Global Kids Island Newsletter - February 08
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Rafi Santo
Feb 7, 2008, 5:07:37 PM2/7/08
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Hi everyone,
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 main gridders, 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
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Rafi Santo
Virtual Community Manager
Online Leadership Program
Global Kids
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Global Kids
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=== Global Kids Newsletter ===
February, 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!
(IM Bhikku Beeks on the main grid if you have any
questions).
++ Special Shout Outs! ++
GK would like
to give a special shout out to Mercury Metropolitan (aka Mercury Gkid)
for the amazing work he's done with us as our official remote intern
in the past 2 years. Mercury is moving on to bigger and better
things, and we wish him all the best!
We would also
like to welcome three great TSL residents that are participating in
the GK Internship and Leadership program! The CoolLeader Boyer,
Victoria Hanfoi and Natalia Obscure, welcome to the team!
This month, learn about:
+++++UPCOMING EVENTS+++++
++ Get
Activated! ++
GK Staffers Talk about Lessons Learned for Non-profits in Virtual Worlds at Second Life Event, February 8, 8:30 am PST.
Main Grid Event!
GK staffers Rik Panganiban and Rafi Santo will present on the subject of "Best Practices for Non-profits in Second Life" at the Plush Nonprofit Commons amphitheater in the main grid. Held in conjunction with the release of the white paper on this subject, the panel discussion will also include Lori Bell from the Alliance Library System, Jimbo Hoyer from YearlyKos, and Jade Lily of the SL Relay for Life. The report, prepared by Rik, grew out of discussions and findings from the non-profit thread at the 2007 Second Life Community Convention.
Check out the main grid event here:
http://tinyurl.com/yowzgu
Check out the full white paper here:
http://tinyurl.com/yqogtj
GK Staffers Talk about Lessons Learned for Non-profits in Virtual Worlds at Second Life Event, February 8, 8:30 am PST.
Main Grid Event!
GK staffers Rik Panganiban and Rafi Santo will present on the subject of "Best Practices for Non-profits in Second Life" at the Plush Nonprofit Commons amphitheater in the main grid. Held in conjunction with the release of the white paper on this subject, the panel discussion will also include Lori Bell from the Alliance Library System, Jimbo Hoyer from YearlyKos, and Jade Lily of the SL Relay for Life. The report, prepared by Rik, grew out of discussions and findings from the non-profit thread at the 2007 Second Life Community Convention.
Check out the main grid event here:
http://tinyurl.com/yowzgu
Check out the full white paper here:
http://tinyurl.com/yqogtj
++ GK's Teen
Visions of Global
Justice Art Contest launching this month!
++
Now's your chance to use your artistic skills, be it building, photography, painting etc, to share your vision of global justice.
Enter the Teen Visions of Global Justice art contest in TSL to win great prizes (L$ and others) and the chance to have your masterpiece displayed on both the main and teen grids. Winning art pieces will be featured at the new International Justice Center in SL (main grid) and spotlighted at its grand opening where former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will be speaking.
Keep your ears open about this upcoming contest, and IM Rafi Gkid if you have any questions.
++ Fireside
Workshop - ICED Game Party! ++
Join us for the
VIDEO GAME party for ICED! What is ICED you
ask? It stands for I Can End Deportation, and it's a free 3D
downloadable RPG about immigration. The game lets players
experience the effects of current immigration laws on detention and
deportation on legal permanent residents, asylum seekers, students and
undocumented people, effects that often violate human rights and deny
due process.
If you can't
make the party, play the game on the 18th at www.ICEDgame.com
++ Global
Kids Looks ahead for Virtual Worlds into 2008 ++
At a recent
event on civil liberties in virtual worlds, GK's Barry Joseph forecast
upcoming work by Global Kids to explore the potential of virtual worlds
within the non-profit, learning, and philanthropic
communities.
Check out what we're planning for the coming year here:
+++++RECENT EVENTS+++++
++
Changemakers Press Event ++
For the first time in the Global Kids' Online Leadership Program's history, GK hosted a Changemakers Press Event on January 30 to showcase and celebrate the success of the D.I.D.I. Pioneers and to announce two new TSL projects GK is launching. The event was an enormous success, with our SIM full to capacity, and positive feedback from both attendees and press.
