Second Chance for Second Life
Language Education?Baldric Commons(Graham Stanley)
APRIL 2006http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.04/
May 2006http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982001.htm
Esperanto& English Village
Second Life early fascination
"the absolute blurring between online and physical spaces"
George Siemens, April 2006
Exploration & Blogging
http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/
Edunation & the Webheads HQ
http://webheadsinaction.org/
http://www.slanguages.net/
Regular events on Edunation → Slanguages May 2007
http://www.youtube.com/user/britishcouncil4teens
BritishCouncil Isle, Teen Second Life - 2007
British Council Isles in TSL today
avalon-project.ning.com/
www.avalonlearning.eu/
Platform for meeting online
3D vs flat web for e-learning – a more meorable experience?
AVALON Business English course – competition 2009 & 2010
Situated Language Learning
Existing SL spaces to stimulate language production
Role-playing
Beginners –Teacher tools & displays
Use SL affordances – object manipulation
Use SL affordances – building / content creation
Careful Planning & Virtual Classroom Management
Don't be afraid to experiment!
Above all – Have fun!
Questions / Comments / Discussion time....