EVO+Session+VILLAGE+2010

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Call forParticipation in TESOL’s EVO session ** VILLAGE ** ** VI ** rtual ** L **anguage ** L **earning ** a **nd ** G **roup ** E **xperience A free 5-weekworkshop on language learning in virtual worlds 10 January 2011 -13 February 2011 Hashtag is #village11 For English teachers only!

** About VILLAGE ** VILLAGE is the name of the EVO Session on 'Language Learning and Community Building' in Second Life and is a 5-week workshop on how to use virtual worlds for English language teaching and learning. It takes place on EduNation.

January 10 - February 13, 2011 (5weeks) [|http://village2011.pbwiki.com] (Wiki for syllabus) [|http://village.grouply.com] (Community) Location: EduNation Kick-off session Sunday, 9 January2011, 3pm GMT | 7am SL time

** About EVO ** EVO stands for Electronic Village Online and is the pre-conference online workshop of TESOL - CALL IS (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages - Computer Assisted Language Learning Interest Section) of the TESOL convention which takes place on March 16-19, 2011 in New Orleans, Lousiana, US. For an overview of all of the10 EVO Sessions please navigate to []

EVO SESSIONS OVERVIEW 2011 VILLAGE is one of 10(!) sessions at TESOL’s EVO with focus on using virtual worlds.
 * Becoming a Webhead
 * Re-playing Process Drama
 * Digital Storytelling
 * PLEs and PLNs for Lifelong Learning Competencies
 * Creating Vocabulary Activities
 * Multiliteracies for Social Networking and Collaborative Learning Environments
 * **VILLAGE - Virtual Language Learning and Group Experience**
 * Mentoring TESOL
 * Podcasts for the EFL/ ESL Classroom
 * Reflection and Practice: Virtual Education

** Weekly schedule of VILLAGE **
** Week 1 ** * January 10 - 16, 2011 Introductions [] ** Week 2 ** * January 17 - 23, 2011 Second Life Tools and Resources. Building and Holodecks [] ** Week 3 ** * January 24 - 30, 2011 Exploring Educational Spaces in Second Life [] ** Week 4 ** * January 31 - February 6, 2011 Simulated real-life scenes,role-playing and active communities in Second Life [] ** Week 5 ** * February 7 - 13, 2011 Evaluation & wrap-up. []

** Live sessions **
We are planning on conducting a number of group sessions each week. They will take place at various times of the day to meet various timezones. All of the times given are in GMT and SLtime. For a schedule all of thelive sessions please navigate to []

Half of these sessions consist of learning conversations using various holodecks or bonfire chats ofthe Webheads HQ. The other half of the sessions are workshops, tours and othersrelevant to the theme of the week. You will find updated weeklyschedules at the beginning of each week on the notecards which you can get by clicking on the notice boards at the Webheads HQ on EduNation.

All of the sessions will also be streamed in Adobe ConnectPro [|http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/village11]which is also used as a venue for support and recordings.

** The Moderator team ** Dennis Newson [Osnacantab Nesterov] Kalyan Chattopadhyay [Kalyan Horatio] Mary Pinto [Mary Roussell] Nahir Aparicio [Nahiram Vaniva] Carol Rainbow [Carolrb Roux] Heike Philp [Gwen Gwasi] Randall Sadler [Randall Renoir] Marisa Constantinides [Marisolde Orellana]

