errors are posted so join it if you can. The group sometimes has a lot of chatter. This can either be helpful or annoying.

You will usually be looking for a particular shaped object. You will need to hunt and look around for that particular object till you find it. This can take a long time by yourself if the store or place is large. Best to team up and divide and conquer.

When you find the object click it or right click and buy it. They should be FREE. If it wants to charge you money then you have the wrong object. In the object will be the freebie(s) and a landmark to the next stop on the hunt. Some hunts are small with 5 or 6 freebies and others go well into the hundreds of freebies.

We looked primarily at the Just For The Guys Hunt that is going on right now across the grid from July 1 – July 31. We started with this page on the SLHunts blog http://slhunts.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/just-for-the-guys-hunt/ This tells us basic information about the hunt. What dates is it running. Where do we start. How many items are we looking for. What are you looking for.

We headed off to the KMadd Sim http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kmadd%20Enterprise/190/88/26 where the hunt is to start. We joined the group. Then started looking for the first fedora. The store was huge and we were running out of time. I searched for Just For The Guys Hunt hints and found this blog and found this http://huntlocations.blogspot.com/2009/06/just-for-men-hunt.html

Be sure not give away locations of the objects. You can give hints and if you are working with someone or a team use personal IM to tell but don’t use open chat as it ruins the fun for others.

A couple of other hunts we mentioned going on right now is the Cinderella’s Lost Slipper Hunt http://cinderellalostslipper.blogspot.com/

And the Slice Of Summer Hunt http://crystal.chiisana.net/SoS/index.php?instructions

You can keep track of all the hunts going on or upcoming on the SL Hunts blog.

Got a tip for hunting or have you found something good on a hunt? Share a picture on Flickr and then include a link in the comments.

This is cross posted on the DEN in Second Life Blog

Image via Wikipedia

You become the predator, the hunter/huntress. You’re goal is to stalk your prey by using your eyes and your wits. You follow your prey clue after clue with each one comes a little reward but you want more. Team up to make it easier and more fun or go the hunt alone and rely on your own skills.

Join us on Wed., July 22 at 5 PM SLT (8PM Eastern) for the Predator/Prey workshop where you will learn about 3 hunts that are happening right now in Second Life. One hunt is just for the guys. Another hunt is for the ladies that fancy themselves a princess. The third hunt is for that perfect slice of summer.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/132/131/22

Shirt and some ivnisible pants (not shown) at #46. JFTG Hunt
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You get a full suit with hat and sunglasses, shirt belt and pants here. JFTG Hunt #45
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#37 Jeans OK (yet another pair) T-Shirt eh and bleh skulls and devils etc. are so 2008 and 2000 and late. Let’s move on. #37 JFTG Hunt
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So I don’t have someone else to help me take a pic of this gifty from #35 B&F Poseworx but this is the poser for blue part. #35 JFTG Hunt
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At #33 you get this nice scripted scarf for the cooler months. Comes with several non-sucky textures. #33 JFTG Hunt
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Get a dive suit and mask at #34. JFTG Hunt
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This one is on the weird side. I don’t care for children avatars. This pack includes child, tween, teen and this adult shape that is still on the small side and looks like Jay leno to me. #31 JFTG Hunt
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