May 2009
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WatchEnglish Mania
2 billion people around the world are learning English.
This year China will have more English Speakers than any other country.
English is the language of international problem solving.
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“I spent a couple of hours in Dark Mines(?) and I must admit it is the most...”
– Joe Pereira - ICT Co-ordinator, The British Council, Portugal. Talking about Dark Mines a new synchronous immersive language learning experience by Languagelab
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WatchDemonstrtion of Virtual Language Learning Machines and their use and in the virtual classroom - Chris Speck #WIAOC09
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WatchSocial Relationships in English City, Second Life - Jessie at #WIAOC09
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WatchHow do we teach spanish? Ciudad Bonita #wiaoc09
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WatchWhen Swine Flew. During #WIAOC09 , Chris Speck Demonstrating Virtual Language Learning Machines and their use and in the virtual classroom (video).
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WatchU-stream of my presentation at Webheads - Learning in Virtual Worlds
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ARGuing - Alternate Reality Games for Language... →
An EU funded project that will:
build an educational methodology and teacher training guides and courses that can be used by teachers and teacher trainers to learn and understand how they can use the Internet, in a similar way to how their students are already using technology
show you simple and easy ways to utilize the power of Internet communications and the potential for content creation,...
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ELT professionals on Languagelab
“Language Lab is more than another virtual language school - it is as real as any form of linguistic interaction can be: it brings to learning (and teaching) the reality of interactive contexts that turn the use of language in a learning environment into a meaningful and real activity. It is even ‘more real than reality’, in the sense that it brings to life the situations where...
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Web children 'living in prisons'? →
This has been one of the top stories on the BBC news site over the past two days. John Gibson, head of Stoke College in Suffork, speaking at the International Schools Association’s annual conference stated that many children’s’ use of technology resulted in them living in a “prison-like environment” .
Gibson highlights the importance of playing away from the...
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Languagelab.com Presentations at Slanguages.net...
Social Relationships in English City - Jessica Driscoll [ Jessica Teacher ]
How do The English City People characters in English City provide particular areas of language input for students? How have these relationships between students and the ‘characters’ facilitated interesting cases of language in context.
The Ubiquitous classroom - Shiv Rajendran [ Kingsbury Yeats ]
How ...
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How long does it take to get started in Second...
15 Minutes.
On average a student who has never used Second Life before needs to spend 15 – 20 minutes becoming familiar with the software before they can go to a class.
Having said that I have just watched someone do it in 0 minutes, but he is a gamer.
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NEW TO SECOND LIFE??? Get a free induction from...
If you’re new to SL, Languagelab.com have kindly agreed to run basic orientation sessions to get you up to speed with the basics of navigation, avatar control and audio and multimedia configuration. Learn all the skills you need to be a Second Lifer. Join one of the free orientation sessions. Learn all the skills you need to make the most of Second Life.
What you need:
• A second life...
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Apply Serious Games & Virtual Worlds 2009
I shall be at the Apply Serious Games & Virtual Worlds 2009 Expo tomorrow. I attended this event last year and was very impressed. From the keynote by Lord Puttnam of Queensgate (Chairman of Futurelab) to some very interesting presentations from the likes of Gobion Rowlands, Dan Hon, Kevin Corti and more. The conference gives great insight into the benefits of serious games and gaming in...