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SLanguages 2008 Timetable The Conference for Language Education in Virtual Worlds A version is also available in-world. Both versions (website and Second Life) have teleport links to the relevant event location. Further information about the conference is available at www.slanguages.net PST PDT – 1 10.00 (am) PDT (SL) PST + 1 PDT + 0 11.00 (am) UTC/GMT PST + 8 PDT + 7 18.00 London (BST) PST + 9 PST + 8 19.00 Paris (CET) PST + 10 PST + 9 20.00 NOTE: Current time in SL is PDT ********************** MAY 23RD – BLOCK 0 *********************** 11:00 – 12:00 PDT – Conference Opening & Social Gathering [DJ Dudeney Ge] [10:00 - 11:00 PST |18:00 – 19:00 UTC|20:00 – 21:00 CET] Come along and meet participants and presenters, the organizers and a few lost souls. DJ Dudeney Ge entertains with an eclectic mix from 1930 to yesterday… EduNation II – The Club *************************************************************** ********************** MAY 23RD – BLOCK 1 *********************** 12:00 – 13:00 PDT – Plenary I – Iffaf Khan (SL: Iffaf Ling) [11:00 - 12:00 PST|19:00 – 20:00 UTC|21:00 – 22:00 CET] Teacher Training in SL: Lessons Learnt EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 13:15 – 14:15 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions I [12:15 - 13:15 PST|20:15 – 21:15 UTC|22:15 – 23:15 CET] Session 1.1 – Gavin Dudeney (SL: Dudeney Ge) Teaching Tools for Second Life EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 1.2 – Ton Koenraad (SL: Koen Antonioni) The Making of the ViTAAL project EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 14:30 – 15:30 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions II [13:30 - 14:30 PST|21:30 – 22:30 UTC|23:30 – 00:30 CET] Session 2.1 – Št?pánka J?nová (SL: Stefi Kohime) Applying different language teaching methods in Second life EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 2.2 – Graham Stanley (SL: Baldric Commons) The Sword in the Stone- Language Learning Quests (part I) EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 15:30 – 16:00 PDT – Break – Exhibition, Poster Presentations SLanguages 2008 Timetable The Conference for Language Education in Virtual Worlds A version is also available in-world. Both versions (website and Second Life) have teleport links to the relevant event location. Further information about the conference is available at www.slanguages.net [14:30 - 15:00 PST |22:30 – 23:00 UTC|00:30 – 01:00 CET] EduNation II – Sandbox *************************************************************** ********************** MAY 23RD – BLOCK 2 *********************** 16:00 – 17:00 PDT – Plenary II – Howard Vickers (SL: Howie Yoshikawa) [15:00 - 16:00 PST |23:00 – 00:00 UTC|01:00 – 02:00 CET] Blended Learning – Combining Virtual Worlds with Web 2.0 Tools EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 17:15 – 18:15 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions III [16:15 - 17:15 PST |00:15 – 01:15 UTC|02:15 – 03:15 CET] Session 3.1 – Kip Boahn (SL: Kip Yellowjacket) What is Second Life English? : Current project status and future aspirations. EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 3.2 – James Abraham (SL: Calisto Encinal) Mi casa es su casa: A Simulated House for Spanish EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 18:30 – 19:30 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions IV [17:30 - 18:30 PST |01:30 – 01:30 UTC|03:30 – 04:30 CET] Session 4.1 – Kane Naylor (SL: Basho Singh) Welcome to CHACHAT! EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 4.2 – Dafne Gonzalez (SL: Daf Smirnov) Teaching Training: Second Life vs. Online / Blended Courses: Implications EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 19:30 – 20:00 PDT – Field Trip with Howard Vickers (SL: Howie Yoshikawa) [18:30 - 19:00 PST |02:30 – 03:00 UTC|04:30 – 05:00 CET] Real Cities and Themed Locations in Second Life EduNation II – Seminar Space *************************************************************** *********************** MAY 23RD – BLOCK 3 ********************** 20:00 – 21:00 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions V [19:00 - 20:00 PST |03:00 – 04:00 UTC|05:00 – 06:00 CET] Session 5.1 – Gloria Jeanne Bodtorf Clark (SL: Flora Almendros) Coordinating the Physical Classroom and Teaching from My Virtual Hot Tub: Hybrid Spanish Classes in Practice EduNation II – Seminar Space SLanguages 2008 Timetable The Conference for Language Education in Virtual Worlds A version is also available in-world. Both versions (website and Second Life) have teleport links to the relevant event location. Further information about the conference is available at www.slanguages.net Session 5.2 – Kip Boahn (SL: Kip Yellowjacket) What is Second Life English? : Current project status and future aspirations. EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 21:15 – 22:15 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions VI [20:15 - 21:15 PST |04:15 – 05:15 UTC|06:15 – 07:15 CET] Session 6.1 – Paul Preibisch (SL: Fire Centaur) Bots for educators! EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 6.2 – James Abraham (SL: Calisto Encinal) Mi casa es su casa: A Simulated House for Spanish EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 22:30 – 23:30 PDT – Plenary III – Chris Surridge (SL: Christopher Flow) [21:30 - 22:30 PST |05:30 – 06:30 UTC|07:30 – 08:30 CET] Motivated Interactions in Second Life EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 23:30 – 00:00 PDT – Break – Exhibition, Poster Presentations [22:30 - 23:00 PST |06:30 – 07:00 UTC|08:30 – 09:00 CET] EduNation II – Sandbox ______________________________________________________________ 00:00 – 01:00 PDT – Field Trip with Heike Philp (SL: Gwen Gwasi) [23:00 - 00:00 PST |07:00 – 08:00 UTC|09:00 – 10:00 CET] Sightseeing tour to language learning sites EduNation II – Seminar Space *************************************************************** ********************** MAY 24TH – BLOCK 1 *********************** 01:00 – 02:00 PDT – Mid-Conference Building Basics – Gavin Dudeney (SL: Dudeney Ge) [00:00 - 01:00 PST|08:00 – 09:00 UTC|10:00 – 11:00 CET] If you’ve always wondered what the ‘Build’ button in SL does, come along to the Sandbox and get started with building. We’ll cover the basics and put it all together to make a scripted gadget that actually does something. This is a very basic session, so if you’ve done any building already you may want to use this hour to get some sleep… EduNation II – Sandbox ______________________________________________________________ 02:15 – 03:15 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions VII [01:15 - 02:15 PST|09:15 – 10:15 UTC|11:15 – 12:15 CET] Session 7.1 – Kyle Mawer (SL: Frank Spearmann) Robin Hood – Language Learning Quests (part II) EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 7.2 – Mark Karstad (SL: Buy Short) Second Life in Conservative Societies, Considerations from the Middle East SLanguages 2008 Timetable The Conference for Language Education in Virtual Worlds A version is also available in-world. Both versions (website and Second Life) have teleport links to the relevant event location. Further information about the conference is available at www.slanguages.net EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 03:30 – 04:30 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions VIII [02:30 - 03:30 PST|10:30 – 11:30 UTC|12:30 – 13:30 CET] Session 8.1 – Dongping Zheng (SL: MinnSU Koga) Quest Design in SL Chinese School EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 8.2 – Gavin Dudeney (SL: Dudeney Ge) Teaching Tools for Second Life EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 04:30 – 05:00 PDT – Field Trip with Gavin Dudeney (SL: Dudeney Ge) [03:30 - 04:00 PST|11:30 – 12:00 UTC|13:30 – 14:00 CET] Multiple Intelligences in SL… EduNation II – Seminar Space *************************************************************** ********************** MAY 24TH – BLOCK 2 *********************** 05:00 – 06:00 PDT – Plenary IV – Paul Sweeney (SL: Head Teacher) [04:00 - 05:00 PST|12:00 – 13:00 UTC|14:00 – 15:00 CET] What is the ‘right’ kind of innovation? EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 06:15 – 0715 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions IX [05:15 - 06:15 PST|13:15 – 14:15 UTC|15:15 – 16:15 CET] Session 9.1 – Graham Stanley (SL: Baldric Commons) and Kyle Mawer (SL: Frank Spearmann) Language Learning Quests (part III) – Discussion / Workshop EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 9.2 – Mark Karstad (SL: Buy Short) Second Life in Conservative Societies, Considerations from the Middle East EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 07:30 – 08:30 PDT – Simultaneous Sessions X [06:30 - 07:30 PST |14:30 – 15:30 UTC|16:30 – 17:30 CET] Session 10.1 – Dafne Gonzalez (SL: Daf Smirnov) and (SL: Christina Papp) Teaching Spanish to Beginners in SL EduNation II – Seminar Space Session 10.2 – Heike Philp (SL: Gwen Gwasi) Sightseeing tour to language learning sites EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space SLanguages 2008 Timetable The Conference for Language Education in Virtual Worlds A version is also available in-world. Both versions (website and Second Life) have teleport links to the relevant event location. Further information about the conference is available at www.slanguages.net ______________________________________________________________ 08:30 – 09:00 PDT – Presentation moved to 03:30 – 04:30 PDT, Saturday [07:30 - 08:00 PST|15:30 – 16:00 UTC|17:30 – 18:00 CET ] *************************************************************** ********************** MAY 24TH – BLOCK 3 *********************** 09:00 – 10:00 PDT – Closing Roundup – All [08:00 - 09:00 PST|16:00 – 17:00 UTC|18:00 – 19:00 CET ] A chance for everyone to reflect on – and discuss – the conference itself. Moderated by Gavin Dudeney (SL: Dudeney Ge) EduNation III – Conference Crossover Space ______________________________________________________________ 10:00 – 11:00 PDT – Conference Closing Party [DJ Dudeney Ge] [09:00 - 10:00 PST|17:00 – 18:00 UTC|19:00 – 20:00 CET] Come along and meet participants and presenters, the organizers and a few lost souls. DJ Dudeney Ge entertains with an eclectic mix from 1930 to yesterday… EduNation II – The Club **************************************************************