SLanguages 2009 Conference - 8&9 May 2009

SLanguages 2009 Language Education in Virtual Worlds 8 - 9 May 2009 slanguages.net

SLanguages turns 3!

SLanguages is the Conference for Language Education in Virtual Worlds

2009 is the event’s 3 rd year

SLanguages 2009 is held in the 3D virtual world “Second Life”

Find out more on... slanguages.net

Who should attend?

Anyone interested in virtual worlds for language education

Anyone with experience in learning languages in virtual worlds

Anyone who wants to meet other educators using Second Life

Anyone who wants to know more...

What will I get from it?

Explore a new way to teach

Try tools for teaching in 3D and discover how to make your own

Learn about designing materials and planning activities

Discuss approaches and methods

Meet virtual world language educators and share experiences

Become part of the global community

What are the main themes?

Activities, Materials and Methods

What new activities are now possible?

What methods work well ?

Virtual worlds as Learning Environments

How do virtual worlds integrate with online and face-to-face education?

The Mechanics of Second Life

What tools are available for teaching?

What are the technical issues?

Who will be presenting?

Language Educators in Second Life

Language institutes & schools

Universities

Teachers

Researchers & Consultants

Researchers (Students & Professors)

Consultants

Who presented in 2008?

Avatar Languages

British Council

Charles University Prague

Confucius Institute

Dubai Women’s college

English Village

Glendale Community College

Hogeschool Utrecht University

KAIST South Korea

Lancelot School

Language Lab

Murdoch University

Penn State University

SLEnglish

The Consultants-E

How do I attend?

The conference is free, but please register in Second Life:

EduNation II

http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/56/39/25

New to Second Life? Get an avatar at:

www.secondlife.com

How can I participate?

To give a presentation or poster...

Please see the Call for Papers on the

website www.slanguages.net and

submit a proposal.

Deadline for proposals

Friday 10 April 2009

When is it?

11:00 PDT Friday 8 May 2009

to

11:00 PDT Saturday 9 May 2009

Your local time here…

www.timeanddate.com

11:00 PDT Friday 8 May 2009 to 11:00 PDT Saturday 9 May 2009 Your local time here… www.timeanddate.com

Where is it?

Second Life islands: EduNation II + EduNation III

http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/56/39/25

Who is organizing this?

The Consultants-E

An educational consultancy specialising

in online training & education, including:

Second Life

Moodle

Wikis, blogs & podcasts

E-moderation skills

The Consultants-E have three islands in

Second Life that support online education.

Where can I learn more?

slanguages.net

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