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Virtual Morocco

Jeff Hiles — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:25:12 +0000

The Casablanca region captures the essence of Morocco with an outdoor market, mosque, gardens, music and other details. Students from Johnson & Wales University traveled to the real-life Morocco, then entered Second Life to build a representation of what they had seen abroad. You may don a red “Info Fez” that triggers chat messages explaining what you see as you explore the island.

Immersion in Virtual Morocco, story from the NMC Campus Observer
Location: Casablanca (134, 86, 26)

English Village

Jeff Hiles — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:23:39 +0000

Teaching English as a second language, instructors at the English Village employ what they call “holoteaching,” using classrooms where you can completely change scenes with the touch of a button, like the holodeck in the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The village’s mission is…

To create a positive environment for English teachers, researchers, and students.
To explore English language learning and pioneer new ways of teaching and learning, in Second Life, and real life.
To develop a community where we can collaborate and help each other in our pioneering efforts!
To have fun, and expand the ESL community!
To help people learn English!

For more information on the English Village, see its Web site or contact Fire Centaur.

Languages (other than English)

Jeff Hiles — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:19:12 +0000

There are many regions in Second Life that cater to people who speak languages other than English. These make excellent places for language students to practice their skills with native speakers. Here is a partial list of non-English-speaking regions. If you know of others, please leave a note in the comments or email me and I’ll add them to the list.

The Avatar Languages web site has a more up-to-date list of language regions. The list below is just for example and some sites may no longer exist.

Chinese: China, China (113, 180, 33)
Danish: Wonderful Denmark, Wonderful Denmark (109, 133, 22)
Dutch: Virtual Holland, Our Virtual Holland (161, 162, 22)
French: Gaia, Gaia (141, 124, 27)
French: New Paris, New Paris (125, 113, 23)
French: Paris 1900, Paris 1900 (10,170,16)
French: Coopération Française, area 51 (142, 107, 27)
German: Biergarten, Mann (167, 255, 24)
Italian: Made In Italy, Songnisan (67, 137, 83)
Italian: Parioli, Parioli (60, 115, 42)
Italian: SandBox Italiana, INDIRE (214, 132, 22)
Italian/Sicilian: Nouva Sicilia 2, Nouva Sicilia 2 (183,179,24)
Japanese: Arashi Information Center, Baba (95,76,22)
Japanese: Japanese Business SIM, Metabirds (133, 35, 30)
Japanese: MagSL Tokyo Japan, Baba (118,153,22)
Japanese: Nagaya (Little Kyoto), Juho (89,165,63)
Japanese: Togenkyo, Togenkyo (155, 127, 21)
Portuguese: Boteco Brasil, Keiss (227, 46, 40)
Portuguese: Brazuk, Gomorra (28, 132, 22)
Portuguese: Central do Brasil, Mugunghwa (229, 107, 43)
Spanish: Cervantes, Cervantes (101, 163, 21)
Spanish: Colombiamor, Colombiamor (88,235,26)
Spanish: Spain, Spain (69, 136, 33)
Spanish: secondlifespain.com, Nangrim (185, 245, 75)

Also see the SLObserver, a French-language blog about Second Life.