MOO for English Education

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MOO for English Education

• ??? (Su, Cheng-chao)
• su_at_ntjcpa.edu.tw

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Presentation Outline

• 1. What is MOO?
• 2. Why to Use MOO
• 3. How to Use MOO
• 4. MOO Projects for Students
• 5. MOO for Teachers
• 6. Conclusion

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1. What is MOO?

• MOO MUD, Object Oriented
• MUD Multiple User Dimension/Domain/ Dungeon
• An online community for users
• to construct and manipulate objects, and move
  from room to room, and chat or interact with
  other users and objects.
• to create/write a serial novel collaboratively.
• Two main features
• Real time communication (Synchronous
  computer-mediated communication)
• Object orientation

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MUDa synchronous text based virtual
realityrecreational and programming oriented
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How many MOO and MUD?MOO comes MOO goes.

• Hundreds of MOO
• enCore MOOs Portfolio (http//lingua.utdallas.edu/
  encore/moos.html) 55
• Rachel's Super MOO List (http//moolist.yeehaw.net
  /) 212
• Thousands of MUD
• MudConnect (http//www.mudconnect.com/) 1645
• -- March 2005

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How many usersPopularity of MOO
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2. Why to Use MOO educational, technical and
financial reasons

• (1) Whole English environment
• (2) Free service
• (3) Easy access
• Telnet (Text only)
• Web interface (text picture audio)

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2. Why to Use MOO educational, technical and
financial reasons

• (4) Synchronous and asynchronous communication
  with multi-users
• Synchronous communications chat and interact
  with users/objects.
• Asynchronous communication like MOO mail, forum,
  or mailing list.
• (5) Extensibility Create and Program
  rooms/objects
• (6) Natural Collaboration Synchronous
  discussion, Team work, task based projects

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3. How to Use MOO

• 1. Preparation for MOOing
• 2. Netiquette
• 3. Safety
• 4. MOO Tutorial/help and Mentors/wizards Help
• 5. Technical Issues

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3.1. Preparation for MOOing

• Get as more familiar as possible with
• Basic MOO commands
• Access how to log in
• MOO environment
• MOO policy, MOO map
• Where to go different rooms and objects
• How to require a character/a room?
• How to become a builder/builder/programmer?
• Who are wizards?

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Basic MOO Commands

• English versionhttp//su.ntjcpa.edu.tw/moo/comma
  nds.htm
• Chinese version http//su.ntjcpa.edu.tw/moo/basic
  -moo-commands.htm

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Access How to log in

• Telnet (port 7777 or 8888)
• Windows telnet
• MOOtcan (java)
• Client Pueblo
• Web interface (Internet Explorer, java) (port
  7000, 8000)
• Access Problem

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Access (1) Windows Telnet
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Access (2) MOOtcan
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Access (3) Client Pueblo
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Access (4) Web Interface Java
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Access Problems

• Firewall disable it or open the port
• Firewall in your pc
• Firewall in your computer center
• Java
• Sun Java2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
  Download
• Windows??Java????
• Internet Explorer
• Lower your security and cookies/privacy

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Access Problem Lower your privacy/cookies
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3.2 MOO Netiquette

• (1) Knock or page before joining others.
• (2) Be nice and friendly. Treat others with
  respect, and dont bother or harass others.
• (3) Say hello and inform others in the room with
  you before you leave it or disconnect.
• (4) Dont spy on other people and never log
  private conversations without permission.
• (5) Dont walk off with other peoples objects
  unless they have given you permission to so.
• (6) Help others if you can.

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3.3 MOO Safety

• (1) Do not give out personal information such as
  your last name, home address, parent's work
  address, or telephone number.
• (2) Never share a password.
• (3) Never agree to meet with anyone youve met
  online alone.
• (4) Notify the teacher and/or wizards if you
  receive an obscene message or harassment.
• (5) If someone is being rude to you, ignore them
  or just log-off and find something else to do.
• (6) Don't believe everything you read online.

