Educational possibilities in Second Life - a conference sponsored by SL'ang Life

The aim of the conference is to present the most interesting educational projects in SL to its residents. We strongly believe in the potential of such ventures. They are an excellent proposition for people open to effective use of their presence in Second Life. Very often they constitute the only way to pursue personal interests or gain new knowledge.

SL'ang Life magazine strives to actively participate in promoting initiatives leading to the creation of a knowledgeable community in SL. Thus, we offer space on our island and on pages of our magazine. Please, treat this conference as a ”showcase”, a possibility to present your activity to new public, an opportunity to learn about similar projects from all over the world and a chance to start a cooperation.

Due to a big number of this kind of projects, the conference on SL'ang Life island will be divided into three consecutive weekends starting from April 19. Also an educational display park will function all month. Each project will have a chance to place an information booth on our island (no more than 30 prims). All people who are nterested should contact us to receive the right to build objects on the sim (please prepare a place for a new group).

Each project is invited to make a short presentation of its activity (the conference will utilize text chat, presentations shouldn’t exceed 30 min).

A transcript of all presentations will be available at SL'ang Life magazine’s website, and a report from the meetings will be printed in our magazine.


We would also like to use this opportunity to inform about a journalist competition for students organised by SL'ang Life magazine.

As SL'ang Life is a magazine focused around Second Life platform, this is what the competition is about. Texts will be assessed in three categories:
- SL as a community platform,
- SL as a new channel of marketing communication,
- perspectives for development of SL as a virtual reality.
The best texts in each category will be published in SL'ang Life magazine, and their authors will be rewarded 250 USD.


Please, send your applications together with the name of the project, name of the speaker and preferred date of presentation.
Conference dates:
April 19
April 26
May 3
Information regarding the presentations will be available on our website and forum (http://www.slanglife.com/forum/)

All questions and applications are to be sent in-world to Uzi Boa and Mallory Beresford or to an e-mail address: uzi.boa.at.slanglife.pl.


If we have missed any interesting initiative, please let us know or inform a person responsible forthe conference organisation.
Thank you for your help and see you soon.


Kind regards,
SL'ang Life Team

Slang Life Memorabilia :)

This particular photo made my day today. A simple photo of a magazine laying on the table. Nothing special, but..... But it is a photo of the first issue of SL'ang Life, a monthly magazine about Second Life, delivered by postman to some avatar's home :) And there it is, a piece of somebody's virtual passion embedied in paper, left on a table, probably a living room table, covered with an oldschool cloth :) An important one, worth photographying and sharing.....

Cezary Fish

Slang Life mentioned in Vox Design

I just came across the weblink mentioning SlangLife Island as one of my topsy designs. I still think it is :) The everyday use of this Island by many avatars attending concerts, parties, conferences , fashion shows, exhibitions, etc. allows me to say that it is not only a good example of urban planning, but also a cool place to be.

Cezary Fish

Joaquin Gustav - Argentinian guitar player

On the 26.03.2008 Joaquin Gustav gave a guitar concert at SlangLife Island. And it was incredible. His quitar sounded so sweet and smooth I sat there and listened with my ears opened wide. The best latin quitarist in SL I've heard so far. Here are a few words about the artist:

Name: Joaquin Gustav
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Age:33
Studies:
* Graduated from Music Popular School E.P.M. S.A.D.E.M. ( Argentina )
* Specialized in "Popular music Interpretation", guitar oriented.
Experience:
* 1999 to present time. Music Teacher, oriented in Smooth Jazz, Rock, and south american music such as Tango, Milonga, Candombe, etc.
* Worked in several Tango musical projects around the country.
* Worked as the director and arranger of Professor Laura Hatton 's students (USA)
* Music composer of several theater plays such as "Enrulados Derechos', "Buga", and "Donde estan las chicas?".
* "Quijotes" rock band's guitar player and arranger.
* Finalist of the "Cavern Rock Festival 2007" contest, final taking place in Dec., 2007, and precasted for the "Pepsi Music 2008" music festival. SL Musician

His webpage at purevolume : HERE

enjoy ,
Fish

Slang Events in March - welcome the early spring!

March 6, 1:30 pm*
Atheene Dodonpa - Early Music concert

March 7. 1:00 pm
DJ SteveChase Korobase - house, trans

March 8, 10:00 am
Enniv Zarf - piano concert

March 9, 12:00 pm
Rolling Stones experience by Bobby Fallon

March 12, 1:00 pm
DJ radi Roffo - electro, progressive, tech, electro pop

March 13, 9:00 am
Kourosh Eusebio concert - classical electronica

March 14, 1:00 pm
DJ TwinStorm Sciarri - trans, progressive house

March 15, 1:00 pm
Mankind Tracer concert - acoustic covers from the 70's

March 15, 2:00 pm
content theft and the future of creation in Second Life - conference

March 18, 1:00 pm
DJ SteveChase Korobase - house, trans

March 20, 1:00 pm
RockPianoman concert - 60's, 70's & 80's rock

March 21, 1:00 pm
DJ Ideal Flow - progressive tech

March 22, 12:00 pm
ACDC experience by Bobby Fallon

March 23, 1:00 pm
DJ Satyrn Beaumont - electro, break, rmx

March 25, 1:00 pm
DJ radi Roffo - electro, progressive, tech, electro pop

March 26, 12:00 pm
Joaquin Gusta concert - smooth jazz guitar

March 26, 12:00 pm
Seba Sideways - sax

March 26, 1:00 pm
mental health support - conference

March 28, 1:00 pm
DJ Sirhc Martinek - hardhouse, hardtrans

March 30, 1:00 pm
DJ Shad Raffke - psychodelic trance

March 31, 10:30 am
Starr Singer

*all events PDT. taking place on SlangLife Island (either in the library, the pyramide club or at the main plaza).
IM Uzi Boa inlife for further details.

A free translator HUD available - SlangLife Island

Due to our best efforts to serve the multinational society of Slang Life readers, we have managed to supply a free translator HUD which is now available in many places throughout the SlangLife Island. The HUD supports 7 languages and is extremely easy to use. The languages are: English, Russian, French, German, Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian. You just wear the translator HUD and you can easily chat with the native speakers of those languages. The translator supports all the special signs used by the listed languages. We encourage you to try our Translator HUD. Make your second life easier and more technically advanced :)

aHead CEO - Cezary Fish

Why Slang Life?

People keep asking me, why did I get involved in Slang Life? Why getting involved in a printed monthly, distributed free all around the world (sent by post to real homes of real people), while there are are sources of information available INSIDE Second Life? I agree, there are. And some of them are very cool.

But I keep repeating - Slang Life is not just other SL newspaper. It is not designed for avatars :) I would rather describe it as a magazine designed for all those VARIOUS people behind their avatars. It is not ment to be read inlife. It is rather ment to be a monthly messanger from Second Life arriving at your real life door. Not to bring you the hottest news from yesterday, but to bring you a selected choice of articles highliting the present tendencies in the metaverse. A magazine you can touch, feel, analize in peace, share with your friends, not necesserily only those engaged in Second Life. Slang Life is a bridge between virtual and real. You may call it analogue, you may call it oldfashioned, but belive me, there is no stronger feeling than the one you have while unpacking the freshly received envelope, smelling the print, touching the pages...

Wanna join me in Slang Life? At least give it a try. Subscribe. It is global. It is free. It is about our Second Life :)