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EV Hard Hat - Content Creation Class
evhardhat0.jpgHello everyone, welcome to English Village's Professional Builder's Tutorial series. My name is Paul Preibisch in real life, and Fire Centaur in the virtual world. I am the Creative Director of B3D Media labs a Virtual World Building Company in Second Life.

Today, we are officially launching a Second Life 3D content creation class at English Village.

The title is: EV Hard Hat - Professional Content Creation inSecond Life.


In a four-part series of courses, you will learn the basics of second life content creation, and trade secrets from professional builders.

EV Hard Hat class will be offered to students and organizations, and private groups interested in learning how to create content in Second Life.

Free Demo classes are also available

To book a class, please contact:
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Forbes Writes about English Village

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How To Spark Remote Learning
Bonnie Ruberg 03.19.08, 6:00 PM ET
"Second Life," the online world that brings players together from across the globe to socialize, shop and even fly, is developing a second career as a hot spot for learning English as a second language (ESL).

It's a classic innovation--a novel way to use a tool created for an entirely different purpose, namely to have a good time. That's still the reason why most players come to "Second Life," but English-language instructors who spend time with students there say they're combining fun and learning--and getting excellent results.


Elsewhere in "Second Life," "The English Village," the island where Boahn first got started teaching English, takes a more commercial approach than he does. As many as 2,000 people regularly frequent
"The English Village," which connects tutors with paying students for more conventional English classes. Paul Preibisch--a.k.a. Fire Centaur--a Canadian living in Seoul, Korea, who founded "The English Village" two years ago, says he's also experimenting with free language-learning trips, such as treasure hunts and skydiving.

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above is an excerpt from Forbes online.


 
Welcome Professor Merryman!

Hello everyone! Fire Centaur here. Well it's been a long time since this website has been updated.  We have a bunch of new changes to our island!  For starters, we have a new team member, Professor Merryman, who has joined the English Village team!  Professor Merryman, aka Mike Mckay in real life is from the USA, but currently lives in Japan.  I'm personally quite happy that Mike has joined us, because, as well as being an educator as I am, he also has a lot of technical and design skills. This is a great skill set for teachers in SL, because as you know, a lot of the content creation is up to the users of Second Life.  Mike and I meet regularly to discuss new ideas for the island.  He will be focusing on creating curriculum for English Village students, while I will continue to build the website and the English Village Island.  Welcome Mike!

 

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