Slanguages: Demo Class: Role-Playing Cooking in a Tavern

Pionia Destiny

6th SLanguages Annual Symposium Conference

Language & culture in virtual worlds
Fri-Sun, 28-30 September 2012
pre-conference events, 23 and 26 Sept
Twitter hashtag #slang12
Conference Themes:  Games and Machinima

SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 12pm SLT | 7pm GMT | 4am TYO
Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept12pmSLT 


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Demo Class: Role-playing cooking in a tavern

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Get a look at how Medieval role-play in virtual worlds sparks imagination and creativity when communicating in a new language. This session will introduce you into the basics of role-playing in virtual worlds by allowing you to immerse and interact in a fantasy role-play tavern through conversations and a treasure hunt game. Have a look at the tools used in this fantasy worlds and meet some of its role-players.

Bio
Pionia Destiny, also known as Dr. Doris Molero is a Professor at Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin University in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where she has taught campus and on-line classes since 1999. She has a Doctor of Sciences of Education degree and her research blends virtual worlds, emerging media, education, innovation, literacies and language learning and teaching.

http://medievalroleplay.blogspot.com/
http://pioniadestiny.blogspot.com/

http://avalon-project.ning.com/page/program

Roleplaying in virtual worlds from Doris Molero