1.+Description+of+Components

 =**Key Features, Components and participants of the Virtual World Project. . ** =

Pupils work will collaboratively on computers using Teen Second Life as the main platform. Conversation takes place in real life as well as on platform to help build conversational skills and technical proficiency in language.

The wiki will be used by the teaching/support staff to plan learning activities for the student participants. It will contain student profiles (subject to privacy issues), resources and training materials relevant to Teen 2nd Life, blogs and other on-line components of the project.



Teen Second Life is the platform which the pupils and teaching/ support staff use to interact online. Navigation, construction,language/ vocabulary development and discussion takes place during on screen interactions. Language and social skills are developed through these interactions.It is supported by a several other online communication applications.

Students will be encouraged to to communicate with teachers and support staff through the use of email and a project Ning. This online communication will be in addition to face to faceinformal discussions and tutoring in the processes involved in the project. .