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MOO/Second Life Sites

MOO sites

Literary Worlds: Site developed at Western Michigan University of virtual worlds related to literary texts On this site, students can enter into and engage in synchronous chat about frequently taught texts such as Brave New World, Of Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby, and 1984. For example, in responding to 1984, students can play role-play game, Thoughtcrime, in which students assume the roles of Party Members, Brotherhood, and Thought Police who interact with each other using: special commands (such as vaporize, recruit, or betray) as well as tools drawn from the lexicon of the novel (including telescreens, memory holes, and notes). A student role-playing a member of the Thought Police, for example, can type vaporize Smith to eliminate the student playing Winston Smith; he may also type monitor telescreen to eavesdrop on conversations occurring in rooms with telescreens (Rozema & Webb, 2008, pp. 82-83). Rozema, R., & Webb, A. (2008). Literature and the Web: Reading and responding with new technologies. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Diversity U MOO

Brave New World MOO

MUVE’s Multi-User Virtual Environments

Text-based MOO’s/MUD’s

Readings on learning in virtual worlds

Rez Ed: learning in virtual worlds

Pew American Family and Internet Report: Games and civic engagement

Bers & Chau (2006). Using Zora (MIT Labs) to build a virtual city

del.icio.us: Virtual worlds

Terra Nova: blog on virtual worlds (Gene Koo, video vidi visum: virtual, December 5, 2006, When do online/computer simulations add the most value?

David Barndoller, Currents in Electronic Literacy, The Waste Land In, Not Of, the MOO: A Case Study

Second Life/Second Life in Education