The Flattening of the Educational Community

Second Life... wow, has this been fascinating to watch. After much encouragement by Ryan Bretag, I stumbled around Second Life once or twice. Frankly, I haven't had the time or energy to visit very much...hopefully soon. It has struck me, though, how people I know, in Real Life, are now conversing regularly with educational gurus Will Richardson, Kathy Schrock, David Warlick and the like. I'm struck by the fact that the degrees of separations have decreased dramatically. It's incredible how new tools like Second Life facilitate the ease with which great educators, nationally know or not, get to learn from each other, run ideas by one another, discuss, debate... For the lover of educational philosophy and practice this flattening of the educational community is an incredible opportunity and experience. This new realm of informal learning is a wonder to behold!