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The Research Foundation at Buffalo State College is sponsoring a virtual island in Second Life (SL), a virtual 3-D world for research, teaching, and creativity exploration. The Second Life Education page explains that Second Life provides a unique and flexible environment for educators interested in distance learning, computer-supported collaborative work (on a local to global level), simulation, new media studies, and corporate training. The ability to conceptualize, design, develop, research, and simulate in 3-D virtual reality applications are highly valued professional skills that are currently emerging in a variety of educational disciplines.