Interesting NY Times article (sign up for free account) on colleges using Second Life to teach online. I’ve been thinking about looking into this, and the whole idea of creating such a virtual community in an educational setting. It relates to the discussion of whether it’s a good idea to co-opt teenagers’ social web world and using it for education. I’m recalling a side discussion at the Tech Plan Retreat over how students move to the next hot thing: from MySpace to Facebook to Bebo , because their space is being taken over by our generation.
