Instructions for Session 1 Presentation on Second Life by Marco Antonio Chavez Aguayo. This session begins at 10:00 am CDT on August 19, 2009. Access to this session is available here: http://tinyurl.com/OperaJoven.

1. Marco Antonio Chávez Aguayo, Professor, University of Barcelona | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Second Life®: The New Technologies as an Incoming Set For Creativity on Innovation
Culture and Education
Participants will see how virtual worlds, such as Second Life, can be used as a platform to develop cultural
projects, artistic virtual productions and promotion of cultural tourism in a real-time basis for a worldwide
public connected online. Using Opera Joven as a case study of an organization using the virtual
environment to increase their projects, reach a wider range of audiences and grow its team with members
from all around the world, each one contributing with their own resources and knowledge. Exploring this
example will help you to discover new ways to foster cultural exchange, collaboration, production,
education & management for your own business. This session can be accessed remotely by the public for
free. To view the session, you must be a registered user of Second Life. Access to the session is available
here.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SESSION
FOR BEGGINNERS
Second Life® (SL) is a virtual world with many features and applications. We are going to talk
about them in our presentation. Please consider joining us in Second Life with your avatar in
real time during the presentation on August 19. However, if you can’t bring a laptop to the
session, you will be able to watch the presentation in real time. We will have a PC projecting
our meeting in real time for those who are at the Showcase on Wednesday.
Join Second Life
Before joining SL, please confirm that your PC or laptop meets the minimum requirements to
run the program. For details, see http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php.
If there is not enough information for you, or you are still unclear if you will be able to run SL,
try running this test: http://secondlife.com/support/systest.php.
2. To join SL, you must to create an account on the SL website: https://join.secondlife.com.
You will be prompted to create a username and then choose one of the last names they offer.
Then, you will receive an email confirmation.
3. Once you create your account, download and install the program found at
http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php.

2. 4. The first time you run and login into SL, you will get a tutorial on how to move and do simple
tasks. Pay special attention on how to communicate, move the avatar, manage the camera and
teleport.
FOR INTERMEDIATE AND EXPERT USERS
1. If you already passed the tutorial for beginners and you have spent some time in SL, you are
now ready to teleport to the region (also called “sim”) where our session will take place.
The region and the coordinates are (case sensitive): Opera Joven / 19 / 122 / 22.
The session will be mainly at the Auditorium of OPERA JOVEN, but sim is currently open to the
public. Feel free to visit the whole region before the presentation and then come back to our
meeting location.
You can also reach our meeting space by clicking on this link while you are running SL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Opera%20Joven/19/122/22/?img=C%3A%5CUsers%5CMarco%5CD
ocuments%5CSecond%20Life%5CProyecto%20Guadalajara%20Virtual/Auditorio_001.jpg&title
=Chicago%20eLearning%20%26%20Technology%20Showcase&msg=Chavez%20Aguayo%27s%
20presentation%20about%20Second%20Life%20applications.
When you click the link, SL will open a new Window on your web browser. Click the “Teleport
Now” button. The SL application will transport your avatar to our meeting location.
2. Another way to arrive at our meeting site is to click “Map” on the SL application. This action
opens a window where you can search for “Opera Joven” (case sensitive). “Opera Joven” will
appear on the list. Select it and then go down and write the coordinates after “location” in this
order 19 / 122 / 22. Then click “teleport”.
3. If you have any problem reaching the region, don’t hesitate to contact “Brent Renard” or
“Moby Randt” in SL. (Use the “Search” > “People” feature). If you are going to attend the
session on your own PC or laptop, it is recommended to contact any of them so they know
how many avatars will attend.
When you arrive on the day of the presentation, go to the Auditorium and take a seat facing
the stage.
4. The presentation will take place using the “stream” (not the voice). You’d better turn off the
“voice chat” (on preferences), so you don’t disturb the rest of the public.
To play the stream, you usually have enough pressing the “play” button after the musical
notes. If it doesn’t work or you can’t, maybe your volume is down or you have unchecked on
“Preferences > Audio & Video > Play Streaming Music When Available”.