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best practices in educationConference 2012

What‘s the EVO in MachinEVO?

Teachers of English to Speakers of Others LanguagesTESOL Convention 28-31 March 2012 Philadelphia, USA

www.tesolconvention.org

• EVO is attended by about 2000 language educator• 5 week online workshop•MachinEVO = 1 of 14 sessions• run by 7 moderators• aimed at language educators only• Second Life experience required

... we expected about 20 sign-ups

128 (!) registered on the NING site, 71 of whom we saw inworld and during the 5 week workshop...

• they wrote 44 blogs• posted 120 photos• uploaded or shared 86 videos• 221 forum posts• produced 17 (!) machinimas

Film viewing „My Avatar and Me“having met Film Director Bente Milton and Camera Man Rob Gould inworld

What a team effort!

7 moderators10 group leaders4 expert advisors

10 Groups

•MAC group•Spanish group•Italian group•International MOON group•Barbara‘s CRIME group •French group•Livestreaming group•Travel group•German group•Giovanni‘s group

Expert advisor Languagelab.com

Expert advisor Gromit Mayo, Executive Producer

Expert advisor Howdy Colter, treet.tv

Expert advisor Charlie Navarathna, Video producer

MachinEVO AWARD Ceremony

Winner of 6 MachinEVO AwardsWynshel Heir „If I could fly...“

•Best Video•Best Art Direction•Best Digital Story Telling•Best Machinimatography•Best Soundtrack•Best Second Life Animation

„A linguistic masterpiece“

Winner of 4 MachinEVO AwardsJens Nerido‘s Group

„Moon (International)“

„A truly inspiring

intercultural and

collaborative video“

Winner of 2 MachinEVO AwardsRosaVioletta‘ Italian Group

„StunningFellini

Production“

Winner of 1 MachinEVO AwardsAlfonso Pfefferle‘s Spanish Group

„What a heartwarming

Spanish welcome“

Winner of 1 MachinEVO AwardBarbara Novelli‘s Group

„The untimely death of Peter Profit“

„Gripping, challenging

breath-taking“

Winner of 0 MachinEVO AwardsKarelia Kondor‘s French videos

„French Charme“

Winner of 0 MachinEVO AwardsLivestreaming Group

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