--- Forwarded Message from <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:57:27 -0700 >From: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8536.7 Second Life >Cc: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Sensitivity: Normal Barbara, I also forgot to mention the 1st Annual Second Life Best Practices in Education conference that (unfortunatley) is taking place righ tin the middle of CALICO (May 25th): http://slbestpractices2007.wikispaces.com/ LeeAnn ---- LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from "Douglas W. Canfield" <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.3.061214 > >Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 21:19:33 -0400 > >Subject: Re: #8536 Second Life > >From: "Douglas W. Canfield" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum > <[log in to unmask]> > >Thread-Topic: #8536 Second Life > >Thread-Index: AceUM5i71zgeegAmEdyu0wAWy8jqXg== > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Vivox is one option for SL voice chat. Three other popular in-world options > are Second Talk (www.secondtalk.com), a Skype-based tool, Ventrillo > (www.ventrillo.com) and TeamSpeak (www.goteamspeak.com). Of course, Second > Life will soon have integrated voice chat...there is a beta trial out now, > and it will hopefully be available by the time we all meet @ IALLT in > Boston. Anyone with the new seamless feature enabled will be able to hear > voice conversations in their immediate proximity, conduct personal voice > chat, or group voice chat. > > Brenda, you can contact me off-list if you can't wait to get started, but I > can tell you that based on what we have been doing on an ad-hoc basis in > French and Spanish courses @ UT, our university is seriously considering a > major investment of land and infrastructure to support things that we want > to do but need these resources to pull off. It will be nice to have that, > but you definitely do not need to make these kind of investments to have SL > enhance your courses. > > I also suggest listening in to Barbara's podcast on Thursday or coming to > IALLT in Boston...there are several sessions dealing with several aspects of > SL and other virtual environments/games. > > DOUG > > > On 5/9/07 2:59 PM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > --- Forwarded Message from Brenda Bertrand <[log in to unmask]> --- > > > >> Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 19:21:26 +0000 (GMT) > >> From: Brenda Bertrand <[log in to unmask]> > >> Subject: Second Life > >> To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Has anyone joined the Second Life Campus? Apparently, you can do live voice > > chatting with Vivox. There are also many regional areas (Japanese, Italian, > > Spanish, French) where students can interact with native speakers. I'm > > looking into it, but would love some feedback if anyone else has tried this. > > I'm still not convinced that the pedagogical benefits are worth the cost > > and the training that would go into this kind of venture. > > > > I'd appreciate any comments on this. > > > > Thank you, > > Brenda Bertrand > > Director, Foreign Language Learning Center > > Wittenberg University > > > > *********************************************** > > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language > > Teaching > > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > > *********************************************** > > -- > Douglas W. Canfield > Coordinator III, Language Resource Center > Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures > University of Tennessee - Knoxville > IALLT Distributions Coordinator / Interim Managing Editor > [log in to unmask] > http://web.utk.edu/~dcanfie1/ > > << L'homme ne peut pas decouvrir de nouveaux oceans a moins qu'il ait le > courage de perdre le rivage de vue. >> - Andre GIDE > > > > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > ***********************************************