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3.4. MOO Tutorial/help and Mentors/wizards Help

• Silent Help
• MOO Help System or tutorial
• Help Document/ Books
• Mentor/ Wizards/ Other Users Help
• Feel free to ask for help.
• Tapped In Help Desk
• Help each other Everyone is a teacher and
  student in a MOO.

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3.5. Technical Issues

• Connection Speed
• Local Technical Issues
• Time Zone Difference
• The World Clock http//www.timeanddate.com/worldcl
  ock/
• Plan B

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4. MOO Projects for Students

• 1. ForMOOsa
• 2 TaiMOO
• 3. SchMOOze
• 4. Tapped In
• 5. How Design Activities for students

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4.1. ForMOOsa

• Access
• http//formoosa.fl.nthu.edu.tw7000
• telnet//formoosa.fl.nthu.edu.tw7777
• Task-based Project http//english.ntjcpa.edu.tw/m
  oo/formoosa/ForMOOsaAssignment.htm

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4.2. TaiMOO

• Access
• http//taimoo.ntjcpa.edu.tw7000
• telnet//taimoo.ntjcpa.edu.tw7777
• Task-based Project http//english.ntjcpa.edu.tw/m
  oo/taimoo/taimoo-project.htm.

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4.3. SchMooze

• Access
• http//schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu
• http//schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu9000/
• telnet//schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu8888
• Task-based Project http//schmooze.hunter.cuny.e
  du/venny.htm

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4.4. Tapped IN

• Access website http//tappedin.org/

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Task-based projects

• Free chat, discussion, join online session
• Character profile/ self-description
• Room decoration/ description
• Interview/ survey
• Emotion and features
• Writing room, Riddle maze
• Treasure Hunt (http//blog.ntjcpa.edu.tw/wordpress
  /index.php?p28)
• Individual
• Group Team work
• leader makes decisions
• guide tells where to go next
• Monitor make sure no one is lost
• Recorder records the hints
• Play games (Hangman, Blackjack, TicTacToe,
  Yahtzee, Scrabble, Boggle)
• Order and eat in the Cafeteria, Dance with
  someone in Dance floor

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Character profile self-description ForMOOsa/
TaiMOO
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Character profile self-description Tapped In/
SchMOOze
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Room decoration/ descriptionFroMOOsa/ TaiMOO
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Room decoration (Tapped In) Individual Office/
K-12 Classroom
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Writing room/ Riddle MazeForMOOsa/ TaiMOO
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Songs (virtual karaoke)/ Games TaiMOO
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Calendar Online SessionTapped In
http//tappedin.org/tappedin/do/CalendarAction
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4.5. How to Design Activities for students

• Based on
• Task-based learning projects
• Modular approach
• Interaction with users and objects
• Consideration of
• Teaching aim
• Time (class time, your time, time consuming)
• Students ability English level, MOO skills
• Internet access
• Design a compact educational project to be
  completed in a short, but intensive, period of
  time.

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5. MOO for Teachers

• 1. Online sessions
• Tapped In Calendar
• Tapped In Tips and Tricks
• Webheads in Action 800 PM - 1000 PM every
  Sunday
• Other educational, social, science forums
• Other MOO sessions Lingua and Connection
• 2. Group (Mailing List)
• More 800 groups in Tapped In
• English Pow Wow (26 members)
• English teaching groups
• MOO mailing list in all MOO but not active.
• 3. Course/ content/ resource Management

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5.3. Course/Content/Resource Management

• ForMOOsa
• Classroom http//formoosa.fl.nthu.edu.tw7000/190
• reading writing II http//formoosa.fl.nthu.edu.t
  w7000/3183/

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5.3. Course and Resource Management

• TaiMOO
• Collection of lyrics http//taimoo.ntjcpa.edu.tw7
  000/526
• My Bookmark http//taimoo.ntjcpa.edu.tw7000/297

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5.3. Course and Resource Management

• Tapped In Note, Files, Links Discussion,
  Whiteboard
• Teachers Office http//formoosa.fl.nthu.edu.tw70
  00/190
• K-12 campus classroom http//tappedin.org/tappedin
  /do/DirectoryAction?ROOM_ID3274CAMPUS_ID2state
  displayAboutTab

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6. Conclusions

• Whos afraid of MOO?Remember what it was like
  learning to ride a bike, or drive a car . . . and
  how much you loved doing those things once you
  had learned. MOOing is much like those
  skills........come in and enjoy!

