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VenezuelaTeachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (VenTESOL) is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 aimed at English Teachers in Venezuela, whose mission is to developed expertise in English teaching and learning. Its main objectives are to: promote the ELT issues studies, strengthen the English language teaching and learning at all educational levels in Venezuela, promote and spread research works in the ELT area, and work collaboratively with other teacher organizations with the same interests. During the past 38 years, VenTESOL has focused on fulfilling its mission in spite of the ongoing sociopolitical crisis in Venezuela. Since its foundation year, VenTESOL has held over 150 Regional conventions and 35 National Conventions. Currently, VenTESOL is an affiliate of TESOL International Association and IATEFL Transmedia Storytelling: Telling Stories to Amplify Language Learning in the Digital Era de doris3m

Call for presenters VWMOOC2021 The 8th annual event is organized by Drs. Nancy Zingrone, Doris Molero, and Nellie Deutsch. Special guests, Ann Novak and Valerie Hill.  The theme of the current MOOC is “Connecting in Virtual Worlds. Communities of Practice” There are a plethora of communities in virtual worlds promoting education and learning through connecting online via web technologies such as Second Life.  VWMOOC21 will focus on connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching around the world through virtual worlds like Second Life, Digiworldz, Kitely, Minecraft, or OpenSim. The live presentations will include the speakers’ reflective process on teaching and learning in fully online and blended learning formats.  Click on the following Google docs to access the syllabus and all the platforms https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SD_K8x089JYv9oFKt7nYPyvNyN3rHcOfLdGHIY6osFY/edit?fbclid=IwAR2p5iGrmFi6GlCxGPEul8PT2IWqKscimZMpkr2F8SpXR23AhpiZfnPyM74   The event...

  The Electronic Village Online (EVO, http://evosessions.pbworks.com/ ) Call for Proposals for 2022 is now open for language teaching practitioners and specialists to apply to give 5-week online professional development sessions for teachers worldwide. The actual five-week EVO22 sessions will take place from January 10 to February 13, 2022. Proposals may be on any topic relevant to the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. The deadline for proposals is September 12, 2021. Applicants will find instructions on how to create their proposal at http://evosessions.pbworks.com/.../14516.../EVO2022Proposals . There is a list of moderator emails at the bottom of that page, all ready to take your questions if any. A 4-week free professional development session will be held for all moderators and co-moderators October 17 – November 14, 2021 to help participants with their proposals, create the online spaces for their sessions, and finalize the syllabus with the assistance of th...

  Roleplay, Emoting, and Fanfiction for Storytelling   The world has changed because of COVID and one of the most important changes is that more educators and students have started exploring different digital tools that allow them to keep on learning. One way to do this is to use immersive worlds, people can use avatars to socially interact in immersive settings for fun, work, or learning. Traditionally most people have used them to play games. Roleplaying in Avilion. Molero (2020) One of the most popular digital and creative linguistic practices in Virtual worlds like  Second Life  (Links to an external site.)  or  OpenSim  (Links to an external site.)  is Roleplaying. More than a game roleplaying is an excellent opportunity for students and educators to meet other people, belong to a community, learn about different cultures, and develop their digital literacy and English language skills. Role-playing and Emoting for Language learning in Virtual...

  Transmedia Storytelling was part of the UniVirtual Experience. A panel hosted by Amany Alkhayat and supported by  Heike Philp, Dr. Doris Molero, and Helena Galani had the opportunity to present to an audience in AltSpaceVR. Immersive Storytelling: from Virtual Worlds to Virtual Reality According to research, Virtual Reality is informed by the use of virtual worlds for education. We present the main challenges addressed and the outcomes produced during a five weeks workshop earlier this year with 8 moderators and 110 participant English teachers, an EVO session organized by TESOL International. The workshop "Immersive Storytelling In Virtual Worlds" focused on the skills, methods, and techniques required for promoting the use of VWs for Transmedia Storytelling in the new classroom and it touched upon the use, methods, and techniques of VR in storytelling . AltspaceVR is a platform that today the platform is considered a place for live virtual events. In addition to a wide va...

This world tour in OpenSim will showcase how you might use OpenSim for English language learning and immersive storytelling.

Storytelling is a wonderful means of getting our students excited. Recreating such a story in a virtual world would provide a great setting for roleplay and fanfiction. Yet, how difficult is it to recreate scenes of Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, or King Arthur and his Round Table in OpenSim? What about character creation? Changing avatar outfits, clothes and accessories? When creating the scene, what building skills are required, and when it comes to storytelling, what skills are required to come up with a captivating story? These main three challenges will be addressed in this EVO session and we hope to recreate a story in OpenSim. Dr. Randall Sadler; Heike Philp; Dennis Newson; Alicja Bomirska; Helena Galani; Dr. Doris Molero; Helen Myers; Amany Alkhayat

  Fanfiction and Storytelling - Resources Storytelling and Fanfiction  This video defines fanfiction, introduces research on fanfiction and language learning, and provides an overview of different types of popular fanfiction.  The video is part of learning doing module that aims to familiarize language teachers with fanfiction and show its potential for language teaching and learning. Introduction to Fanfiction  (Links to an external site.)   Here you can find materials for the FanTales project:  https://www.fantales.eu/materials/  (Links to an external site.)   These are a series of videos by Shannon Sauro. Malmö University, Sweden Using Educational Technology in the English Language Classroom: 1.  MOOC Reading and Technology Fanfiction1  (Links to an external site.)   2.  MOOC Reading and Technology Fanfiction2  (Links to an external site.)   3.  MOOC Reading and Technology Fanfiction3  (Links to an e...

  We can use 3D models created with external modeling programs such as Blender, 3D Studio Max, Maya, or Wings 3D. You’ll export these in   Collada digital asset exchange format   so that you’ll then be able to import them as meshes into OpenSim.  First, let’s find out what Collada is. Collada (short for  COLLAborative Design Activity ) defines an open standard digital asset XML database schema for interactive 3D applications enabling the exchange of digital assets between applications without loss of information. Or, to put it more simply, Collada provides an application-independent schema for representing 3D objects. This means that you can create a model in, say, Blender, export it to Collada (as a .dae file, i.e. ‘Digital Asset Exchange’ format), and import it into, for example, OpenSim. Finding Free Mesh objects on the internet https://www.highend3d.com/3d-model/simple-bookcase-3d-model  (Links to an external site.)   There are several places where...