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WiAOC 2009 - Social relationships in English City

Sat, 2009-05-23 05:41 — jeff
WiAOC 2009
Social relationshipsin English City
Jessica Driscoll /'Jessie Teacher' in SL 
May 22, 2009

This presentation looked at the social relationships that students have with the 'English City People' who play functional roles in the virtual space.  This draws a correlation between the architecture of virtual worlds and a learning environment based on learning through social contexts. 
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Chat Log Below


[9:55]  Spinal Menges: Hi Ling
[9:55]  ling Markstein: hi all:)
[9:55]  Spinal Menges: cool
[9:56]  Jessie Teacher: Can I ask where geographically everyone is ?
[9:56]  Jessie Teacher: :)
[9:56]  Spinal Menges: I'm from NJ USA but I live in france
[9:56]  Jessie Teacher: Cool :) where in France? I was on holiday in the South last year - it was lovely
[9:57]  Spinal Menges: Near Marseille in a little fishing village
[9:57]  Jessie Teacher: Mary have we met before? you seem very familiar :)
[9:57]  Jessie Teacher: wow - I was near Nice in the mountains
[9:57]  Mary Roussel: posibbly.... best practices?
[9:57]  Mary Roussel: conference?
[9:57]  Spinal Menges: Sorry, my wife is calling me to dinner - will be back for the second half
[9:57]  Jessie Teacher: perhaps :) I am quite quiet at most conferences :)
[9:58]  Jessie Teacher: Ok enjoy your dinner :)
[9:58]  Jessie Teacher: We will wait for a another couple of minutes and then we can get started :)
[9:58]  Mary Roussel: perfect
[9:59]  Jessie Teacher: I won't talk for the whole hour anyway and we can just have an open question session - much more fun than hearing me droning on
[9:59]  Jessie Teacher: Hi Anciana
[9:59]  Jessie Teacher shouts: Hi Anciana
[9:59]  SusNy Foss is Online
[10:00]  Jessie Teacher: Are you both from the USA meno and Mary ?
[10:00]  Mary Roussel: I am from Valencia, Venezuela
[10:00]  Meno Rich: from US, moving back to Korea soon
[10:00]  Jessie Teacher: Ok cool :)
[10:00]  Jessie Teacher: The head of our Spanish programme is from Venezuela too
[10:00]  Jessie Teacher: I think you all know her :)
[10:01]  Jessie Teacher: Daf Smirnov?
[10:01]  Meno Rich: Webhead superstar and new grandmother
[10:01]  Jessie Teacher: yes :) we are going to name one of the parks in Ciudad Bonita after her grandson :)
[10:01]  Jessie Teacher: She is super happy :)
[10:01]  Mary Roussel: of course
[10:01]  Meno Rich: that's great
[10:02]  Anciana Twine: Hi everyone.
[10:02]  Jessie Teacher: yes I had the pleasure of meeting Daf in RL at the Iatefl conference in April
[10:02]  Jessie Teacher: Hi Anciana
[10:02]  ling Markstein: hi anciana:)
[10:02]  Kali Idziak is Offline
[10:03]  Jessie Teacher: Ok if you would like to take a seat
[10:03]  Mary Roussel: Hi anciana
[10:03]  Jessie Teacher: We can get started
[10:03]  ling Markstein shouts: we are here.. move forward. everyone:)
[10:04]  Daffodil Fargis: Hi all
[10:04]  Jessie Teacher: Hi Daffodil
[10:04]  ling Markstein: hi daffodil:)
[10:04]  Daffodil Fargis: Still cooking dinner (am in the kitchen) :-)
[10:04]  Jessie Teacher: :)
[10:04]  Mary Roussel: Hi Daff
[10:04]  Jessie Teacher: Hello gwen
[10:04]  Daffodil Fargis: Hi Mary
[10:04]  Daffodil Fargis: afk
[10:04]  Gwen Gwasi: yes
[10:04]  Mary Roussel: yes
[10:05]  ling Markstein: please have a seat:)
[10:05]  Eurominuteman Jameson is Online
[10:06]  Daffodil Fargis: Can hear you
[10:06]  Daffodil Fargis: :)
[10:06]  Anciana Twine: It seems I can talk but not hear!
[10:06]  Jessie Teacher: Ling could you help Anciana?
[10:07]  ling Markstein: sure:)
[10:07]  Jessie Teacher: To fix her voice ?
[10:07]  Jessie Teacher: thanks :)
[10:08]  Jessie Teacher: wayang golek
[10:08]  Nina Zaytsev: Cool!
[10:08]  Anciana Twine: Yes, I can hear typing sounds.
