Avatar English is a program that proposes to take advantage of the strengths of SL to teach English to non-native speakers. It's a fun idea, and certainly helps the distance learner. Imagine, if you will, being able to walk through an airport and hear your teacher name each item as you go past it, or act out the scenario of buying tickets and stowing luggage, etc., all in English. Full immersion, as any language learner will tell you, is perhaps the best way to learn.For more information on this and for a free 15 minute lesson, go to their website, or visit their SL location here.
(Thanks, Howard!)
Way back when, I kicked off classroom teaching at NCI, with a Basic Building class that ran every week for over a year. These days I'm out of the education loop at the NCI, but I really wanted to see how the classes are being handled, and I have an especial affinity for the Basic Building class. 
