I have spent another evening sifting through educational tools in my expanding SL Inventory. I installed a ‘Wheeler Weatherwax is online/offline’ lantern close to the Teleport spot on my treehouse terrace, to show visitors my status. This was created by one AngryBeth Shortbread, and has the added feature of sending the owner an automated IM reminder every 60 minutes to take a break….here’s Wheeler admiring her handiwork (yep, she made the pole).
Another success has been the Picture Board (creator Cienna Rand). I have “hung” this one on the wall (or rather, trunk) of my lounge area. Of all the whiteboards and presentation boards I’ve been testing out, this is by far the simplest. A simple Ctrl+drag command allows you to show image files direct from Inventory (i.e. no adding to Content folders in Edit mode required, and no HUD control). It’s a very basic tool, but with a bit of creativity could be used to show a huge variety of materials. An overlay highlighter/pointer tool would add a bit of interactivity to the proceedings as well.
I also played around with the FreeView flatscreen TV (by CrystalShard Foo). This one has its own dedicated webpage at http://www.slguide.com/help/ and can only be operated by the parcel owner (rather than us lowly tenants) to stream audio/video.
Hats off to the above mentioned designers, and others of their ilk, for their great ideas and for distributing these creations for FREE around the education communities within SL.
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