Second Life

The other day I was teleported by my friend Leon into his new Second Life space to talk about and think about the potential of this medium for education, in its widest sense.

Still a 'flying' novice I was able to see that there were a good number of educational institutions that have already set themselves up in the virtual world.

A quick look through the Universities involved made me really think ... it is difficult to find one that isn't thinking about this or hasn't dabbled an intellectual toe in the water ... research grants abound ... thousands of Phds will be written ... 'real' but different teaching will take place.

My thought are we can't just sit here and wait and see ... lets get in there and develop... a chance to lead not follow ... who will have the first primary school in Second Life where children from all over the world can meet together and leearn ... or is it there already and I just haven't found it yet? The potential is enormous but will we be able to grasp it ... YES ... Man did go to the moon.

Then I noticed an article in the Times ... read it here.