Maggi Carstairs's Blog – January 2009 Archive (3)

virtual Classroomhttp://ladymaggic.podomatic.com



The Online Virtual English Class



Thousands of Koreans attend English Classes everyday trying to learn to speak a Language that is now deemed essential. All teachers of English in Korea are expected to be able to Speak English by 2010. Schools, Colleges, Universities and a myriad of tiny after-school centers pay enormous fees for native speaking… Continue

http://www.myminilife.com/neighborhoods/17946-active-mates



It started with Active Mates and a link where I could buy my friends. It looked fun so I did. This led me to My Mini Life and building houses for my friends to live in.

Suddenly I was part of a whole little Virtual World where people build little houses, and exchange visits and gifts, and get virtual money in points, by voting and… Continue

http://Activeenglishspeaking.com



http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/5553/print



On the advantages of virtual, text-based discussions:



"... In all my years of teaching classes, there are always some students in the class who are very hard to get to speak up. You can ask them a direct question, but basically, unless they are put on the spot, these students will not volunteer their own opinions in class, and I think… Continue