237+Shinagawa

How to Use Second Life for Language Teaching Totally Free || Satoru Shinagawa, Univ. of Hawaii, Kapiolani Community College, HI, United States, satoru@shinagawa.us || Second Life has been a popular topic in TCC in the past few years. Virtual reality is something more and more students are making an active part of their lives. To fully reach our students and tap into the technological skills they have developed through their previous technological experiences, educators need to seek ways they can use the virtual world to make our students’ learning experiences ones they can use to their fullest potential.
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Almost all previous presentations dealing with Second Life have talked about the uses of Second Life that require funding from the university or other sources to cover the expenses for Second Life. It’s not possible for someone attending these presentations to use Second Life immediately upon leaving the conference. To use Second Life in the way these presentations have shown, a person needs first to get funding to spend on Second Life. This presentation will talk about how to use Second Life for language teaching purposes without using any money.The presenter will talk about money-free functions of Second Life which people can start using for language teaching immediately after attending the presentation. Useful Second Life sites which are helpful for immediate Japanese language teaching are shown to the participants. Participants for other languages can apply what was discussed in this presentation and search Second Life for their particular languages. || General Session Forum All ||
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