Welcome to the latest “Inside the Lab” Podcast, a Discussion on Education in Second Life

I had the pleasure of talking with Pathfinder Linden and Claudia Linden about some of the fascinating education projects taking place in Second Life. These two expert Lindens share some of what they’ve learned working with educators inworld and at conferences, as well as from participation with some of the groups described in the podcast (see links, below.)

Torley’s image of Katt Linden, Claudia Linden and Pathfinder Linden
(dressed as a dragon,) at the suitably out-of-this-world
Ars Simulacra (SLurl), overlooking amazing art by Madcow Cosmos,
where we met to discuss education in Second Life.

“Inside the Lab” Podcast Series
This Discussion on Education in Second Life is fourth in the series of behind the scenes looks at Second Life, talks with a variety of Linden Lab team members about what they’re doing in Second Life and how their work could impact your experience.

The series began with Philip Linden’s Vision for Second Life in 2008, followed by a more technical talk, Joe Miller’s Insight into the Engineering Team at Linden Lab. Third in the series was Inside the Lab Podcast with the WindLight Team, packed with helpful information on WindLight, including information on stability improvements, and Torley’s favorite new WindLight features.

Please join us for an informal look into the people, projects, and culture at Linden Lab.

Discussion on Education in Second Life, What’s Going On and How To Get Involved
Listen in (or read the .pdf or text or html transcript) for Claudia and Pathfinder’s interesting - and helpful –perspectives on topics including:

• Some of the cool educational projects going on in Second Life – and who is involved
• The benefits – what is it that educators are finding so useful about Second Life
• How you can get involved – both inworld and in your regular life
• A look into the future of education in Second Life

I hope you’ll enjoy the discussion as much as we did! And do let us know what other topics you’d like to see us cover in future Inside the Lab podcasts.

Thanks Torley, Melissa, Pathfinder and Claudia!

And thanks to you for listening!

– Katt Linden

Links
Podcast (mp3)
Text transcript (.pdf) (.doc) or (html)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
after 6/7/08 via iTunes

Second Life Education Resources

SLED Email List

SLED Wiki

SLED Blog

Enjoy the whole Inside the Lab Podcast Series
Inside the Lab Podcast with Philip Rosedale (mp3)

Inside the Lab Podcast with Joe Miller (mp3)

Inside the Lab Podcast with the Windlight Team (mp3)

Inside the Lab Discussion on Education in Second Life (mp3)

Credits
Podcast with Pathfinder & Claudia Linden, in discussion with Katt Linden, produced by Melissa Linden, recorded and edited by Torley Linden, photography by Torley Linden

The second edition of our ‘Inside the Lab’ podcast series is now available. The series started with Philip Linden’s vision for Second Life in 2008. This time we delve into the technical aspects of Second Life with Joe Miller, VP of platform and technology development. Joe talks us through the technical priorities for our engineering team, focusing on four key areas:

• Sim stability - with the launch of Havok 4.6
• Sim performance - with the introduction of Mono for script compiling
• Viewer stability - by introducing a new crash reporter and graphics card drivers
• Viewer performance - via Windlight and the new Dazzle UI

I’m happy to introduce a new podcast series entitled “Inside the Lab.” You can download the first installment here.

Featuring CEO and founder Philip Rosedale, the podcast covers the growth of Second Life and how Linden Lab has dealt with the technical challenges of scaling the world, the encroachment of the real world into Second Life, Virtual World industry trends, and the growing competition.

Next year I’ll talk with different Linden Lab team members about what they’re doing in Second Life and how that impacts your experience. I’ll also be looking for your feedback and comments about the types of subjects you’d like covered in future podcasts.

Happy Holidays, see you at the snowball fight!