1. Creating SCE’s virtual presence in Second Life Spring 2008

2.  Introductions  What is Second Life?  What can one do in Second Life?  What have we accomplished this semester  Challenges  Future goals

3.  What is Second Life? ◦ Rich virtual presence  Interact with others via text and voice chat  New medium for sharing ideas  What can one do in Second Life? ◦ Have an alternative virtual “life” ◦ Build your dream house ◦ Expand your social network

4.  Fortune 500 companies ◦ Interviewing occurs in Second Life  Universities of all sizes and stature ◦ New way to market and reach prospective students ◦ Sharing information ◦ Mock interviews and Career Fairs ◦ Educating via a new medium  Guest lectures  More diverse student population  Public schools use SecondLife ◦ NYC school district has six private islands

5.  Welcome to Help Island ◦ Walk ◦ Fly ◦ Chat ◦ Build items  Our land was initially barren ◦ Additional enhancement opportunities exists

6.  Two main parts ◦ Student Union  Place to relax and mingle with other prospective students ◦ Academic Plaza  School of Science and Computer Engineering  Software Engineering

7.  Student Union – Beach, Pool, Treehouse ◦ Priya and Neha  Academic Plaza ◦ Software Engineering side  Mohammed, Divya, and Ihsan ◦ School of Science and Computer Engineering  Brian and Carlo  Second Life Land Acquisition ◦ Ihsan  Associated course documentation ◦ Entire team

8.  Learning curve of Second Life and picking up where previous group left off  Obtaining land  Prim limitation  Creating and implementing our vision

9.  Obtain private island for SCE  Transfer current structure  Create stronger virtual presence  PowerPoint  Video content ◦ Campus Life ◦ Diverse student population ◦ Professors  Pave the way for the first SCE classes to be taught via Second Life

10.  Are there any questions or comments?