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!

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