[10:09]  Daffodil Fargis: yes
[10:09]  Nina Zaytsev: It's my 1st time
[10:09]  Daffodil Fargis: back:)
[10:09]  Meno Rich: first visit
[10:09]  Nina Zaytsev: Thanks
[10:09]  Tere Short: same here, jessica
[10:09]  Gwen Gwasi: not me
[10:09]  Anciana Twine: The talk tab has a lock button on it
[10:10]  Anciana Twine: OK. Now I can hear. Thanks!
[10:10]  Anciana Twine: I didn't do anything.
[10:10]  Nina Zaytsev: Maybe somebody muted you
[10:10]  Eurominuteman Jameson: hi
[10:11]  ling Markstein: hi eurominuteman
[10:11]  Daffodil Fargis: Hi James
[10:11]  Eurominuteman Jameson: hoho
[10:11]  Anciana Twine: Ling, I had the sound turned down on my headphones :-(
[10:11]  Daffodil Fargis: Good you can hear now, Anciana
[10:11]  Daffodil Fargis: :-)
[10:12]  Eurominuteman Jameson gave you Name Tag.
[10:12]  Daffodil Fargis: There are people here who are over 80 :)
[10:12]  Daffodil Fargis: Absolutely!
[10:12]  Nina Zaytsev: But everybody looks 22
[10:12]  Daffodil Fargis: :)
[10:12]  Eurominuteman Jameson gave you 1,Colgate  Smile.
[10:12]  ling Markstein: lol
[10:15]  Daffodil Fargis: Why only native speakers? ;)
[10:15]  Nina Zaytsev: Good question, Nergiz!
[10:15]  Daffodil Fargis: Right :)
[10:15]  Daffodil Fargis: It's usually for marketing reasons
[10:16]  Daffodil Fargis: It is though slowly changing
[10:16]  Eurominuteman Jameson: translation sector is based on native speaker principle
[10:16]  Daffodil Fargis: Translation is something different
[10:17]  Eurominuteman Jameson: even iso 15038 defines it for translation
[10:17]  Daffodil Fargis: That might well, be James bu it's not relevant for languag teaching
[10:18]  Daffodil Fargis: Yes, I like that, too. IF they don't feel comfortable speaking, they can still participate actively in text chat
[10:18]  Daffodil Fargis: Not possible in RL
[10:20]  Nina Zaytsev: Are all your classes here in SL?
[10:24]  Daffodil Fargis: Good question
[10:27]  Daffodil Fargis: What happens if they connected to a person in the city, formed a relationship and then they stop attenting classes here?
[10:27]  Daffodil Fargis: To the student
[10:27]  Daffodil Fargis: can they continue their relationshiop with that person
[10:28]  Daffodil Fargis: with the city people
[10:28]  Daffodil Fargis: I mean because you cannot enter the city any more
[10:28]  Daffodil Fargis: OK
[10:29]  greennote Freenote: Jessie, i must say you are doing a fine job here.
[10:29]  Daffodil Fargis: That's good.
[10:30]  Meno Rich: Are any archives (audio, video,other) published online for offworld access?
[10:31]  greennote Freenote: excuse me,
[10:31]  greennote Freenote: sorry,
[10:31]  greennote Freenote: can i sidetrack abit/
[10:31]  Corwin Carillon is Online
[10:32]  Eurominuteman Jameson: i've seen a few youtube videos
[10:32]  greennote Freenote: we have a great number of chinese community here.
[10:32]  greennote Freenote: is there any program here that would entice them learning English./
[10:32]  greennote Freenote: ?
[10:32]  greennote Freenote: the teachers speak chinese?
[10:33]  greennote Freenote: ok thanks.
[10:33]  greennote Freenote: cool.
[10:34]  Eurominuteman Jameson: i've seen ling in a youtube video ni hao
[10:34]  ling Markstein: ni hao:)
[10:35]  Gwen Gwasi: wow
[10:35]  ling Markstein: /blushing..lol
[10:35]  greennote Freenote: wow!
[10:35]  Anciana Twine: Hao hao!
[10:38]  Daffodil Fargis: Hi Morgen
[10:38]  ling Markstein: hi jasen,,box:)
[10:38]  man McKeenan: hi everyone
[10:38]  Morgen String: Hi Daffodil:)
[10:38]  Anciana Twine: Are you shy?
[10:38]  man McKeenan: no
[10:38]  Morgen String: Hi everyone:)
[10:38]  Gwen Gwasi: lol
[10:38]  greennote Freenote: lol!
[10:38]  Mary Roussel: hi
[10:38]  greennote Freenote: hi!!
[10:38]  Anciana Twine: Hi Man
[10:38]  greennote Freenote: hi police man,
[10:41]  Nina Zaytsev: I think it's hard to maintain the duality of character vs actual person
[10:41]  Anciana Twine: Which characters do the students intereact with? How is that decided?
