How+To+Send+A+Postcard

media type="custom" key="4162049"By Torley Linden--Sending Postcards from Second Life. I've found several uses for this. You can have students send postcards when:

1) they have created their first avatar (send a postcard with their new avatar's photo and write a short description of him/her) 2) they have altered their avatar--again, a writing or speaking exercise at different levels of fluency
 * simply using adjectives to describe their avatar with sentences with BE or HAVE,
 * comparatives to show how they've changed their avatar,
 * comparatives/superlatives to show how their avatar is different from other avatars (a group photo from SL would be cool here)
 * an description and then explanation of why they made specific changes to their avatar (a level 3-4 paragraph or essay emphasizing reasons and supporting details)
 * they find an object you've hidden in a Scavenger Hunt [[file:EAP 89 Second Life Treasure Hunt.doc]](you hide objects and then student teams get points when they find an object and send a postcard to you to prove it)

and the possibilities are endless--please feel free to post your ideas and materials here too!
This works not only for writing but for listening/speaking classes--students can give presentations about their avatar to the class, which I've done with a Level 1 listening/speaking class, and it's a lot of fun!