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Virtual Use Case: Translation Services & Interpreting in the IT Domain

Check out how a Collaborative Translation project in the IT domain can be performed in a virtual environment:

http://tinyurl.com/virtual-use-case-translation

In-World 3D Mindmapping

Why re-invent the wheel over and over, this paves the way to creating 3D project and course planning templates.


Get some more of the scoop at:

http://second-life-tool-ranking.ning.com/group/inworldcourseplanningvia3dmindmapping

Invitation to Add Your Second Life Tool Ranking

Do you want to know what Second Life tools are the favorites of educators and trainers? Here you have the opportunity to add free Second Life tools to an on-going list and/or rank the existing ones listed. Then look at the results. A form for non-free ones is also provided.

As soon as the statistical sample size N of the entries make some sense, Part C will be implemented. Part A and B are still structuring in their beta form. Your initial data entry helps to improve this structure.

1. The free tool questionaire is split into 3 forms:
Part A - Adding A Free Tool http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-a
Part B - Ranking Your Top 10 Free Tools http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-b
Part C - Check the Results (assessment of sample size and time interval pending)

The data entry list of Part A (free) is updated every 5 minutes and can be viewed at here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdD2fESMENo0NNjQ-dUHLLg

The data entry list of Part B (free) is updated every 5 minutes and can be viewed at here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdD2fESMENo3ZD2DcCZSMTw

RSS Feed for Part A (free)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/pdD2fESMENo0NNjQ-dUHLLg/od6/public/basic

RSS Feed for Part B (free)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/pdD2fESMENo3ZD2DcCZSMTw/od6/public/basic

2. The non-free tool questionaire is also split into 3 forms:
Part A - Adding A Non-Free Tool http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-a1
Part B - Ranking Your Top 10 Non-Free Tools http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-b1
Part C - Check the Results (assessment of sample size and time interval pending)

The data entry list of Part A (non-free) is updated every 5 minutes and can be viewed at here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdD2fESMENo1NWzK19AP3Rg

The data entry list of Part B (non-free) is updated every 5 minutes and can be viewed at here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pdD2fESMENo2fZu20JLdDGg

RSS Feed for Part A (non-free)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/pdD2fESMENo1NWzK19AP3Rg/od6/public/basic

RSS Feed for Part B (non-free)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/pdD2fESMENo2fZu20JLdDGg/od6/public/basic

3. Any suggestions or improvement tips can be added to this form:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGREMmZFU01FTm8zWUI2YWxiZnIxWkE6MA..


Find more photos like this on Second Life Tool Ranking

How to Build Interactive Objects (Notecard Giver) as a Trainer in Second Life

Interactive objects are usually built individually with varying functions, and are not actually purchased or picked up as a free object.

What do interactive objects do?
E.g. a simple one, a Notecard Giver: The 3D object gives something to an avatar, when an avatar touches the 3D object. But there are also more complex ones with more functions.

Where do you use them?
E.g. in order to create educational support tools for contingent settings, like classes etc..

What are the prerequisite ingredients or elements?
Element: (3D object build) + (note, text, color, texture, URL, sound, motion scheme)




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcdtU485BqQ



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwSIYGhZbT4

How do these elements become interactive?
Script: (task type) + (triggering event)

What is the building process?
Build a dynamic object by combining 3D objects (cube) and elements (notecard) with script interactions (task type, triggering event)...

Notecard Giver
a. Create a 3D object, like a cube.
b. Create an element, like a notecard.
c. Create a script, for transferring the notecard, when an avatar touches the cube (with compilation process).
d. Then merge the mentioned entities together.

3GreenEggs: This scripting support site for Newbies will help you create interactive scripts for your Second Life objects. These scripts allow you to add interactive elements to your builds without knowing how to code. All of the scripts are released under a Creative Commons license, which means that you can use them freely!

http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW619vHfYeg

Scratch and Puppeteer are similar scripting support tools.

Introducing Scratch for Second Life (S4SL), a new easier way to create behaviors for your creations. Just snap together blocks- no Linden Script needed. Download it (free) here: http://web.mit.edu/~eric_r/Public/S4SL/

S4SL is based on Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/).



More about Puppeteer
http://www.quintura.com/?request=puppeteer%20script%20second%20life&searchvia=1&page=1&savelink

List of Favorite Interactive Objects for Educators and Trainers

Notecard Giver
URL Giver
Teleporter

Write a blog about your stuff and get it in the list...

a. Blog Template
- Interactive object name
- Version
- Goal
- Summary
- Actors
- Preconditions
- Triggers
- Basic course of events
- Alternative paths
- Post-conditions
- Contingent rules
- Notes
- Graphics
- Videos
- Blog link
- Author and date

b. Second Life Tool List
http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-a

Please Rank Your Top 10 Free Tools! http://tinyurl.com/second-life-tool-ranking-b

From Google Sketchup Pro 7 To Second Life

1. Google Sketchup Pro 7 (updated) (Pro 6 for Euro331.00, Pro 7 for Euro381.00) has new AutoCAD capability: Import and export of DXF, DWG formats.

http://sketchup.google.com/product/

2. Thus, it is possible to transcribe DXF data into Second Life via Henshin IV (for Linden$1249.00).

http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=572294

From this point, you need to know how Henshin transcribes the DXF file table into SL. Henshin is not a conversion program, it only transcribes the AutoCAD "DXF Table" into the Second Life "Prim Table" from within Second Life. Thus, manual mousework is reduced for design tasks within SL.

The Henshin people have actually performed this. They come from the architecture community. Here is how it looks like:

Henshin II - From Autocad to SL


Henshin III - Autocad to SL reloaded (english)


Henshin IV Demo


Here are more tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=impalah
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=henshin+second+life&search_type=&aq=f

The SL Prim Table yet sets limitations to the AutoCAD DXF Table during the design phase, retrospectively. I haven't sorted this out yet. Anyway, this makes Machinima and Building within Second Life a bit easier now.

Do you know some more tips and tweeks in the area of Sketchup and AutoCAD?

- Preliminary AutoCAD PDF/DWG Preparation for the Language Translation of AutoCAD DWF Files

- Print 3D objects from Google SketchUp

MeGlobe.com - Free Browser-based IM for Instant Translation in 15 Languages & IMTranslator's Virtual Keyboard for 31 Languages

What can you use other than Skype.com?

1. An interesting discovery for those wanting to flexibly and instantly communicate in a browser-based IM chat in various languages outside (out-world) and within (in-world) SecondLife.com (or otherwise).

MeGlobe.com accommodates 15 languages (English, French, Spanish, Italien, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Russian, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Arabic, Swedish, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified).

Thus actually more languages than all of the free in-world tools featured within Second Life (the Hank Ramos Universal Translator HUD accommodates 24 languages and must be purchased for Linden$375), and the application is also easier to handle as compared to the in-world HUD tools of Second Life. Even if Second Life crashes, which still frequently happens, you continue to remain in touch.

Indeed, this enables multi-lingual communication and training support in conjunction with Second Life. A group function will soon be rolled out, which will then significantly enable and support multi-lingual and virtual training workshops in Second Life, and in any other 3D virtual world (even for WizIQ.com, and Moodle.org).

There is no software to download and install. Just perform the registration process, verify the process via your e-mail, then login and operate it web-based from a browser.

Of course, both chat participants need to do this first, and put their mutual addresses or names on the chat list.

MyGlobe.com chat name: eurominuteman

http://meglobe.com/about

2. IMTranslator.com only offers 7 languages for the support of browser-based IM chat translation (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish), but a variety of further services may be helpful, such as the translation, back translation, voice, spellchecker, dictionary, and decoder services. This service does not connect to a chat partner, it only delivers "backoffice" support.

Yet, the most useful service in the context of Second Life and IM chat in virtual worlds would be the browser-based keyboard service, which accommodates multilingual text input in 31 languages (Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, Finish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Urdu):

http://imtranslator.com/

In summary, the advantages of both applications directly overlap for 7 languages as marked in italic. The total language sum of both applications amounts to 37 languages.

3. Follow-up chapter: Using Google Talk

http://www.googletutor.com/2008/07/11/using-gtalk-to-chat-in-different-languages/

Google Talk name: eurominuteman

4. Follow-up chapter: Using Oovoo.com

This one is a killer application for audio/video talk sessions in groups.