Global Kids Island Newsletter - April 2008
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Rafi Santo
Apr 10, 2008, 12:12:54 PM4/10/08
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Hi Everybody,
I've included below the Global Kids Island
monthly newsletter, which we distribute in-world on the teen grid.
Hopefully this can give people a sense of things that are happening in
that space, and make sure that what happens in the teen grid doesn't
just stay in the teen grid.
We do have some events or announcements
that are relevant for people that have accounts on the main grid, and
I've highlighted in red items I thought would be relevant or GK events that
are happening on the main grid.
Also, if you're an educator or parent that
would like to get your teen students involved in GK programs on the
teen grid, feel free to mail me off-list.
best,
Rafi
=== Global Kids Newsletter ===
April, 2008
Welcome to the monthly Global Kids newsletter! This is your
chance to find out what's happening on the GK Islands and ways you can
get involved! Take a copy, and pass along to your friends. (IM
Bhikku Beeks if you have any questions).
+++++UPCOMING EVENTS+++++
This month's
schedule in brief:
April 10th & 11TH all day!- NYLC/Learn & Serve Annual Conference Live Stream
April 14th 4 pm PDT - Fireside Workshop: Race in America
April 10th & 11TH all day!- NYLC/Learn & Serve Annual Conference Live Stream
April 14th 4 pm PDT - Fireside Workshop: Race in America
April 18th 3 pm
PDT - The Hogwarts Dance Party of Good & Evil! w/Special Guest
Henry Jenkins.
April 20th -
Intern Event: Volunteerism and You, a workshop on bettering our
communities by Victoria Hanfoi
April 23rd 5-7 pm - +Live Stream+ From MySpace to Hip Hop: New Media in the Everyday Lives of Youth
April 23rd 5-7 pm - +Live Stream+ From MySpace to Hip Hop: New Media in the Everyday Lives of Youth
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++NYLC/Learn
& Serve Annual Conference Live Stream++
April 10th & 11TH all day!
This event will be co-located on the main grid
April 10th & 11TH all day!
This event will be co-located on the main grid
This awesome
annual conference on service learning among young people is being
streamed into SL and TSL. Make sure not to miss great
performances and inspirational speeches, especially from Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner that helped overthrow the
racist Apartheid regime in South Africa on Friday morning!
Check the event
listings for the full schedule, or IM Rhiannon Chatnoir in the main
grid for a TP.
++Fireside Workshop: Race in America++
April 14th 4-5 pm PDT
Join us by the
fireside for a workshop that examines the role of race in America.
We'll be watching parts of a recent speech by presidential candidate
Barack Obama, engage in some hearty debate/discussion about race, and
play some games that shed light on the subject. Not to be missed
by any TSL resident that cares about the issue of race!
++The
Hogwarts Dance Party of Good & Evil! w/Special Guest Henry
Jenkins++
April 18th 3-5 pm PDT
April 18th 3-5 pm PDT
Join us for
this Harry Potter themed dance party, of good and evil! Dress up
as your favorite Witch, Wizard, Muggle, creature,
something-that-must-not-be-named, etc! We'll be joined by
Dumbledore, aka Henry Jenkins, a professor at MIT and one of the most
fun media scholars ever! Henry will be talking about how
storytelling and real world issues relate, using the example of how
Potter fans used their love of the story to organize to make a
difference around issues like the conflict in Darfur.
Interested
parties that can't attend the teen grid event will be able to hear a
podcast of Henry's talk on HolyMeatballs.org after the
event.
++Intern
Event: Volunteerism and You++
A workshop on bettering our communities by Victoria Hanfoi
A workshop on bettering our communities by Victoria Hanfoi
On April 20th,
don't miss it! IM Victoria for more info.
++From Myspace to Hip Hop: New Media In the Everyday Lives of Youth++
Live Stream!
April 23rd 5-7 pm
This event will be co-located on the main grid.
++From Myspace to Hip Hop: New Media In the Everyday Lives of Youth++
Live Stream!
April 23rd 5-7 pm
This event will be co-located on the main grid.
The upcoming
MacArthur Foundation public forum, "From Myspace to Hip Hop: New
Media In the Everyday Lives of Youth," will address how digital
technologies and new media are changing the way that young people
learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life, presented by
Common Sense Media, MacArthur Foundation and Standford University
School of Education.
