Language Learning and Teaching with the aid of Technology

March 2010 Blog Posts (3)

Interesting places to visit in Second Life

Newcomers to Second Life often ask how they can find interesting places to visit in SL: places that are visually attractive or places where languages other than English are spoken. To make life easier I have compiled a set of landmarks of places that I have visited and which I have found interesting. These are available in a box labelled Some Great Landmarks that can be found in two different places in the EUROCALL/CALICO HQ:…

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Added by Graham Davies on March 20, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Tutorial materials for Second Life Viewer 2

I have almost finished writing my tutorial materials for Second Life Viewer 2. They can be downloaded from Section 14.2.1 of Module 1.5 at the ICT4LT site:

http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod1-5.htm#secondlife

Here is the direct link to the materials, which are in Word DOC format:…

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Added by Graham Davies on March 17, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

New Book describing educational tools in SL

Last year, I participated in an EU-funded teacher training Project in Second Life called MUVEnation. One of the activities we did was to collect, test and describe educational tools in SL. These were compiled and reviewed and will soon (probably end of March) be published in a book as an Open Educational Resource under CC licence. There is more information on the… Continue

Added by Nergiz Kern on March 2, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments