cypris chat 2010 year end presentation

Presented by Professor Merrymanaka Mike McKay, Founder

Second Life language learning: How studying English in a virtual world can be immersive and fun

16 Members attended this year’s eventEveryone looked beautiful!

The Rose Theatre is GORGEOUS. Thank you Kaya Angel for providing such a wonderful space.

Welcome

16 Members attended this year’s eventEveryone looked beautiful! The Rose Theatre is GORGEOUS. Thank you Kaya Angel for providing such a wonderful space.

Visit the Rose Theatre to escape and live your ballroom fantasy.Search Rose Theatre in Second Life

We strive to provide an educational yet fun and interesting environment for English learning and teaching. Our members have the chance to be part of a living community surrounded by others who are learning, teaching or simply interested in speaking English with people from around the world. We believe learning should be a way of life instead of a struggle to achieve.

Our Mission

ShareAfter joining our community, members should find ways to share what they have learned or done in Second Life. Tell us where you have been, what you have seen. Show us your safe toys, clothes, avatars and gadgets. Sharing promotes communication.

Principle #1

RespectSecond Life is very different from real life, but it is real for many of us. We all come from different cultures, different backgrounds and with different reasons for spending time in SL. We might not understand each other but we both have the same goal, to learn or teach.

Principle #2

RespondLet us know what you think about Cypris. Help us make this community a better place for you. Your feedback is what makes Cypris so great. Your opinion matters the most. Help each other with learner/teacher feedback. Communicate mistakes and successes.

Principle #3

Be ActiveSpeak. Talk. Ask questions. Say something. We are not passive learners, we are active! In order to improve, we must practice. To practice we must participate. To participate we must SPEAK! Less text chat and more voice chat. We are here to help our members improve their ability to communicate in English.

Principle #4


BEGINAll previous newsletters can be read on our website.

Go to http://cyprischat.orgWe also have dozens of lessons and activities available

for free on our sim in Second Life.Search map and teleport to Cypris Village

All questions about Cypris Chat can be directed to any of the tutors, guides, hosts, or officers in Cypris Chat or by contacting me:

[email protected]

Cypris Chat is a not-for-profit group. We are not affiliated with any university or governing organization. By the people, for the people.


Cypris Chat was born on December 8, 2008. We are now two years old.

In 2010 we had over 700 hours of free English learning activities and lessons.

More than 30 members volunteered an estimated six hours per week of their time to help. That's almost 1,000 hours!

I know many who volunteered MORE time!!Membership is steadily growing, ACTIVE membership is also

growing at 1.3 new members per week (estimated from total last year). Great work greeters!!

Current ACTIVE membership: 475+


Visitors - Daily

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Sim visitors: Average Visit Duration200 visits ÷ 5,400 min = 27 min/person/day

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Countries Visiting: New Years Eve

Countries visiting Cypris Village: 40+ per weekData by: CentovaCast


Ejected or Banned Members Unfortunately, 65 members were ejected last week for not being active in Second Life for more than 120 days. 150+ members were ejected in 2010. They can easily request to join again, unless they have been banned. Only six people were banned from the group and sim in 2010.

Note: We received a $300 USD donation from a banned member. It was refunded immediately.


Donations: Money in the bank

Donations for 2010 came to $1,700.00 USD (estimated). It is very difficult to convert PayPal and Lindens with different currencies. Numbers based on Cypris Texan account

activity. We did not reach our goal of $1,000.00 USD for the Dec/Jan bi-annual donation drive. We will not be able to pay for our island from June.

Data by: Second Life WebsiteCypris Texan transaction history


Cypris Chat was presented at more than 20 conferences and meetings around the world this year.

Please let us know if you see Cypris being presented. We’d love to know.

Presentations


We have two new radio stations streaming at Cypris Village: Cypris Chat Radio and Club Cypris. Cypris Chat Radio will play English only music, podcasts, news, weather,

and entertainment. Club Cypris will play music in English only.

Help us spread the word about virtual world language learning.

New for 2011Online store opening soon. We will have REAL products designed around the Cypris Chat logo and Cypris Village themes. Shipping to 233 countries. All proceeds are used to help Cypris Chat grow.


Active Members: Mile High Club

Cypris Chat Mile High Club formed. This group is comprised of consistently active members and officers. This group is crucial for communication between members.

The officers group will be organized into a formal group with roles and titles given to elected members.


Calendar: Practice Times

Current calendar of activities is growing. We have nine different regular activities happening at Cypris Village every week. More activities are being planned. Can you help?

See calendar at http://cyprischat.org


Calendar: Practice Times

The Cypris Chat ePortfolio website (http://cyprischat.org) is being upgraded in the next few months. Tutorials and a wiki will be created to help members use the site.

Website using Mahara and Moodle toprovide personal learning spaces to record and share English learning.


Come learn more about us…Would you like to become an officer at Cypris? Make friends at Cypris, volunteer to start an activity, help others learn about the group. Share, Respect, Respond, Be Active!

We would love to know more about you. :-)

THANK YOU!

cypris chat 2010 year end presentation

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