Welcome to Second Life Welcome to Second Life For all of you just starting, I hope you have lots of

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Welcome to Second Life!Welcome to Second Life!
For all of you just starting, I hope you have
lots of fun in this virtual world!
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Second Life?

• MUVE (multi-user virtual environment)
• Uses?
• Collaborating
• Learning
• Networking
• (Just having fun!)

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Whos using Second Life?

• Population
• Residents Logged-In During Last 7 Days ..440,873
  
• Residents Logged-In During Last 14 Days .599,586
  
• Residents Logged-In During Last 30 Days 934,366
• Residents Logged-In During Last 60 Days
  1,474,362
• Total Residents9,823,085

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Where do you find it?

• www.secondlife.com
• Register for your username and password
• Receive your email confirmation
• Download the software
• Get started!

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Minimum Requirements - PC

• Internet Connection Cable or DSL
• Operating System Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
• OR Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)
• NOTE Second Life does NOT currently support
  Windows Vista
• Computer Processor 800MHz Pentium III or Athlon,
  or better
• Computer Memory 256MB or better
• Video/Graphics Card
• nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4mx, or better
• OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250, or better

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Minimum Requirements - Mac

• Internet Connection Cable or DSL
• Operating System Mac OS X 10.3.9 or better
• Computer Processor 1 GHz G4 or better
• Computer Memory 512MB or better
• Video/Graphics Card
• nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4mx, or better
• OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250, or better

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While were here

• Install and set up Second Life
• Log in
• Learn how to
• Walk
• Talk
• Fly
• Pick things up
• Get around

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While were here

• Plan networking activities
• Plan a time to meet
• Create a list of topics that could be discussed

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Where to go for help

• http//wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Main_Page
• http//gwynethllewelyn.net/2004/11/10/beginners-gu
  ide-to-second-lifeC2AE/
• http//secondlife.com/whatis

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Laurie ConzemiusPine Meadow ElementarySartell,
MNconzemius_at_sartell.k12.mn.us