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The Webheads meetings continued this last Monday, when we visited another real life location in Second Life – this time the Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi. The Second Life model can be found on the San Francesco Assisi island and more information on its own website: SecundaVita.com. It is an amazing place that has extraordinary detail both inside and out.

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Join us in celebrating European Day of Languages. We are organizing a treasure hunt with free language lessons to be won. (more…)

The PR / Communications firm DRAFTFCB has put together a short movie called “Second Life in Real Life”. Not only is it amusing for those of us who have spent some time in Second Life, but I think it also raises some interesting issues for SL (language) educators. (more…)

Yesterday I attended the second Webheads tour of European cities that have a presence (3D model) in Second Life (unfortunately I missed the first one last week). The tour was led by Graham Stanley, who has also blogged about these tours. We visited Second Life Barcelona and Second Life Liverpool. We visited Second Life Barcelona and Second Life Liverpool. Barcelona’s Plaza Real (Plaça Reial in Catalan) and Las Ramblas have been recreated within Second Life, with some adaptations to try and recreate the social atmosphere that the Plaça Reial has in real life (such as a café and a dance floor). Second Life Liverpool has plenty of Beatles themed places, including the Cavern Club.

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Last week saw the publishing of an article I wrote about the opportunities Second Life offers for teaching English. The article appeared in “English Teaching Professional“. There are some other education 2.0 topics also covered in the same issue, such as teaching with podcasts and wikis, as is blogged about by Language Learning Resources.

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