[10:42]  Daffodil Fargis: Ys, ani
[10:42]  ling Markstein: yes, ani
[10:42]  Nina Zaytsev: Hi Anisoara
[10:42]  Nina Zaytsev: It's Nina from EL
[10:42]  Tere Short: hi anisoara! how nice to see you :-)
[10:43]  Nina Zaytsev: Sorry, hi Anitha!
[10:43]  Nina Zaytsev: I thought you were Anisoara Pop
[10:43]  Tere Short: sorry too, anitha.
[10:44]  Tere Short: the brand new granny, daf!
[10:44]  Daffodil Fargis: :-))
[10:44]  Tere Short: wow!!!
[10:44]  Mary Roussel: that is nice!
[10:44]  Tere Short: i've been working very closely with daf for 7 years
[10:44]  Tere Short: yes, we do
[10:45]  Daffodil Fargis: Nice to meet you, too, ani
[10:46]  Gwen Gwasi: worship places?
[10:46]  Gwen Gwasi: amazing
[10:46]  Gwen Gwasi: what do you not have?
[10:46]  Eurominuteman Jameson: holy cow
[10:47]  Daffodil Fargis: Nice
[10:47]  Daffodil Fargis: :)
[10:47]  Nina Zaytsev: Do you ever give tours?
[10:47]  Jessie Teacher: jessie@languagelab.com
[10:47]  Nina Zaytsev: Love to--how about prospective students--do you give them a glimpse of what there is?
[10:49]  man McKeenan: Hoooo!
[10:49]  Morgen String: wow
[10:50]  ling Markstein: lol
[10:50]  Morgen String: LOL
[10:50]  Daffodil Fargis: :-)
[10:50]  Slice of Pizza whispers: Yummy, Good Pizza!
[10:50]  ani Cyberstar: :)
[10:50]  Nina Zaytsev: Everyone else looks like Barbie & Ken
[10:50]  Daffodil Fargis: More memorable, too
[10:50]  man McKeenan: who want a piece of pizza
[10:50]  Morgen String: Yeah:)
[10:51]  ani Cyberstar: me
[10:51]  Morgen String: It's great tough:)
[10:51]  Nina Zaytsev: (me too--what an opportunity, without dieting)
[10:51]  ani Cyberstar: :)
[10:52]  Nina Zaytsev: Does anyone know how much this costs for students?
[10:52]  You decline The Learning Curve for Architectural Education in Virtual World from A group member named Profesora Farigoule.
[10:52]  man McKeenan: diann pizza?
[10:52]  Daffodil Fargis: It's on theier website, Nina
[10:52]  Daffodil Fargis: languagelab.com
[10:52]  man McKeenan: no
[10:52]  ling Markstein: the Flexible plan cost 39.95 Usd permonth
[10:53]  man McKeenan: jameson pizza
[10:53]  ani Cyberstar: ok
[10:53]  Gwen Gwasi: heartwarming stories
[10:53]  Gwen Gwasi: very nice indeed
[10:53]  Morgen String: no, it's great so far:)
[10:53]  Diann Carver: sorry too new to figure out how to say no thx quickly
[10:53]  Nina Zaytsev: What is the cost for students in $US?
[10:53]  Gwen Gwasi: to hear this
[10:53]  Nina Zaytsev: thx
[10:53]  Jessie Teacher: 39.95 per month
[10:54]  Nina Zaytsev: unrestricted access I think
[10:54]  Nina Zaytsev: It's kind of like joining a health club, isn't it?
[10:54]  Tere Short: great analogy, nina
[10:54]  Jessie Teacher: http://www.languagelab.com/classes/all/2009/may/18/
[10:54]  Spinal Menges: Would it be too much to ask to simulate a lesson - i.e., a very small part of a lesson, before the end of this session?
[10:55]  Nina Zaytsev: The truman Show
[10:56]  Nina Zaytsev: What do you look for in teachers?
[10:57]  Tere Short: ty, jessica! got to go
[10:57]  Anciana Twine: Do you do any orientation to SL avatars etc. for your students?
[10:57]  Tere Short: bye!
[10:57]  ling Markstein: ??
[10:58]  cyber Placebo: Jessie do you have an learning management system
[10:58]  cyber Placebo: moodle?\
[10:58]  al Peretz: i know moodle
[10:58]  cyber Placebo: how do they book
[10:58]  cyber Placebo: their classes
[10:58]  Anciana Twine: TY for the overview. Really enjoyed it. Bye.
[10:59]  Corwin Carillon is Offline
[10:59]  Nina Zaytsev: Do students need a Linden account to function in English City?
[10:59]  ani Cyberstar: bye great session
  • Length: 51:01 minutes (23.36 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)


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