[etni] Brit Lit (British Literature) Event in Second Life - Saturday October 31st

From: "Crowley , Nicola (Israel)" <Nicola.Crowley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:27:02 -0000
I know that most of you have probably have had just about enough
literature as you can handle but if you're bursting for more or just
want to do something a bit different then have a look at the information
below:

 

We would like to welcome everyone to attend the first monthly event for
teachers and adult English learners on the British Council Isle in the
main grid of Second Life (the virtual world)

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 <http://timeanddate.com/s/1et0> 

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

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
<http://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
<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-sec
ond-life
<http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/bcgstanley/teacher-education-se
cond-life> 

HOST and ORGANISER: Joe Pereira (Creed Juran is his avatar's name in
Second Life)

Hope to see you there,

If you have any questions about this event or Second Life for your
students then please contact me. Apologies for those who can't come to
an event on Saturdays but there will be other events that I can let you
know about.

 

Nicola Crowley

ELT Project Manager | British Council  

nicola.crowley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

 www.britishcouncil.org/israel 

 

 


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