EFL Professor in SL

The Morning Break with Graham Stanley 22-03-22: Virtual Worlds and Education This was fun! Thanks, Graham Stanley for the invite! #metaverse #languagelearning #virtualworlds Doris Molero from Venezuela joined Graham to talk about her work in Second Life and other virtual worlds. You can visit her exhibit and learn more about the Venezuelan migrant crisis and its diaspora in Chilbo here:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/118/140/71 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-h7q37-11db4cd  

Well, on our Second visit to SL  we'll be visiting Machu Picchu in Second Life a proyect of Universidad San Martin de Porres (USMP).  According to Wikipedia .... Machu Picchu ( Quechua : Machu Pikchu [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu] , "Old Peak") is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level . [1] [2] It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru , which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of the Inca World . We'll meet at URBE EFL Center in SL at 2:00 pm (Venezuelan Time). 11:00 am. SLT   Our Meeting Point : http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Mist/213/86/21    Watch this video from the USMP Here you can see a Virtua...

URBE EFL Center in SL We are in Second life !!! Please join us for some fun practice. We'll learn a few basic things about SL, roleplaying and learning English. Time: Wednesdays at 8:00 pm  Venezuelan time - 4:30 pm SLT Sundays at 10:30 am Venezuelan time - 7.00 am SLT   Meeting Point : http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Mist/213/86/21

Well, Pio is fascinated at what's happening at the Tesol 2011 VILLAGE (Language Learning and Community Building in Second Life). The kick off was a great opportunity to meet new educators that come to SL for the first time. They are very lucky because they got just to the place where the most experienced avatars live and work to help other educators. New SL  and more experience SL language educators  had the chance to try to set up their microphones and were given the chance to introduce themselves and have a first pick at what holodecks are and got the chance to visit the Piazza. It was a really nice way to start the sessions. The idea of this 5 week EVO Session Adventure that repeats every January, (thanks to these seccions Pionia was born), is to facilitate the process of learning to use 3D worlds by helping educators to develop basic SL skills which are appropriate for and relevant to teaching and learning foreign languages. Participants are introduced to various la...

Well, on her traveling and adventuring Pio got to Cypris Chat Island , a Virtual World English Learning Community in Second Life and what she found there was a wonderful community of educators and students. Visiting their website , Pio read their credo: SHARE -- RESPECT-- RESPOND -- BE ACTIVE and also found a really smart idea of what learning English should be about:  "Learning English should be a way of life instead of a struggle to achieve." - Professor Merryman, Founder Today she received an invitation on the chat group to join a class on grammar and also to participate in a Christmas group photo. Of course, she loved the idea, since she's been there before observing classes. After the class and before going to the photo place, she found a note card that explains what this community is about... Professor Merryman wrote it. But let's Pio introduce this wonderful educator first: Also known as Mike McKay M.Ed Tech - is the founder of Cypris Chat , a not...

Well, at 5pm GMT/ 10am PDT on October 15th ( World time ), the SLanguages 2010 Conference opens its virtual doors. Hashtag of the conference is #slang10 What an exciting programme ahead with 47 presenters offering more than sessions over a period of 24 hours ! Presentations, workshops, tours, theatre place and a kitchen fire prepared to inform about best practise in language teaching and learning in virtual worlds. This year's SLanguages Conference which acknowledges Gavin Dudeney 's sterling work over the first three years of its existence has been organised by a committee of volunteers. Among the many highlights of this conference are... 3 panel discussions an unconference presentations and workshops an Italian and a German theatre play (Bacchus and Bertolt Brecht's Baal) a teaching tools stand in the EduNation II sandbox coordinated by [Alexandra Ergenthal] a poster exhibition at EduNation II and AVALON by Shelly Terrell [Rainey Zapatero] an arts display a...

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.

Well, this is our first entry.. I knew Pionia would have to get a blog sooner or later... There are so many interesting things to blog about in Second Life. Second Life... What's Second Life? many will ask.. According to their site: " Second Life is a free online virtual world imagined and created by its Residents. From the moment you enter Second Life, you'll discover a fast-growing digital world filled with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity." This is a great short video to tell you some basic things to go for it... Second Life can be anything you want it to be.. But now, what should and educator do in SL? Play games? have an avatar? aren't those things for kids to play with? ... The answer is yes, and no.. Second Life is for everybody. An educators should profit from this great virtual world and be brave and ship off in an adventure in this new world. As a matter of fact, They encourage educators to go inworld to meet other educators and learn ...