Welcome to The Swanstation - Joe Pereira’s site on research on using video games and virtual worlds and in education.I am an English teacher and the ICT Co-ordinator at the British Council in Porto, Portugal. I have been involved in projects using Second Life to learn English as a foreign language (EFL, TESOL) through digital game-based learning and virtual instruction , such as AVALON and the British Council Isles on MG and TG.This site gives information on the various presentations and publications I’ve made on the subject, and makes available my MA dissertation (on blending virtual worlds and video games for language learning) and some examples of online learning materials I created while studying for it. I am also compiling what I hope is to become the definitive resource for using Interactive Fiction games for language learning.I hope you find it interesting and useful. For any further information, please contact me.
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