Last week I attended the first day of the National Teaching Fellows symposium in London. The afternoon was taken up by a demonstration of teaching applications in Second Life – it was interesting to note the audience reactions! People seemed to either love it or get quite annoyed by it! As yet, I’m not sure which group I fall into, I’ve never got beyond orientation island myself, I just don’t seem to have the patience to learn what to do!
Anyway, there were a couple of useful sites mentioned: John Kirriemuir has written a snapshot of UK HE and FE developments in Second Life for Eduserve and SimTeach is a forum for educators using Second Life, with a wiki, blog and mailing list.

Fisherman tending nets, Heraklion harbour