Hello 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
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Forbes Writes about English Village
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.
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 EnglishVillage 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 EnglishVillage
students, while I will continue to build the website and the EnglishVillageIsland. Welcome
Mike!
Hello 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. 