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6. Conclusions

• Online Community for English teachers and
  students
• Teaching, Learning and sharing collaboratively
• Web Presence
• Show up online
• Put your course/content/resource online
• Join MOO community today

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MOO friends around the world
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• Thanks
• Visit me at
• http//venny.myweb.hinet.net/
• and send your comments to
• su_at_ntjcpa.edu.tw
• MSN vennysu_at_hotmail.com
• Yahoo venny_sou

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SIGCALL Yahoo Grouphttp//groups.yahoo.com/group/
sigcall/
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Future of MOO

• Palace
• http//www.palaceplanet.org/
• Active world (Home of the 3D Chat, Virtual
  Reality Building Platform)
• http//www.activeworlds.com/
• 3D Virtual Reality?

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MOO Resources

• The Authors MOO collections http//taimoo.ntjcpa.
  edu.tw7000/183
• MOO Resources Online http//lingua.utdallas.edu/en
  core/resources.html
• LambdaMOO MUD Server Software http//www.moo.mud.o
  rg/index.html
• Fringe's MOO Resources http//www.iafringe.com/MOO
  /
• Rachel's Super MOO List http//moolist.yeehaw.net
  /
• http//cinemaspace.berkeley.edu/rachel/moolist/
• enCore MOOs Portfolio http//lingua.utdallas.edu/e
  ncore/moos.htmlThe MOO Suite
  http//education.qut.edu.au/turnerj/cmc/BARCELONA
  /research.html
• Bibliography of Electronically Available Sources
  MOOs, MUDs, MUCKs, and MUSHs http//www.cas.usf.ed
  u/english/walker/bibliog.html

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Install and Admin a MOO

• Guide to Online Teaching Existing Tools
  Projects
• http//www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/re
  ports/teaching/chapter5.html
• http//su.ntjcpa.edu.tw/moo/document/Guide-to
  -Online-Teaching.htm
• A Guide to enCore MOO
• http//www.msu.edu/asp/MOO/interface.htm
• enCore Open MOO Source
• http//lingua.utdallas.edu/encore/
• Download enCore (or Update)
• http//lingua.utdallas.edu/encore/download.ht
  ml
• Documents and licenses for eDUcore
• http//arwen.marshall.edu/educore/eDUdocs.htm
  l
• Fringe's MOO Resources
• http//www.fringenet.net/MOO/
• Educational Technology Educational VR (MUD)
  sub-page
• http//tecfa.unige.ch/edu-comp/WWW-VL/eduVR-p
  age.html
• Wizard Basics on maintaining your own MOO
• http//moo.kcc.hawaii.edu/moo/MOO/files/docu
  mentation/wizbasics.html
• Newbie Wizards FAQ
• http//www.the-b.org/moo/new-archwiz-faq.html
  

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Install and Admin a MOO

• WinMOO Frequently Asked Questions
• http//www.stanford.edu/cunkel/WinMOO/
• MOOtcan
• http//cmc.uib.no/sindre/mootcan/
• Mooca (Achieve telnet clinet with enCore)
• http//www.zanid.com/mooca/
• 'Surf_and_Turf' Web-MOO Client (CollegeTown
  telnet software)
• http//www.bvu.edu/ctown/stclient.html
• MCP (The MUD Client Protocol)
• http//www.moo.mud.org/mcp2/
• MOO-Cows FAQ
• http//www.moo.mud.org/moo-faq/
• MOO-Cows
• http//www.moo-cows.com/
• Win MOO Server
• http//www.stanford.edu/cunkel/WinMOO/WinMOO
  -0.1.0beta8-ntservice.zip
• LambdaMOO International MOO server (different
  languages)
• ftp//cmc.uib.no/pub/LambdaMOO/international-
  patch/