EFL Professor in SL

Well, reading one of my favorite list:  Educators Digest, Vol 1486, Issue 1 educators.lists.secondlife.com I found a post made by Karelia. There she introduces herself saying: I'm Karelia Kondor, and I live on a very small plot of land in Edunation, which is very language-teacher-friendly: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/9/93/22 and I've made a 9 minute video on how I personally learn languages in sl in an informal way - a video targeted to an adult learner audience really: http://kareliakondor.blip.tv/  Here it's the video: Language Learning in Second Life: an introduction Karelia Kondor enthuses about how she learns Italian in her 3D world - and her best friend, Helen, reflects on what Second Life offers which the classroom does not. On her post to the list she says that her main interest is on how you can use SL to do things you cannot do in the classroom .. i.e.(1) meet real native speakers and make friends with them (2) benefit from an ...

Sharon Collingwood is a teacher, from Ohio State. Her interests are digital media, gender/identity in virtual worlds and pedagogy. She's coordinating the Second Life discussion group fo the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course. She has invited conectivistas del mundo to join her next Sunday. PRELIMINARY GET-TOGETHER & ORIENTATION SESSION , Sunday Sept 20 at 4pm Eastern U.S. time (1 pm Second Life time, as read at the top right-hand corner of the Second Life screen). To get to the meeting, sign up for the Second Life group "Connectivism and Connective Knowledge" 1. search menu, "groups" tab, find Connectivism & Connective Knowledge 2. follow link, find group profile, click "join". Be sure group is activated (>>edit >>groups) read previous messages (>>info >>notices) IF YOU'RE NEW TO SECOND LIFE: Check your system: http://secondlife.com/support/ system-requirements/ Sign up for Second Life: http://seco...

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 ...