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 * [[image:http://api.ning.com/files/AAJsoJJ87teqTIHVpU8uXnziwucpfCuqF*ywO6s-Cqw0JyzR5zNHOu14IIeShBFQ5LcEeA9Z*itbjbu9DopbeYeN-MQYAZTg/Kalyanpic.jpg width="144" link="@http://api.ning.com/files/AAJsoJJ87teqTIHVpU8uXnziwucpfCuqF*ywO6s-Cqw0JyzR5zNHOu14IIeShBFQ5LcEeA9Z*itbjbu9DopbeYeN-MQYAZTg/Kalyanpic.jpg"]] || ** Kalyan Chattopadhyay, ** who holds M.A English, M.A. TESOL and ICT (Leeds), and Ph.D is currently Assistant Professor in English in B.S.College, University of Calcutta. He is Vice-President IndiaCALL ([|www.indiacall.org]), and Executive Committee member AsiaCALL ([|www.asiacall.org]). SL: Kalyan Horatio ||
 * [[image:http://api.ning.com/files/Sbk-rNtnLvmtZd5f0kfwQhkqnRFqPlxhldNCduCKz*CMbP9gAsl09R-plMGqXB6q9p0gFVYSxrxhiUyT5YLNMhiud6sZ0*Ii/DennisBCphoto2.jpg width="229" height="209" link="@http://api.ning.com/files/Sbk-rNtnLvmtZd5f0kfwQhkqnRFqPlxhldNCduCKz*CMbP9gAsl09R-plMGqXB6q9p0gFVYSxrxhiUyT5YLNMhiud6sZ0*Ii/DennisBCphoto2.jpg"]] || ** Dennis Newson M.A.(Cantab), P.D.E.S.L (Leeds) ** Taught EFL in Africa, Arabia, Norway and Germany in middle schools, secondary schools, teacher training colleges, a technical university and an arts university. He was consultant for short periods in Bosnia and Kosovo and conferences have taken him to Poland, Hungary, Las Palmas, Russia and England. He has developed his interest in SL since alleged retirement. SL: Osnacantab Nesterov ||
 * [[image:http://api.ning.com/files/vNdbnPew8i33WoQoR6P8KhJaOyTS*pvnxYic8kLoowQQUiVZ-QM0*4XFM3aq-iH2PGTg8L6NaOjJjynm6Gcp7na9hk0c9ToK/Gwennew.png?width=150 width="150" link="@http://api.ning.com/files/vNdbnPew8i33WoQoR6P8KhJaOyTS*pvnxYic8kLoowQQUiVZ-QM0*4XFM3aq-iH2PGTg8L6NaOjJjynm6Gcp7na9hk0c9ToK/Gwennew.png"]] || ** Heike Philp, ** head of LANCELOT SchoolTM GmbH and co-initiator of both EU funded LANCELOT and AVALON projects. She looks back to more than 2 decades of teaching experience, amongst others as German teacher in Japan and England. SL: Gwen Gwasi ||
 * [[image:http://api.ning.com/files/uKRHkh5EUv2uhlb2Ip932k*WrhXamuL1MHeiSUM1sdKuwUBE3-Y-TvrD-pEXWbA*hZRu9SRittO4CUN9MjSteaE0DMz3*beS/MaryPintoRoussel.jpg?width=300 width="246" height="184" link="@http://api.ning.com/files/uKRHkh5EUv2uhlb2Ip932k*WrhXamuL1MHeiSUM1sdKuwUBE3-Y-TvrD-pEXWbA*hZRu9SRittO4CUN9MjSteaE0DMz3*beS/MaryPintoRoussel.jpg"]] || ** Maria Pinto ** is a Bachelor in Education with a major in English and an Educational Technology Specialist. She is also a specialist in Usability and a web-based material designer. She worked as EFL/ESL professor in the area of ICT in the English language teaching (ELT) at the University of Carabobo. She is currently working as an eLearning facilitator and consultant in her hometown, Venezuela. SL: Mary Rousell ||
 * [[image:http://api.ning.com/files/AAJsoJJ87tceABbgJ2vWyNtkrE9i5PtjqmnHRR5pxvj6drlAPH-i0PilZYAjeAMjlHWi6HraniipwaBuGMe5KbqG-eHfIG8*/NVHyde_002.png?width=250 width="233" height="161" link="@http://api.ning.com/files/AAJsoJJ87tceABbgJ2vWyNtkrE9i5PtjqmnHRR5pxvj6drlAPH-i0PilZYAjeAMjlHWi6HraniipwaBuGMe5KbqG-eHfIG8*/NVHyde_002.png"]] || ** Nahir Aparicio M. ** holds a Bachelor degree in Education with a Major in teaching English as a foreign language. She is a professor at UPEL-IPC where she belongs to the Chair of Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages, teaching Applied Linguistics related courses. SL: Nahiram Vaniva ||
 * [[image:http://api.ning.com/files/AAJsoJJ87td835NLtWL7-zBf6c9eE*5CXDU71MRlVPjgm2FqvvrOQTLnemUyDji4QX8jkLd2LqIwwKQ-Qfj0sCo5o9LjLSsP/Carol_4_Village.png width="223" height="208" link="@http://api.ning.com/files/AAJsoJJ87td835NLtWL7-zBf6c9eE*5CXDU71MRlVPjgm2FqvvrOQTLnemUyDji4QX8jkLd2LqIwwKQ-Qfj0sCo5o9LjLSsP/Carol_4_Village.png"]] || ** Carol Rainbow ** B phil Ed (hons) has taught in theUK for many years but is now in service as an ICT Consultant for Oxfordshire LA working with teachers to make sure ICT plays a key role in enhancing pupil education in Oxfordshire schools. Her main interests currently are using Second Life as a teaching platform and e-safety. SL: Carolrb Roux ||