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Teaching Spanish at Hacienda Second Life

Symposium 2008 Podcasts -- Teaching Spanish at Hacienda Second Life

April 18, 2008 - 10:46am — jmj5032
virtual worlds

A few posts ago we brought up Second Life and here we go again. In this Symposium 2008 podcast, Gloria Clark discusses her use of Second Life in her Spanish Class. Check out a great set of session notes and download the podcast to hear more.

Teaching Spanish at Hacienda Second Life

March 29, 2008 - 10:33am — jhw22
virtual worlds

Why not pick up some Spanish at Hacienda Segunda Vida?

Dr. Bixler introduces Gloria Clark!
Gloria Clark, an assistant professor at Harrisburg, prepared a proposal for her Seond Life Hacienda because of the difficulty she's seen in creating a foreign language environment in the classroom. She hoped to create a more immersive way to get students using Spanish.

Sounds like she's succeeded! Not only do her students speak Spanish in Second Life, they also complete written assignments related to their virtual experiences online. Gloria reports that the students in her course are doing a lot more writing in Spanish than in many other courses she's seen.

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