EFL Professor in SL

WooooWW!! VWBPE is back! Pio is so excited to participate again but this time as a presenter with the good help of two of her best friends in SL.. Ana Begonia and Elaine Khandr ... of course we'll be introducing Artstonia at this very important world conference. Well, I will tell you  more about it when we have a confirmation of our proposal to participate. But, now... what's the VWBPE 2011? smiles... it's a conference .. "the conference"...it will take place – March 17-19, 2011 as you can read in their site: The Virtual Worlds Best Practice in Education (VWBPE) is a community-based conference that provides opportunities for participants in all virtual worlds to share current teaching, learning, and research practices in 3D virtual environments. Conference presentations focus on teaching/learning, scholarly work, projects, events, activities and new and innovative tools for virtual education. Presenters will focus on the identification of best practices in educat...

Backchanneling has become a common practice when attending conferences. According to Wikipedia: The term backchannel was designed to imply that there are two channels of communication operating simultaneously during a conversation. [1] The predominant channel is that of the speaker who directs primary speech flow. The secondary channel of communication (or backchannel) is that of the listener which functions to provide continuers or assessments , [2] defining a listener’s comprehension and/or interest. - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_channel ) This is such a useful way to collaborate with educators and students when introducing new ideas, presenting in front of a large crowd, or even when watching a video. I found this code of backchanneling at the ISTE 2010 ning   http://www.iste2010.org/forum/topics/backchannel-code-of-conduct ) Code of Conduct for Backchannels by Anita McAnear Simple version: 1. Be Nice 2. Be Clear 3. Be Open More details: ...