Language & culture in virtual worlds
Fri-Sun, 28-30 September 2012
pre-conference events, 23 and 26 Sept
Twitter hashtag #slang12
Conference Themes: Games and Machinima
The 6th SLanguages Annual Symposium is a free annual conference which focuses on language learning in a virtual world(s). It takes place in Second Life on EduNation and was founded by Gavin Dudeney in 2007 and today it is organised by a conference committee.
Venues in Second Life
You can pick up your Teleport HUD at the Welcome Center | Welcome Center http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/99/158/24 Sandbox http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/121/184/2101 MAIN VENUE http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/175/88/22 SKY VENUE http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/126/154/3989 WATER VENUE http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/147/132/21 Terra Gallery http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/107/75/23 Theater venue http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/59/199/1001 Machinima Venue http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/176/140/1000 Games Venue http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/61/80/24 Party Sphere http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/43/212/2999 |
Livestream in Adobe Connect
SLanguages MAIN: http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/sl
SLanguages 1: http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/sl1
SLanguages 2: http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/sl2
SUNDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2012
Pre-Conference Workshops
SUNDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2012 - 1am SL | 8am GMT| 9am UK | 5pm TYO |
Pre-conference workshops (2h) Carol Rainbow [Carol Rbroux], Independent teacher trainer, UK Recording Part 1 (1h 11min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p167xp7581i/ Recording Part 2 (29min):http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p8l4x4hazrf/ |
SUNDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2012 - 10am SL | 5pm GMT | 6pm UK | 2am TYO |
Pre-conference workshops (2h) Karina Silva [Karina.Jacobus], Iowa State University, USA No recording |
WEDNESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2012
Pre-Conference Workshops
EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
WEDNESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2012 - 9am GMT | 2am SLT | 6pm TYO |
Pre-conference event (2h) A case study: Aviation English Training Alan England, Languagelab.com, UK Recording (1h11min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p726z5t9r4b/ |
WEDNESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2012 - 1pm GMT | 6am SLT | 10pm TYO |
Pre-conference event (1h) EDL and SLanguages: How can you learn a language in virtual worlds? Heike Philp [Gwen Gwasi], let’s talk online sprl, Belgium Recording (52min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p4t0q0pykas/ |
WEDNESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2012 - 4pm GMT | 9am SL | 1am TYO (THU) |
Pre-conference workshop (2h) Karina Silva [Karina Jacobus], Iowa State University, USA No recording |
FRIDAY, 28 September 2012- 4pm GMT | 9am SLT | 12am TYO (Sat)
Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/28Sept9amSLT
FRIDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2012
FRIDAY, 28 September 2012 - 3pm GMT | 8am SL | 11pm TYO |
Registration (1h) Grab a notecard with the conference program, your teleport HUD, a group invite, a virtual coffee and grab a seat! No recording |
FRIDAY, 28 September 2012 - 4pm GMT | 9am SL | 12am TYO |
Welcome Address and preview of the highlights of the conference (1h) Dr. Randall Sadler, University of Illinois Urbana Champagne, USA Heike Philp, let's talk online sprl, Belgium A moment of silence to commemorate our great loss: Graham Davies http://avalon-project.ning.com/profiles/blogs/celebration-of-graham-davies-life Recording (49min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p2uhaqv863l/ |
FRIDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2012- 5pm GMT | 10am SLT | 1am TYO (Sat) |
KEYNOTE (1h) Total Language Training: How Virtual Worlds will define the Future of Language Learning Stylianos Mystakidis [Stylianos Ling], University of Patras, Greece Recording (53min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p5nuxbz0f3i/ |
FRIDAY, 28 September 2012- 6pm GMT | 11am SLT | 2am TYO (Sat) |
KEYNOTE (1h) Dr. Cynthia Calongna [Lyr Lobo] Moderator Cyber Placebo Recording (1h05min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p5pmqatz2el/ |
FRIDAY, 28 September 2012 - 8pm GMT | 1pm SL | 4am TYO (Sat) | ||
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FRIDAY, 28 September 2012 - 9pm GMT | 2pm SL | 5am TYO (Sat) | ||
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FRIDAY, 28 September 2012 - 10pm GMT | 3pm SL |6am TYO (Sat) | ||
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FRIDAY, 28 September 2012 - 11pm GMT | 4pm SL | 7am TYO (Sat) |
SATURDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2012
SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 8am GMT | 1am SL | 5pm TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/29Sept1amSLT | ||
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SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 9am GMT | 2am SL | 6pm TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/29Sept2amSLT | ||
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SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 11am GMT | 4am SL | 8pm TYO |
PLENARY (1h) PADS Young group of learners in Barcelona and Vienna Melinda Dooly [Melinda Aristocrat], Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ES Dr. Randall Sadler [Randall Renoir], University of Illionois Urbana Champagne, US Recording (55min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p7y3gnyq2xg/ |
SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 12pm GMT | 5am SL | 9pm TYO |
KEYNOTE (30min) English Language Training for People Who Communicate Across Cultures [Lowri Mills], Languagelab.com, UK Recording (48):http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p79myi4asii/ |
SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 1pm GMT | 6am SL | 10pm TYO | |
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SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 2pm GMT | 7am SL | 11pm TYO |
SYMPOSIUM (3h) Visual Anthropology in Virtual Worlds Dr. Undine Frömming [Augenblick Winkler], Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 2pm GMT/ 4pm CET Dr. Undine Frömming: Virtual Worlds: Meta-comments and expressions of (hidden) structures of culture 2.15pm Josefine Borrmann: Place and Non-Place in Second Life 3pm Mike Terry (USA): Tabernacle in the Wilderness: Hierophany in Virtual Space paper and machinima http://vimeo.com/40179425 Recording (48min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p8mwq83ojwn/ 3pm Amber Palmer (USA): How Communicated Views on Environmental Issues are Used to Signal Social and Political Identity in Second Life Recording (27min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p2ne2vptqd9/ 3.15pm Julia Zaremba (Italy): Furries 15min BREAK Visual Anthropology: Machinima Panel 3.30pm Catarina Laranjeiro (Portugal): "Journalism in Second Life" http://vimeo.com/40037514 (18min) Recording (15min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p5d83j3sjfd/ 3.45pm Liana McKelvy (Canada): „Virtual Child“ https://vimeo.com/40160357 Recording (17min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p82pcsbgk7j/ 4pm Sharon Ryba-Kahn (Germany) "Politics ins Virtual Worlds" http://vimeo.com/40189794 (21min) Recording (28min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p694kyk1n1d/ 4.15pm David Moore (USA): “Cinema Talks” http://youtu.be/WTnbWgt1KMU (9min) 4.30pm Tania Gaitani (Greece): "Virtual Road to Enligthenment" http://youtu.be/TQgr5ZzM9Sg (11min) 4.45pm Karin Bage (Sweden): “Occupy Second Life Machinima film” http://youtu.be/w-M82IWyzpE (9min) 5min Mikko Toiviainen (Finnland): “Tattoos in Second Life” https://vimeo.com/41108766 (needs password: anthropology) 5.15pm Juliana Bologna (Italy): “Underwater virtual nature” http://youtu.be/Ipi1Cvog9-k (5min) |
45min BREAK
SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 6pm GMT | 11am SL | 3am TYO | ||||||
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Saturday 29 September 2012 - 9pm GMT | 2pm SL | 6am TYO
Research Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
Karina Silva [Karina.Jacobus], Iowa State University, USA
SATURDAY, 29 September 2012 - 3pm SLT | 10pm GMT | 7am TYO (Sun) |
Ballet Performance (1h) Independent Ballet's production of a children's favourite, Petah and the Wolf. A musical story of a small and fearless child who plays in the woods and is more than a match for the Big Bad Wolf. Petah: Deyna Broek Bird Safi Farspire Duck: Caledonia Skytower Cat: Josephine Bridget Grandfather: Halfpint Raymaker Wolf: Aminata Potez Hunters: Dubhna Rhiadra, Nayade Xue, Arabella Luminos. Halfpint Raymaker Recording (36min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p5b3j62uof4/ |
SUNDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2012
SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 7am GMT |12am SLT | 4pm TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept12amSL |
Workshop (3h) MACHINIMA WORKSHOP: VIEW AND DO FOR 3 HOURS!!! Barbara McQueen [Barbara Novelli] Jens Kjær Olsen [Jens Nerido] Recording (1h): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p4j3f2ipsyd/ Recording (25min); http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p32mst3zuq8/ Recording (53min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p6fia1no5w6/ |
Break (1h)
SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 12pm GMT | 5am SLT | 9pm TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept5amSLT | ||
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SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 1pm GMT | 6am SLT | 10pm TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept6amSLT | |||
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SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 3pm GMT | 8am SLT 12am TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept8amSLT |
SYMPOSIUM (2h) Spanish-English A new gaze on Linguistics from the outlook of Virtual World Montserrat Veyrat [SemonRatvey], Universidad de Valencia, ES Aprendizaje de herramientas docentes en mundos virtuales Inés Rodriguez [Ines Diglione], Universidad de Valencia, ES Interpreter: Alfonso Garavito Olivar [Alfonso Pfefferle] Recording (1h): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p4hodhzohnb/ Recording (1h2min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p1ruculvgvl/ |
Break (1h)
Wynshel Heir tours
Mary Guggenheim’s exhibtion in the Terra Gallery
SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 6pm GMT | 11am SLT | 3am TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept11amSLT |
SYMPOSIUM (1h) Moderator: David Richardson Panelists: Ton Koenraad, Gary Motteram, Luisa Panichi, Klaus Hammermüller, Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart (?) Recording (47min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p51vqxs64ka/ |
SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 7pm GMT | 12pm SLT | 4am TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept12pmSLT | |||
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SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 8pm GMT | 1pm SLT | 5am TYO Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept1pmSLT |
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