Monthly Archives: May 2008

Here is some information about a new online community running events related to our field:

We are now able to announce the launch of the Evolve Community:
http://www.evolvecommunity.org

The Evolve project is organising a series of Open International on-line
events and seminars.

The objectives are:

• To provide a space for participant driven discussion and debate

• To promote critical inquiry and discourse

• To allow for the presentation of ideas in progress

• To share expertise, ideas and future thinking around common research
agendas

The first event will take place in May 30 at 1700 GMT (For other time zones
please check here: http://tinyurl.com/5gzysk  ).

The Venue for the presentation is Elluminate – http://tinyurl.com/6emm9f  (no
Password required)

Barbara Dieu (http://www.evolvecommunity.org/bdieu/bio ) has agreed to be
the Keynote speaker for our first event, which is organized around the
following theme: Social software in Schools and Institutions. Barbara’s
presentation is entitled Social Media in English Language Teaching:
http://www.evolvecommunity.org/bdieu/2008/05/09/hello-world

We will also be hosting a topical activity around the monthly themes. See
how to get involved here: http://www.evolvecommunity.org/evolves-meme .

And don’t forget to get your own freefolio spot. You just need to create an
account! http://www.evolvecommunity.org

We hope you join us. This is will be a great chance to network, to get to
know what other people are doing, and also to share your work and ideas.

If you have any questions, suggestions, problems logging in, etc please
don’t hesitate to contact us.

Looking forward to meeting you online.

Best wishes,

The Evolve Team

I thought you might like to see some pictures of the 2nd Life Language Conference. The first is a general view of people gathering for the opening plenary:

There were over 80 people here for this opening session — standing room only .

Next here is Gavin Dudeney giving a talk about resources used for teaching in 2nd Life:

This showed how many useful tools have been developed for the use of teachers, most of which are freely available. To find out more see his 2nd life blog: http://slife.dudeney.com/

This is a picture showing Graham Stanley talking about the British Council project that is being set up on the Teen grid of 2nd Life. They are currently in a pilot phase and are looking for peole to help them with this process:

Find out more on his blog: http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/ which you can also find in the side bar.