EFL Professor in SL

Well, we are going on a tour to the British Council Isle, so Pio had the Idea of creating a T-shirt for her group: URBE EFL Cneter in SL. So she just googled "How to Create a T-shirt in SL" and that's what she found: 1. Two tutorials: Introduction to Creating Clothing in Second Life® , where she found the templates that you need to create ew clothes and Creating Your First Shirt in Second Life® 2. A nice video, explaing things rally easy and clearly URBE EFL Center T- Shirt So,well.. everything seemed perfect.. easy.. but there was a problem..Pio doesn't have the Photoshop program on her computer.. mmmm.. Well, she tried with powerpoint..it took a few tries but it fanally work. Save the powerpoint as a template Making the shirt That was fun... but wait a minute.. that's a t-shirt for a girl...mmmm. Now, what do we do? Pio thought. At that moment her friend Cata Charisma came by to visit. So, Pio asked him to wear the shirt..of course.. it was n...

Pio will be presenting at SLanguages 2010 today... wowow.. she's so nervous but happy to be able to share her passion for teaching and learning in SL. Well, this is the info on the workshop.. Later she'll tell us about the conf and her experience... ooops almost forget... she'll be also participating in an unconference: Unconference Randall Sadler [Randall Renoir] , Dr. Doris Molero [Pionia Destiny] , Kip Boahn [Kip Yellowjacket] An unconference is a part without set program when conference participants get together, vote for a topic that they wish to discuss with others and then split into discussion groups. At the end of the 30 min discussion everyone meets again and a spokesman of each group relates their findings. Conferences which are entirely based on this concept are called barcamps or educamps. This session will last 60 minutes VENUE: EduNation III Mega Temple http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/127/130/28 Now back to the workshop.... she...

Pio will be attending the  3rd Virtual Round Table conference. This is a 2-day conference which takes place completely online on Friday and Saturday, 8 - 9 October 2010 and is a conference dedicated to language learning with technology in Second Life. This year..  we will be able to enjoy presentations and workshops by ... Nicky Hockly , Lindsay Clandfield , Vicki Hollett , Duncan Baker, Graham Stanley , Barbara Sakamoto , Andy Chaplin , Jennifer Verschoor , Marisa Constantinides , Russell Stannard , Vance Stevens , Janet Bianchini , Henrick Oprea , Mike Harrison, Paul East, Marisa Pavan, Isil Boy, Genevieve Besserer, Kevin Westbrook, Judie Haynes, Sirin Soyoz, Paul Braddock, Wayne Cabana Jr., Stewart Tunnicliff, Guido Europeaantje, Björn Sauerhammer, Marina Petrovic , Antonella Baerriolo and Greta Sadler . Pio is thrilled that many of those names are so familiar and deared to her like Vance, Jenny, Graham, Antoella, and Gwen. Company presentations include... ...

Pionia just found out about the: Re-create, Educate, and illuminate-learning History Virtually ! ....... This SL conference will take place on October 29 and 30 , the Virtual Pioneers invite educators from around the world to embark on an online history conference that will provide classroom teachers, curriculum directors, administrators, college faculty, pre-service college students, or anyone interested in history with a chance to learn and network with peers in Second Life.  For 48 hours, the Virtual Pioneers will host fantastic speakers, interactive tours, as well as, a historical costume party!  This conference is free to anyone with a Second Life account, but you are encouraged to register in advance.  It is also important to note you can create a Second Life account free of charge.   Please join us for this fantastic event! Questions? Please contact:  Spiff Whitfield in Second Life or email spiffwhitfield84@gmail.com Virtual Pioneers: This i...

Well, Pionia finally decided to hold her first English course in SL. So, I am really happy to announce our: Learning English In A Medieval World. Level: beginners When: every Friday at 7.00 am SLT* Where: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Artstonia/217/117/127 Teacher: Pionia Destiny (Dr. Doris Molero in RL) Starting: Friday 08/27/2010 Description of the course: Students and teacher as well as a whole role plraying community interact by sharing and learning together. Students we'll be learning a second language, role playing basics, improving SL skills and learning for life. Everybody is welcome! You just need to be enthusiastic and willing to try new things.... and must be patient... giggles.. open minded and not afraid of making mistakes.

Exploring SL Pionia got to the NASA Co Lab Island. NASA CoLab connects communities inside and outside NASA to collaborate. They provide a framework for people to work directly with NASA scientists and support open source projects . They stimulate exploration surrounding the space program. CoLab is a NASA program that enables collaboration via virtual and physical coworking environments as well as emerging technologies. Archivist Llewellyn The virtual CoLab is a dedicated island in the Second Life on line virtual world. You may visit CoLab in the virtual world Second Life at any time. Regular weekly CoLab community organizing meetings are held on "NASA CoLab" island every Tuesday at 1pm Pacific Daylight Time. Archivist Llewellyn is the one in charge to organize different activities to share with the world. Director/Volunteer, Library and Archives at NASA CoLab in Second Life. First library in a synthetic immersive environment recognized by the Library of Congress. ...