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Monday, July 14th, 2008Exit Reality – 3D Virtual Experiences for Everyone
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking at the new 3D virtual environment “Exit Reality” and seeing how it can be used to enhance language learning.
Simple English Wikipedia in Language Lessons
Saturday, May 31st, 2008At Avatar Languages we have started to encourage students to add to Wikipedia articles. We have chosen Simple English Wikipedia, which is a version of the online encyclopaedia that is written in a simplified style of English for non-native speakers.
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SLanguages 2008 - Online Archive
Friday, May 30th, 2008There were 350 visitors from 28 countries (native speakers of 29 languages) who attended SLanguages 2008 last weekend. For those of you who missed the event, or perhaps some parts of it (it was 24 hours long!), the archive page of the conference website (www.slanguages.net/archive.php) now has most of the presentation available (with audios). I’ve included a couple here to get you interested…
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SLanguages 2008 - Tomorrow!
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008The SLanguages 2008 conference on virtual worlds in language education starts tomorrow. Further details at the website www.slanguages.net. I’m including here the program to help you plan your visits…
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Google Docs Becomes Virtual Learning Environment
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Avatar Languages isn’t the only school to use Google Docs - The Guardian newspaper reports today that many UK schools and universities are starting to use free services from Google to enable virtual learning.
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Second Life for Policing Simulation
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Virtual worlds make excellent tools for simulations, such as policing international borders. This YouTube video shows training for the Canadian border control making use of Second Life.
Presentation of Avatar Languages
Monday, December 10th, 2007I’ve created a Slidecast (Slideshare with audio) presentation of the language school. It’s on the website now and can be found on the Video and Images page. I have also embedded it here…
ETp November Issue
Friday, October 26th, 2007The second article about teaching English in Second Life has been published in the November issue of English Teaching Professional. This article focuses more on SurReal Quests as a methodology that takes advantage of Second Life as a social and communicative environment.
SurReal Quests Article
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The Knowledge Tree has published an article of mine in their most recent edition. The article can also be listened to as a podcast via their website.