Presentations
include:
- danah boyd -
"Teen Socialization Practices in Networked
Publics"
- Heather Horst
- "Understanding New Media in the Home"
- Dilan
Mahendran - "Hip Hop Music and Meaning in the Digital
Age"
- Mimi Ito -
"New Media From A Youth Perspective"
This is a
fantastic event for any educators and parents looking to understand
the relationship that young people have with digital media
today.
++++RECENT EVENTS++++
++International Justice Center
Launches!++
ICC Prosecutor and Former Foreign Minister of Canada Open the Justice Center in SL
On March 20, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and Mr. Lloyd Axworthy, the former foreign minister of Canada, appeared at the Global Kids' International Justice Center in Second Life for a remarkable discussion with SL residents. Teens on the teen grid were able to watch the proceeding live, as well as submit questions to the two distinguished guests. The occasion was the official opening of the Justice Center, which received more than 150 avatars on its first day. The event was also webcast courtesy of SLCN.tv, which hosts an archived version of the event here: http://www.slcn.tv/international-justice-center-launch
View photos here:
http://flickr.com/photos/holymeatballs/2348663974
And read about what's doing at the new Justice Center here:
++Global
Kids Streams Kofi Annan into Four Virtual Worlds and the
Web!++
In the elegant grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, Mr. Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, was bestowed the first International Justice Award by the MacArthur Foundation at a black tie dinner attended by 1,200 distinguished guests on March 20. Meanwhile, Global Kids brought this historic event to a broader public audience by streaming live video from the event into the Justice Center in Second Life, within the Second Life Teen Grid, on the web, and into the virtual worlds of Whyville (whyville.net) and There.com. We believe that this is the first time that a live event like this has been video broadcast into four virtual worlds and the web in this fashion.
View Photos here:
http://flickr.com/photos/holymeatballs/2350319804
Read more about the Justice Center here:
++Visions of
Global Justice Art Contest Comes to a Close++
Congrats to the five winners of the Visions of Global Justice Art Contest! The winners, Calade Lamington, Barbara99 Spitteler, Kitty Qunhua, Royalty Rubble and Mad Erackter all received L$5,000 and had their artwork featured at the International Justice Center on the main grid. Come check out all the artwork in the Visions of Global Justice Art Gallery near the camp fire. Thanks also to the GK Intern judges for all their time and efforts!
Read about the contest here:
http://tinyurl.com/2dulmn
And from the fantastic intern that helped run it, Mat Brocco, here:
Congrats to the five winners of the Visions of Global Justice Art Contest! The winners, Calade Lamington, Barbara99 Spitteler, Kitty Qunhua, Royalty Rubble and Mad Erackter all received L$5,000 and had their artwork featured at the International Justice Center on the main grid. Come check out all the artwork in the Visions of Global Justice Art Gallery near the camp fire. Thanks also to the GK Intern judges for all their time and efforts!
Read about the contest here:
http://tinyurl.com/2dulmn
And from the fantastic intern that helped run it, Mat Brocco, here:
++GK's Two Year Anniversary in TSL!++
GK had it's second anniversary in Second Life this past month, and we had a great time celebrating with you all! Thanks to everyone that came out!
Check out a video from the RezDay Dance party here:
++ NYLC and
Learn & Serve Guests Come into TSL++
Jim Keilsmeier and Amy Cohen, the CEO and Director of the National Youth Leadership Council and Learn and Serve America, respectively, came into the teen grid this past month to talk with teens about service learning and how they can change their communities.
Read the blog post and hear their talk here:
Jim Keilsmeier and Amy Cohen, the CEO and Director of the National Youth Leadership Council and Learn and Serve America, respectively, came into the teen grid this past month to talk with teens about service learning and how they can change their communities.
Read the blog post and hear their talk here:
++Special
guest visit from Youth Venture's Road Trip America Visits
DIDI++
Kyle Taylor is traveling across North America, collecting video, blogging and taking pictures of young people who are truly changing their communities. Included in this trip was a 'virtual' trip into Teen Second Life! Using a live audio stream from Sally' YouthVenture's office in NYC, Kyle came and spoke to current DIDI Venturer's, as well as some residents who are new to DIDI, about the Road Trip America.
Kyle Taylor is traveling across North America, collecting video, blogging and taking pictures of young people who are truly changing their communities. Included in this trip was a 'virtual' trip into Teen Second Life! Using a live audio stream from Sally' YouthVenture's office in NYC, Kyle came and spoke to current DIDI Venturer's, as well as some residents who are new to DIDI, about the Road Trip America.
