I have to agree with Sophay that after checking out Second Life I really wasn't impressed. It really reminded me of virtual games like Neopets and World of Warcraft that my little brother plays. I think these worlds are great for a certain niche of people, but Second Life really isn't my thing. I would rather speak to people in person, then in a virtual world. : )
But one positive thing I did find was a section devoted to Movietickets.com. It was set up like a theater and if you clicked on different movie posters, it would take you to the website and find where that movie was playing in your area. One documentary I found that they had listed was Michael Jackson's "This is It."
I'm kind of an architectural history nerd so I thought it was kind of cool when I went to the website http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/ and found a group called Neenah Historical Society. On October 25th, 2010 they gave a virtual presentation on the Octagon Ward house in Neenah, Wisconsin. They wanted to raise awareness and funds for this historic house which was built in 1850. I thought that was pretty cool that they did this whole virtual presentation. Here are two sites to go to about this presentation. The first one is of photos from the presentation and the second in a site on the Society.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amoration/5114168495/
http://www.neenahhistoricalsociety.org/
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I agree that SL wasn't interesting to me. THe historical aspect of it is intriguing, and I can see it being useful to spread information like you said. I think I prefer documentaries and books, wherein the digital imagery doesn't confine my imagination like it does with SL. I can't get over the feeling that I am playing video games, which totally creeps me out.
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