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This is the coolest place I have been so far on my exploration of SL. I love the daring creativity and the ambience. You land in a globe of cubes, there's a Dive cafe underwater, the scenery is beautiful, and you can check out apartments to rent. What fun! I actually relaxed while I was there.

My design document included an idea of connecting my senior students in Multicultural Literature class to students in another part of the country or even another part of the world. The goal of the class is to learn about other cultures and SL allows teachers to collaborate with other teachers to do this--inexpensively. The link above is to an article entitled "Student Exchange, Without the Jet Lag: Educational Collaboration in a Virtual World." The article details how students in Modesto, California connect with students in Kyoto, Japan -- it's called the Pacific Rim Exchange. They meet in Teen Second Life on a group of private islands. Eventually, these students will meet in person, however, they get to know each other virtually before they do.