++++ANNOUNCEMENTS++++
++ Relay 4
Life Coming to the Teen Grid ++
The fantastic main grid fund and awareness raising event is coming to the teen grid in force this year! Global Kids will be donating sims for teens that want to get involved to build a TG Relay on. IM Lucky Figtree or Jade Sheep to *do* your part to help out this great cause and learn how to get involved!
The fantastic main grid fund and awareness raising event is coming to the teen grid in force this year! Global Kids will be donating sims for teens that want to get involved to build a TG Relay on. IM Lucky Figtree or Jade Sheep to *do* your part to help out this great cause and learn how to get involved!
++New
D.I.D.I. Teams!!!++
We're excited to add to our list of D.I.D.I.'s Venture Teams! Teams "KLASS" and "A New Tomorrow" have both presented to a DIDI Panel.... KLASS plans to address problems faced by teens including stress, self-mutilation, suicide, drug abuse, and underage drinking. The team will work within Teen Second life to raise awareness about these issues, and to create a peer support group to help teens around the world who are dealing with these issues. In order to sustain the venture, KLASS will create and sell products in Second Life such as bracelets and t-shirts with inspirational phrases that reflect the mission of KLASS. A New Tomorrow aims to raise awareness among Teen Second Life residents about cancer and other major health problems. The team is constructing a facility where teens will be able to gather, learn about health issues, and participate in fundraisers to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
We're excited to add to our list of D.I.D.I.'s Venture Teams! Teams "KLASS" and "A New Tomorrow" have both presented to a DIDI Panel.... KLASS plans to address problems faced by teens including stress, self-mutilation, suicide, drug abuse, and underage drinking. The team will work within Teen Second life to raise awareness about these issues, and to create a peer support group to help teens around the world who are dealing with these issues. In order to sustain the venture, KLASS will create and sell products in Second Life such as bracelets and t-shirts with inspirational phrases that reflect the mission of KLASS. A New Tomorrow aims to raise awareness among Teen Second Life residents about cancer and other major health problems. The team is constructing a facility where teens will be able to gather, learn about health issues, and participate in fundraisers to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
++ MetaVersa
Island Opening Up on the Teen Grid! ++
From TSL Approved Adult Ziggy Tomorrow:
After our first 5 month in the teengrid it's time to celebrate an official opening of our german TSL island "Metaversa". Metaversa is a german educational non-profit organization. We are located in Berlin.
The goal of our TSL project is to give german teens the possibilities to participate in the Second Life community and get them in touch with other teens around the world. In the last month the number of german teens in TSl was growing very fast. They are very engaged to participate in the Metaversa island. What we got until now is a big shopping mall, a karttrack and a lot of flats.
We would like to invite all teens in TSL now to our opening on
Saturday, 12th April, 10 AM - 2 PM SL time
The german teens will make some sightseeing tours around the island, a kart race and an avatar contest. We'll finish with live DJing of german HipHop music.
From TSL Approved Adult Ziggy Tomorrow:
After our first 5 month in the teengrid it's time to celebrate an official opening of our german TSL island "Metaversa". Metaversa is a german educational non-profit organization. We are located in Berlin.
The goal of our TSL project is to give german teens the possibilities to participate in the Second Life community and get them in touch with other teens around the world. In the last month the number of german teens in TSl was growing very fast. They are very engaged to participate in the Metaversa island. What we got until now is a big shopping mall, a karttrack and a lot of flats.
We would like to invite all teens in TSL now to our opening on
Saturday, 12th April, 10 AM - 2 PM SL time
The german teens will make some sightseeing tours around the island, a kart race and an avatar contest. We'll finish with live DJing of german HipHop music.
++ Global
Kids Staff are Officially "Reflective" ++
Thoughts are abound here at GK with new staff having joined us, so check out this month's staff reflections from the Online Leadership Program team: http://www.holymeatballs.org/staff_reflections/
Thoughts are abound here at GK with new staff having joined us, so check out this month's staff reflections from the Online Leadership Program team: http://www.holymeatballs.org/staff_reflections/
+++++GK IN THE MEDIA+++++
++ GK's
International Justice Center featured by Draxtor Dupree++
Virtual reporter Draxtor Dupree covered the recent launch of our International Justice Center with a great machinima piece. Check it out here:
http://tinyurl.com/2tktfx
Virtual reporter Draxtor Dupree covered the recent launch of our International Justice Center with a great machinima piece. Check it out here:
http://tinyurl.com/2tktfx
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________________________________________________________________________________
Rafi Santo
Virtual Community Manager
Online Leadership Program
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