This class will give you a visual tour about how to use Second Life ® (SL) and find interesting places using your avatar in SL.

I will show you how to teleport to interesting places in SL, how you move your avatar and get information about the virtual world.

The class will start as presentation (using desktop sharing) to show you my own view in the SL Viewer Version 2. The second part will be a live hands-on tour directly in SL where you need to start up the SL Viewer along with the Elluminate virtual classroom.

Syllabus:

- How to find interesting places
- How to teleport
- Walking, Running, Flying around
- Getting information
- Finding schools and classes in SL
- visiting an SL school in world

Prerequisites:

You need to have an account at Secondlife already. If you don’t have a (free) account yet, please create one before you come into class at:

https://join.secondlife.com/?lang=en-US

Please make sure you will be able to run the SL viewer along with the Elluminate virtual classroom to take part of the second part of this workshop. To do this, your computer needs to have enough power to handle both windows side by side. Usually a fast Windows desktop computer with a DSL-1000 Internet connection will be sufficient.
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http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/350522-how-to-improve-your-english-pronunciation

I will present my proven method to improve English pronunciation very easy and without any cost. All you need is available on the Internet. To perform this method you need only these resources:

1. An audio software to playback MP3 files in a loop

I use audacity that you can download at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

2. An audio book in MP3 format

I just pick some favorite stories from http://librivox.org/ where you can download audio books, read by volunteers. You should pick one that is read by a native speaker.

3. A text file for the audio book that you have in MP3 format

This text can be obtained from the same site http://librivox.org/ where you can find the text link on the gutenberg project for the audio book.

And optional:

4. A set of headphones

this is not necessary but helps a lot understanding the nuances of the language.

5. A microphone

also not necessary but it helps to control your own pronunciation in the process.

6. A mixer (hardware)

not necessary but useful if you can mix your computer output with your microphone so that you can hear both the audio book reading and your own voice.

You also need:

7. Some patience and time (preferably 10-20 minutes every day).

I will walk you through the process of finding the audio books, downloading audio and text files, playing back the audio while speaking the text along with listening to the audio.

Check out this link to the class.

Blender is a free and open source software that you can download from blender.org. It can be used to create 3D-models, images, scenes, animations and even movie films. This class will walk you through some basic steps to get familiar with the basic concepts of blender.

Here is the link to the class.

Check out this link to the class.

Edit: the class has been cancelled because the virtual classroom software has scheduled a maintenance downtime for this time. I’ll reschedule the class for the same data/time on WizIQ. Here is the new link for the class.

http://www.learncentral.org/event/70272

This is an experimental workshop to help people to get a better ranking in search engines. I am not an SEO specialist but I can share some of the “common sense” tips and tricks to get your web site ranked better on Google and other search engines.

Syllabus:

This is a live workshop, that means that YOU bring your website. If you have a web site or a blog, you can showcase it here in class and we will all try to find out how you can improve your site to increase your ranking for the search engines. This will include but not limited to these topics:

• Page title
• Page URL
• Page header
• Page content
• Backlinks
• Page Rank

Prerequisites:

To participate in this class you need to have your own web site or weblog (blog) either on your own domain or on a public service like blogger.com, wordpress.com or any other site that enables you to publish your own content. To get the most out of this class, you have to share the URL of your web site in class, so that we can all find out how to improve it to get a better page rank.

If you don’t own a web site yet, but you are interested in having one in the future, you are welcome to come and listen or contribute your own ideas and tips.

For example, you will learn how to embed your own calendar in your blog/website like this:

Here is the link to the class.

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About Class

Syllabus

Prerequisites

Please come in time to get the most out of the live workshop: