You rez the alphabet. There is a round board on the ground that tells you how it works. On top appears the alphabet in circle. When you click on a letter, you hear it pronounced. Once you type a word in local chat the channel plus a word, you hear it spelled out. Great tool to use in Spanish Classes. Created by Calisto Encinal.

You can find a detailed description on the 
Weekly meetings page

in the summary of the meeting on 27 June 2008.

WordUp mirrors (to some extent or other) the word part
of the popular TV game 'Countdown'. In the game, two
participants compete to see who can generate the
longest word from a randomly-chosen collection
of nine letters.
I thought it would make an interesting teaching tool
[ if you teach English ] as well as a fun game to while
away those dull winter evenings, provided you
don't have anything better to do.

Freely available from Dudeney Ge's shop on EduNation II 

To create a MobWrite board

Create a box

• In the General tab name it Mobwrite board or
  similar, at the very bottom where it says
  When Left-Clicked - select Open parcel media
• In the Objects tab resize it to

          3.000
          2.500
          0.010
          or similar to give a rectangular flat board.

• If it is laying flat or sideways, rotate it to
  suit your position.
• In the Texture tab in the Texture box
  choose the Default media texture (or any
  texture to suit yourself but the ground
  texture has to be the same so remember
  the name of your choice.)
• Make it full bright by checking the box

Setting the Ground Properties

• Right click on the ground and select About Land
• Select the Media tab.
• By the Media url click on the Set button
• Type in http://mobwrite2.appspot.com/static/demos/editor.html,
  choose OK
• Where it says Replace Texture click on the box and
  choose the Default Media texture - or the one you
  selected, it has to match the board texture.
• Check the Autoscale box.

Now your Mobwrite board is set up.

Using your Board

• Just above Map on your toolbar there is a media playing
  control. Make sure that the second one, used to display
  video or web pages, is in play mode.
• You should be able to click on the board, that will open
  your in-world browser where you can add text by writing
  in the large white space (not the tiny line at the top that
  looks like it is where you should be adding text :-)) The
  text shows on the board so others can see it. It also
  shows on the web page for people taking part in
  lessons ourside SL.

Scatch for SL 

link - I talked
about this at the October 31
meeting. (Steve)

This and the next entry (Autoscript) are links to enable you to produce a few scripts automatically. The first link, from MIT, is "Scratch for Second Life" and is probably much more than a scratch pad. You can create some useful code just by pointing and clicking. However, Bear in mind that you will need to install this program on your Windows computer.
 

Here are some useful things you can achieve with this program:-

• Plants that react to people passing by
• A pet that does tricks when you give it chat commands
• Toys that change color, spin, or turn invisible
• A floor that reacts when you step on it
• A house with doors and windows that automatically
  open and close
• Interactive clothing or other crazy things you can
  attach to your body
• Whatever else you can imagine!

Here are some ideas I had for educational things:

• Interactive whiteboard ("reacts" to certain things
  being written/drawn on it...)
• Autoannouncer for people arriving in a
  classroom - (class roll call?)
• SL Skills test - (probably more programming
  than this little program would allow, but a great
  resource!)
• Maybe a way of automating the start of an
  audio-visual presentation on a button press.
  (I am still trying to figure out how to make it
  show YouTube at zero cost!)

Three Green Eggs Autoscript is an online program, and therefore doesn't need any installation.  (This will be welcomed by people not using a Windows computer.) It does much the same as the MIT program, but without it having to install it on your computer.

Both of these programs (Autoscript and Scratch) fulfil a useful service - they produce the script, so you do not have to.

The Simbolic Translator is an easy-to-use HUD attachment that enables avatars in Second Life to communicate across multiple languages. The Simbolic Translator supports translations between any of the following 22 languages:  Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish

How to use it:
Right-click and wear it from your inventory.  The Translator will attach to your HUD in the top-left of your screen.    Select which language you speak and the language of the people you are listening too.  When you speak in public chat, your text will  be translated to the selected language into the public channel for all around you to see.  When someone around you speaks in the public channel, their text is translated in a private message only you can see.

Simbolic Translator FAQ:

Q: It's not translating - whats wrong?
The most common issue is trying to translate on land that does not allow script access.   Be sure that you are communicating on land that allows scripts to run.

If you're on land that allows scripts and the translator still isn't translating or if you are receiving errors,  there may be a communication problem between Second Life and our translation engines.   We're sorry about that.  Please try again later and thank you for your patience.

Q: It seems like some graphics are missing or are overlapping - what gives?
This is a known issue.  To see all of the graphics, try clicking an "I Speak" or "They Speak" option.  That should reset the translator. If that doesn't work, try detaching and rewearing from inventory.

Q: The translator replaced my Huddle/AO/other HUD - how can I fix that?
With the translator in your inventory, right-click and select Attach to HUD and select a different location.   The Simbolic Translator uses "Center 2" as the default attachment location.

Q:  Why is this free?
Simbolic Scripted Objects is offering this translator to the SL Community for free because we believe in connecting people across language barriers.    Additionally, the Simbolic Translator it is dependent on translation engines which are outside of our control.  If the translation engine goes down, so does the Simbolic Translator and I wouldn't feel right charging  for a service that doesn't work!

Q:  Do you like Lindens & praise?
You betcha.   If you appreciate the effort put into creating this item, please feel free to leave a donation to encourage future improvements.  You can leave a dontation at any time by teleporting here: ��  I also appreciate your feedback - please feel free to send a notecard with your comments, questions, criticism and praise to Tragix Wilder

Q: Why do I have to teleport to donate?
For your security, Second Life does not allow you to give Lindens to other avatars from HUD objects or attachments.  Thanks for taking the extra step to show your appreciation. 

(taken from the Simbolic Translator - HELP notecard)
 

Many Free Tools Available Here at International Schools Island:

On International Schools Island ...

indexing Second Life for Educators in S.L.

Lots of free tools available ...

with thanks to the many creators !

(Shamblesguru Voom aka Chris Smith)

Specific locations to start looking :

Information Tower : 1st Floor

Technology Tower : 6th Floor

Many useful educational tools some of which we will learn to
in our weekly meetings. If you copy the complete set, we won't 
have to pass them on during the meeting.

Dudeney Ge online store,   in-world store    

Lots of free educational scripted objects for your classroom.

 A board game which you can use for different purposes. You rez it and walkon it advancing on the numbers. Each number has a different task that you can add according to what you want to practice. It brings a mousetrap. If you are so unlucky to land on it, your avatar gets trapped in an special way. Willing to brainstorm do's and dont's.  Alicia has it. Kip has built it.

1) Search for it in your recent items Inventory.

2) Right-click on it and select wear.

It will show up at the left upper side of your screen.

3) Right-click on it and from the pie menu select edit.

4) Select Content Tab.

5) Double click the notecard "Speakme"

6) Add the text to be Spoken and click save.

7) The return key will show the text line by line.

Landmark and Notecard Giver

1) Right-right click on it and buy or take it.

2) Search for it in your recent items Inventory.

3) Drag it to the floor.

4) Right-click on it and choose Edit.

5) Double click on Floating text

6) Change the text between the quotation marks
but do not delete them. or add a notecard you want others to have.

7) The text will show floating over the object.

Starjunky's NoteProjector Howto.

1) Right-click on it and buy or take it.

2) Search for it in your recent items Inventory.

3) Drag it to the floor.

4) Right-click on it and choose Edit.

5) Select Content Tab.

6) Double click  Displaycard.

7) Write the new information you want to show.

8) Save and Close the windows.

9) Right-click on the object.

10) Select touch and your new information will show.  :-)