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Modeling social media in groups, communities, and networks
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Digital Play - a new blog

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:21:03 PDT

I've started a new blog with a colleague and friend, Kyle Mawer, called Digital Play, which you can find here: http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/ The blog will specialise in collecting news,...

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Interesting Talk on Teaching English in Second Life

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:32:08 PDT

Nik Peachey spoke to Dennis Newson about Teaching English in Second Life last night http://blip.tv/file/2482035 Among other things, he spoke about the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and...

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Paper vs Digital ELT materials

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:07:57 PDT

There is currently a debate going on in the IATEFL Young Learner SIG Yahoo Group about the the pros and cons of publishing digital ELT materials/resources as compared to paper-based ones (i.e....

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To Blog or not to Blog?

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:47:56 PDT

Why blog? Getting started - my experience Recently, I've been thinking about blogging and why people do it. I've been encouraged by the nomination for an award I mentioned in my last post, and by...

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BLOG-EFL nominated as one of the 100 Best Blogs (Language Technology)

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:34:39 PDT

Are awards important for bloggers? The reason I ask is because I recently found out I've been nominated for one (from Anna, whose excellent blog about her experiences in Second Life has also been...

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SLanguages 2009

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:18:13 PDT

This year's SLanguages conference promises to be the best ever - it starts later today at 20.00 Central European time and continues for the next 24 hours. I'm excited to be speaking several times,...

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IATEFL double whammy: Milan & Cardiff

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:26:46 PDT

I count myself among the lucky few who are going to attend in-person both of the upcoming events hosted by http://www.iatefl.org/ and the http://www.britishcouncil.org.IATEFL 43rd Annual Conference -...

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Seven Things You Probably Don't Know About Me

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:27:18 PST

Happy New Year everyone. I'm not even going to say that one of my New Year's resolutions is to start blogging regularly again, as I think I said that last year (and it didn't work out - probably...

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Learn English Second Life for Teens - new video

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:12:38 PDT

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SLanguages 2008

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:53:44 PDT

Last weekend's SLanguages conference/festival was quite something. Over 300 people registered (compared to last year's 40) and 19 presenters (to last year's 5) over a 24-hour period. The launch was...

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Education@Edunation Session V - Saturday 17th May 1.30am SL Time

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:39:10 PDT

April was so busy that it came and went without a chance to organise an Education@Edunation event. However, I am very excited about the next one, which will feature Nick Noakes (Corwin Carillon in...

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Will Wright:: Toys that Make worlds

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:58:02 PDT

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Education@Edunation - Sunday 30th March 2008

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:52:30 PDT

The fourth in the EduCation@EduNation Second Life monthly series of presentations, talks, seminars, etc. will be next Sunday 30th March at 12:00 PST (Second Life Time), 19:00 UTC/GMT or 21:00...

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SLanguages Conference - May 2008

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:30:45 PDT

I'm excited about the forthcoming SLanguages conference, the second edition, which promises to be bigger and better than last year. | View | Upload your own This time, it'll be held on 23 and 24...

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Language Learners & Computer Games: From Space Invaders to Second Life

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:09:43 PDT

I recently revisited the online presentation that Kyle and I did on Digital Games and Language Learning for last year's Webheads in Action Online Convergence because the Proceedings have just been...

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TESOL Spain Presentation: Learn English Second Life for Teens

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:50:20 PDT

I was in Madrid recently for the TESOL Spain 2008 convention, which was a lot of fun. I was there presenting the British Council's Learn English Second Life for Teens project, which has been going...

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Education@Edunation - Friday 29th February

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:19:42 PST

Educational Games in Second Life - 29th Feb (12.30-13.30 PST) Join us for the third monthly session of Education@EduNation on Friday February 29th from 12:30 - 13:30 PST for a special session on...

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Education@Edunation - Teen Grid Angst

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:17:12 PST

Later this month will be the second in a monthly series of educational talks, visits and other events to be held at the island of Edunation III in Second Life Sunday January 27th 12.30 Second Life...

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Web 2.0 for EFL Teachers

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:19:13 PST

I'm currently in Caracas, Venezuela, where I'm the facilitator of this seminar: Web 2.0 for EFL Teachers: Podcasts, Blogs, Wikis, Virtual Worlds and Digital Games. The seminar has been organised by...

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Education@Edunation - Second Life Teaching Tools

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:31:08 PST

I'm now getting excited about the new initiative that the Consultants-E are launching in two weeks: a new series of monthly events, Education@Edunation, which I've been asked to help co-ordinate. The...

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Webheads in Second Life Monday Tours (again)

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:37:24 PDT

Tomorrow from 20.00-22.00 GMT (Monday 29th October) we'll be meeting at the Webheads HQ @ Edunation for another Monday night SL Webheads tour. This time it'll be a visit to some Second Life quests...

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Second Wind for Second Life?

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:58:55 PDT

Second Life (SL) seems to be back in the news, thanks to the TV programme CSI:New York, which has featured the virtual world in some episodes and also launched a Second Life game based on the show...

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Webheads @ Edunation - 1st October 2007

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:13:02 PDT

Yesterday's Monday night meeting of the Webheads in Second Life was supposed to be an introduction to the new Webheads HQ @ Edunation III. Eveything was set for 20.00GMT - I was waiting there for...

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Is there a demand for studying English in Second Life?

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:29:51 PDT

In Japan, 30% of those surveyed by Goo Research’s online monitor group would like to. Or at least that's what was said in April this year (I've only just seen this now) - I wonder, if you asked the...

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Webheads Tour Second Life #2

blogefl@gmail.com (Graham Stanley) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:36:35 PDT

WEBHEADS DISCUSSION TOUR #2 REAL LIFE EUROPEAN CITIES IN SECOND LIFE For anyone out there interested in meeting up in Second Life on Mondays, I thought it would be interesting to continue the...

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