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LearnEnglish Second Life - Basic Training Course – Day Two
About the course
Welcome to the
LearnEnglish Second Life
initial training course. This2-day (12-hour) shortcourse has been designedas a primer for BritishCouncil staff interested instarting to use the 3Dvirtual world
Second Life
for teaching English ororganising events on theBritish Council Isles.This course assumes noprior knowledge of
Second Life
.
Objectives
By the end of Day 2, participants will have:-
understood how best to manage groups of learners/participants and spaces in SL.
some idea of the tools that can be used for classes / events in SL.
had some practice in event/lesson/course planning in SL.
had some actual teaching experience in SL.
formulated an action plan to follow after the course has finished.
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Programme
Day 2
9.00
Session 2.1: Classroom Management in SL a) space
Land in Second Life / Parcel Management / Parcel Properties / Objects and sandboxes /Building Class10.00
Session 2.2: Classroom management in SL b) learners
Moving in a group / Dealing with lost avatars /Pairwork and groupwork / Notecards /Feedback and assessment / Evaluation11.00
Coffee
11.30
Session 2.3: SL Tools
12.30
Lunch
13.30Session 2.4:
SL Event/Lesson Planning
14.15Session 2.5:
SL Teaching Practice
15.15Session 2.6:
Final Roundup / Q&A / Action Plan
16.00
Finish
2.1Classroom Management in SL a) space
We are going to the Student Suburbs on
BritishCouncil Isle3
for this session. You can get alandmark to the area by clicking on the relevant area of the map of the BritishCouncil Isles nearthe orientation area.
Land in Second Life
To begin with, it is worth taking time to understand how land is divided up in Second Life. Thefollowing image from the official SL wiki (http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Land) gives a goodoverview.With respect to the BritishCouncil Isles:-
The BritishCouncil Isle is a private
estate
made up of 3
regions
(
BritishCouncil Isle
,
BritishCouncil Isle2
&
BritishCouncil Isle3
)
Each of the BritishCouncil Isle regions are divided up into several different
parcels
. Eachof these parcels have permissions set that decide what people can and cannot do on theland. We will look at this in more detail later, but you can see these permissions bylooking at the Parcel properties (World->Place Profile).As mentioned previously, each region of Second Life can hold a maximum of fifty people before
lag
makes it difficult for people to move.
Parcel management
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