Factors to think about when teaching in Second Life
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »These are some of the questions going through my mind right now. Do your students like using computers? Do they have a computer at home that can access SL and run without a lot of lag or crashing? Do they have a USB ...
Class Notes #2 - 4-30-08
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Class Notes | No Comments »These are the class notes for week three of my the pilot classes for virtual language learning at Mukogawa Women's University. We have been working in Facebook this week. The students are taking to it well. They haven't made friends ...
Class Notes #1 - 4-17-08
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Class Notes | No Comments »These are my class notes for the first week of classes. We are using Facebook, Skype and Second Life this semester to help increase the student's exposure and motivation in learning to communicate in English. Over 100 students, in ...
Chatbots in Second Life 2
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »If a Japanese student is going to stand a chance walking up to a foreigner and starting a conversation, they should at least be able to ask 5-10 questions with the utmost confidence that what they are saying is correct. ...
Article in Japanzine - Second Life Kobe
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Looks like my article (Alternate Universe--I didn't title it. In the Magazine it is titled Second Life Kobe: Special K goes Virtual. ???) was published in the April issue of Japanzine, a popular English magazine here in Japan. I was ...