Second Nature and the American Chemical Society

Second Nature and the American Chemical Society

If you have been in Second Life and visited Second Nature recently, you will have noticed a sudden burst of activity. Last month I spoke at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Chicago in a very interesting session about using social networking tools to teach chemistry. My topic was Second Life as a chemical education medium, and although Second Life was entirely new to most of the audience, there was a lot of interest during and after the session.  Read more

A Wiki for Connotea Users

Yesterday we released the first version of the Connotea Community Pages. This is a section of Connotea where users can write and edit pages about anything relating to Connotea, including documentation, usage tips, and feature requests. The Community Pages are a wiki, so any Connotea user can contribute to them, and each user also has their own personal profile page, where they can (if they choose) write some information about themselves.  Read more