Second Life

 

We would like to welcome everyone to attend the first monthly event for teachers and students on the British Council Isle in the main grid of Second Life.

WHAT: Language and Literature in the English Language Classroom.

WHEN: Saturday October 31st at 9.30am UK time (02.30am SL time) - see http://timeanddate.com/s/1et0

WHERE: British Council Isle
http://slurl.com/secondlife/British%20Council%20Isle/128/128/2

DETAILS:

This will be a mixed media event. APPI, the Portuguese English Teachers' Association,
the British Council, and WordPowered, are holding a seminar in Coimbra in Portugal on " Language and Literature in the English Language Classroom" this Saturday.

In addition to various workshops in the afternoon, author Melvin Burgess and poet Francesca Beard will be doing a Q&A session and performing some of their works in the morning.

Melvin and Francesca will be present as avatars on the British Council's Second Life island on the Main Grid (for over 18s), and will be answering and performing in real time in Second Life.

MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.appi.pt/noticias/doc/semAPPIBCPROG.pdf


PARTICIPATION:

To participate in the event, join us at the British Council Isle in Second Life.

Anybody (over 18) can access the Main Grid island by downloading the Second Life software from www.secondlife.com

Creating an avatar is free and takes 15 minutes. Once you've registered and downloaded the software, teleport directly to the event by clicking on the following link in your browser: http://slurl.com/secondlife/British%20Council%20Isle/128/128/2

For more information on Second Life and its uses in EFL, you might like to read this:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/bcgstanley/teacher-education-second-life

HOST and ORGANISER: Joe Pereira (Creed Juran in Second Life)

Hope to see you in-world,

Joe Pereira
British Council Second Life Project Officer



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