Thank you Linden Lab for the wonderful support on getting members of the press into TSL for this event!
Check out details from the event as well as TV news stories that came as a result of it here:
http://tinyurl.com/2828ym
For the first time in the Global Kids' Online Leadership Program's history, GK hosted a Changemakers Press Event on January 30 to showcase and celebrate the success of the D.I.D.I. Pioneers and to announce two new TSL projects GK is launching. The event was an enormous success, with our SIM full to capacity, and positive feedback from both attendees and press.
Thank you Linden Lab for the wonderful support on getting members of the press into TSL for this event!
Check out details from the event as well as TV news stories that came as a result of it here:
http://tinyurl.com/2828ym
++ January
Fireside Workshops: Sustainability and Economic Inequality
++
This past month
we had some fantastic fireside workshops dealing with issues of Global
Economic Inequality and Environmental Sustainability. The
inequality workshop included a game in which participants crossed the
globe to determine population and wealth concentrations, and the
sustainability workshop featured a screening of the film "The Story
of Stuff", which outlines the global challenges that the current
culture of consumption poses and it might mean for the
future. Check out storyofstuff.org to watch it if you weren't
able to make the workshop!
++ The TSL
YAM Revival! ++
Does the
TSL community play an important role in your life? Do you care about
the role that adults play in it? Missed the TSL YAM (Youth
Advocates Manifesto) meeting that happened in January? Want to
help shape the YAM Seal of Approval?
IM Rafi GKid to get added to the YAM wiki and help shape the YAM, a document, contributed to by both youth and adults, that lays out ways that both of those groups believe adults should behave while in TSL.
++ Intern
Event - Beauty, Real vs. Perceived? ++
Led by Nafiza Gkid, this workshop examined inner and outer beauty, and the outlook people have on the two. It looked at how media has influenced how we view what the ideal "beauty" is. It was a great way to start off the new year with a new outlook on what real beauty is, no matter the race, gender, orientation, religious preferences, etc.!
Check out the blog post on the event here:
http://tinyurl.com/2p6ajl
Led by Nafiza Gkid, this workshop examined inner and outer beauty, and the outlook people have on the two. It looked at how media has influenced how we view what the ideal "beauty" is. It was a great way to start off the new year with a new outlook on what real beauty is, no matter the race, gender, orientation, religious preferences, etc.!
Check out the blog post on the event here:
http://tinyurl.com/2p6ajl
++ Virtual
Liberties: Do Avatars Dream of Civil Rights? ++
Second Life, on both the main and teen grids, has a long history of residents that fight for civil liberties. From Fleabite Beach's resistance movement against an early Linden prim tax to teen led protests to engage in cross grid commerce, SL residents have proven themselves to be civic beings.
The Virtual Liberties event, held of January 28th, was MacArthur's 2nd live conversation in Second Life, and featured MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton, Linden Lab's Robin Harper, and constitutional law professor Jack Balkin.
Check out extensive documentation of the event, including a video about teen grid civic engagement, here:
http://tinyurl.com/34opnk
Second Life, on both the main and teen grids, has a long history of residents that fight for civil liberties. From Fleabite Beach's resistance movement against an early Linden prim tax to teen led protests to engage in cross grid commerce, SL residents have proven themselves to be civic beings.
The Virtual Liberties event, held of January 28th, was MacArthur's 2nd live conversation in Second Life, and featured MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton, Linden Lab's Robin Harper, and constitutional law professor Jack Balkin.
Check out extensive documentation of the event, including a video about teen grid civic engagement, here:
http://tinyurl.com/34opnk
++D.I.D.I.
Ventures Launch ++
We're especially delighted to announce the launch of D.I.D.I.'s first 4 Venture Teams! The teams are:
* Beat Bullying
* Jump Start Park
* Body Rider
* Dark Matter
These teams have pioneered in planning and creating ventures within the virtual world of Teen Second Life. They have written detailed Action Plans, presented their ideas to a Selection Panel, and have been selected to receive seed funding! They are now ready to launch their ventures and put their amazing ideas into action! We are so proud of what these pioneers have accomplished so far and can't wait to see their ventures take off!
