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What we learn about the oxabeaver

The Rent-a-Tutor blog just announced the find of a new species: the oxabeaver. It’s a shy animal and people have seen it just once in a small american valley named “Gimp Valley” in the state of Wisconsin. You can find more about this animal on the Rent-a-Tutor blog.

Posted 06 April 2010 § English Blog ‡ Comments (0) °

Which ads do you like better?

When I did a presentation on web 2.0 tools some weeks ago, I talked about webmail and which free webmail services you can use. I personally like Google Gmail very much but I wanted to show some alternatives in my class. When I presented Gmail along with Yahoo Mail, Zoho Mail and Microsoft Live Mail, [...]

Posted 21 February 2010 § Classes § English Blog ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Two virtual tours that I made in SL this week

This week, I made two tours with my EVO2010 colleagues for the session “Teaching English in Virtual Worlds”. You can find landmarks and screen shots on my other blog: Rent-a-tutor.com

Posted 23 January 2010 § Classes § English Blog ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Christmas advent hunt

I’m organizing a christmas advent hunt from Dec 1st. to Dec 24. using my proven and improved Ultimate Hunt Script. The Hunt will be organized by Second Presentation and all merchants who want to participate are welcome. Sponsors for this hunt: Biker Parties at  Weltenville. Jeaniesing’s Things and Animations at  Pinastri. vMotional Animations & Poses [...]

Posted 03 October 2009 § English Blog § Products ‡ Comments (1) °

back to school hunt

Second Presentation is organizing another hunt using my “Ultimate Hunt” script and website. Hunt will start September 10 and will last until Sept. 27. People will hunt after school items like a blackboard, calculator, stack of books etc. Update: The hunt is now finished. We had 3293 hunters looking for the hunt boxes. They have [...]

Posted 27 August 2009 § English Blog § Products ‡ Comments (20) ° Tagged: , ,