Language Learning Resources In Second Life
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The document provides a list of resources for using Second Life for language learning, including links to educational institutions with presences in Second Life, introductions to teaching and learning in Second Life, ideas for creating third place virtual classrooms, examples of how Second Life has been used to teach languages in conservative societies, conferences on connectivism in Second Life, resources for teaching English to teens and digital immigrants in Second Life, language schools in Second Life, and a language lab overview.
![Third Places Konrad Glogowski’s idea of classrooms becoming third places, apart from first and second places, (i.e. home and work Ray Oldenburg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Oldenburg ). Third places conducive to informal learning egalitarian environments social constraints inherent in other spaces relaxed Virtual Classroom Project with Leigh Blackall: http://jokaydia.com/jokaydia-projects/virtual-classroom-project/ and http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2008/04/18/vcpreflection/ ]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/language-learning-resources-in-second-life-1225543458562447-8/85/Language-Learning-Resources-In-Second-Life-4-320.jpg)
Language Learning Resources In Second Life
- 1. Language Learning Resources in Second Life Vance Stevens Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi Webheads in Action http://webheads.info Created for Chris Hill’s Technology Session at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Nov 1, 2008
- 2. Some links This presentation derives from research I did for an article in the The Linguist http://sl2ndchance.pbwiki.com/ Annotated bibliography re: pedagogical resources on Second Life in education: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib New Media Consortium, http://sl.nmc.org/ Over 150 educational institutions listing themselves as maintaining presences in the Simteach Second Life Education Wiki http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki
- 3. Introductions to Second Life Learning to Teach in Second Life by Diane Carr, April 2008, http://learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com/learning-to-teach-in-second-life/ 50-slide presentation by Alya Sulčič http://www.slideshare.net/ialja/virtual-worlds-introduction-second-life-and-beyond
- 4. Third Places Konrad Glogowski’s idea of classrooms becoming third places, apart from first and second places, (i.e. home and work Ray Oldenburg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Oldenburg ). Third places conducive to informal learning egalitarian environments social constraints inherent in other spaces relaxed Virtual Classroom Project with Leigh Blackall: http://jokaydia.com/jokaydia-projects/virtual-classroom-project/ and http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2008/04/18/vcpreflection/ ]
- 5. Transformative Potentials Mark Karstad uses SL with ladies at Dubai Women’s College http ://www.slideshare.net/slanguages/microsoft-power-point-conservative-societies-considerations-from-the-middle-east
- 6. Conferences / Connectivism Gavin Dudeney http ://slanguages.net Webheads support Houses Study.com
- 7. Reaching Digital Immigrants Graham Stanley’s Teen Grid slideshow: http://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/learn-english-second-life-for-teens Graham’s rendition of this talk at the IATEFL Conference in Exeter in April 2008, recorded here: http://exeteronline.britishcouncil.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=147
- 8. Second Life English Kip Yellowjacket http ://www.secondlifeenglish.com/news.php Blog full of tips and tutorials: http://www.esl-secondlife.blogspot.com/
- 9. Immersive Language Learning Language Lab: Over to Daf Smirnov
- 10. Enough from me! Vance Stevens http://adVancEducation.blogspot.com