British Council Isles

Owned by the the British Council, these three islands, to be opened in July 2007, are aimed at teens learning English as a Foreign or Second Language, but should also appeal to native English speaking teens too:

BritishCouncil Isle – point of entry, with information centre, village, mystery mansion (alternate reality game) and various quests (the Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood) and puzzles trails to be solved

BritishCouncil Isle2 - features the London Eye, Right On pier, the Giant’s Causeway and more (to be opened in September)

BritishCouncil Isle3 – features a sandbox and what will become a teen-generated town among other features (to be opened in September)

With a focus on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching and Research, it was very well-attended, and I think the educational community got a lot out of the many presentations that were given.

Apart from the SLIC2007 wiki, there is a SLIC2007 blog to help people keep up-to-date with what’s happening.

I was very excited to have been chosen to give a presentation with my colleague Kyle Mawer about the Teen Grid project we have been working on, which was well attended and well received (see snapshot above and go to  slideshare for the actual presentation)