Teen Second Life
What’s Happening on Eye4You Alliance Island
The Tech Museum winners
Since February 2008, the Tech Museum of Innovation has been on the island to give teens an opportunity to build their own 3D exhibits. The winners on the teen grid of the contest have been chosen and will be awarded $1000 USD total from the museum.
Rolling Grounds of Color was chosen for its creative implementation of a simple yet essential art concept: color mixing. In a beautiful, playful, highly interactive and multi-sensory installation, Mikkel and Shawn created an exhibit that encourages exploration and learning.
The Tech Museum is still excepting entries for Machinima to show during their real life exhibition in June. Machinima is filmmaking in 3D virtual worlds. They would like content from the teen grid to be filmed. For more information visit here.
Get your science questions answered on National Public Radio
National Public Radio’s Science Friday program is coming to Eye4You! Every Friday, starting April 25 from 1p-3p EST, a volunteer from NASA’s Learning Technologies will facilitate the live audio stream, discussion, and related activities. Other times can be discussed if it’s a better fit for your schedule. If educators and teens are interested in being part of the project, please email Kelly Czarnecki, Technology Education Librarian.
Machinima camp at ImaginOn July 28-August 21, 10am-11:30am.
Participants ages 13-17 can learn how to make films in the virtual world of Teen Second Life and have them shown on the large screen in the Wachovia Theatre during the Student Film Festival on Saturday, September 6. Register by calling 704-973-2727. Registration ends July 28.
Watch an example here created by educator Majenna Jewell.
 Land of Lincoln island
The Alliance Library System in East Peoria, IL has an island next to Eye4You Alliance to capture Lincoln’s time period of the 1850’s and 1860’s. Teens are building a wild west theme including a Civil War museum, railroad lines, a telegraph office, information center, and more. If educators and teens are interested in being part of the project, please email Kelly Czarnecki,Technology Education Librarian.
Reminder
Pay your PLCMC library fines on Eye4You Alliance Island. Click on the machine in the welcome center and type in your card number.
Learn More. General meetings are usually 1pm on Sundays. All are welcome to attend.
New to Second Life?
Resources for textures, clothes for your avatars and basic building instructions created just for you, by other teens in the in the back of the welcome center.
Learn More
Tell me more about Teen Second Life!
If you’re 13-17 years old, you can sign up for a free account, create an avatar, and start exploring the possibilities of this 3D environment.
What can you do in Teen Second Life?
- make your own clothes and hair to sell
- learn a scripting language to animate objects
- interact with authors to bring their stories to life
- dj a dance party
- build skyscrapers or gardens
- and much more!
Why does the library have an island in Teen Second Life?
Learning how to navigate in 3D environments whether it’s for online education courses (many universities and even middle schools are using second life to teach!) or participating in other events, is something the library can help with.
ImaginOn has Teen Second Life installed on laptops in the Loft and offers classes in the Tech Central lab. Want second life installed at your branch? Let us know!
Get informational brochure on PLCMC in Teen Second Life (Free Acrobat Reader Required).
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