We're especially delighted to announce the launch of D.I.D.I.'s first 4 Venture Teams! The teams are:
* Beat Bullying
* Jump Start Park
* Body Rider
* Dark Matter
These teams have pioneered in planning and creating ventures within the virtual world of Teen Second Life. They have written detailed Action Plans, presented their ideas to a Selection Panel, and have been selected to receive seed funding! They are now ready to launch their ventures and put their amazing ideas into action! We are so proud of what these pioneers have accomplished so far and can't wait to see their ventures take off!
+++++ANNOUNCEMENTS+++++
++ New
Global Issue Social Network Open for Pre-registration!
++
Team up with
youth across the world to share and create media about global issues
that matter to you! Join Youth Media Exchange (ymex.org) to
sharpen your skills with media creation and sharing tools, get
information and discuss socially-responsible global issues, and
participate in contests, activities, and prizes for your work.
Sign up today at www.ymex.org!
A TakingITGlobal and Global Kids project.
++ GK's
Science in Second Life Class Launches ++
Global Kids first ever classroom-based program, aimed at teaching physical sciences as they relate to global issues, has officially launched! Check out the blog postings of both instructors and students of the program here:
http://www.holymeatballs.org/science_in_second_life/
Global Kids first ever classroom-based program, aimed at teaching physical sciences as they relate to global issues, has officially launched! Check out the blog postings of both instructors and students of the program here:
http://www.holymeatballs.org/science_in_second_life/
++ D.I.D.I.
Aims to Support Socially Responsible TSL Businesses ++
Are you a teen business owner on the teen grid that isn't already involved in the D.I.D.I. Initiative but in need of support for your business? IM Amira or Meghan Gkid for information on how the D.I.D.I. Initiative can support your business while your business supports the community!
Are you a teen business owner on the teen grid that isn't already involved in the D.I.D.I. Initiative but in need of support for your business? IM Amira or Meghan Gkid for information on how the D.I.D.I. Initiative can support your business while your business supports the community!
++ Global
Kids Staff are Officially "Reflective" ++
Thoughts are abound here at GK at the turn of the year, so check out this month's staff reflections from the Online Leadership Program staff:
http://www.holymeatballs.org/staff_reflections/
Thoughts are abound here at GK at the turn of the year, so check out this month's staff reflections from the Online Leadership Program staff:
http://www.holymeatballs.org/staff_reflections/
+++++GK IN THE MEDIA+++++
++ Global
Kids on New York 1! ++
New York 1, a NYC based cable news network, carried a story about GK's work in Second Life, and featured three upcoming projects involving philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and education. Watch the clip here:
http://tinyurl.com/2828ym
New York 1, a NYC based cable news network, carried a story about GK's work in Second Life, and featured three upcoming projects involving philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and education. Watch the clip here:
http://tinyurl.com/2828ym
++ GK
featured in The Parent Paper ++
The January issue of the New Jersey magazine The Parent Paper has an article entitled "Student's Try a Virtual World", which spotlight's both the programs Global Kids and Suffern Middle School are running within Second Life.
Check out the article here:
http://tinyurl.com/2mzl7t
The January issue of the New Jersey magazine The Parent Paper has an article entitled "Student's Try a Virtual World", which spotlight's both the programs Global Kids and Suffern Middle School are running within Second Life.
Check out the article here:
http://tinyurl.com/2mzl7t
++ GK &
Eye4You co-write article on Machinima for School Library Journal
++
GK's Tabitha Tsai and Eye4You's Kelly Czarnecki co-authored a recent article titled "Machinima Goes Mainstream" aimed at educating the world about the art of machinima, and about how GK's Virtual Video Project aims to teach this new form while promoting digital literacies at the same time.
Read the full article here:
http://tinyurl.com/yqebmy
GK's Tabitha Tsai and Eye4You's Kelly Czarnecki co-authored a recent article titled "Machinima Goes Mainstream" aimed at educating the world about the art of machinima, and about how GK's Virtual Video Project aims to teach this new form while promoting digital literacies at the same time.
Read the full article here:
http://tinyurl.com/yqebmy
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