Global Kids' Online Leadership Program

When we created the media section, we presumed we would be listing radio, tv and magazine articles about it. But what could be better than a high school paper on technology and culture from a student in Mexico!

The paper, "El impacto de la era digital en la relación entrela tecnología y la cultura," writes,

Personalmente, uno de los proyectos que más me asombra es aquél llevado a cabo por una organización sin fines de lucro de Nueva York, Estados Unidos, llamada Global Kids. En el año que ha estado en la sección para adolescentes ha logrado dirigir un número de eventos exitosos relacionados con problemas globales y activismo juvenil.

Mariel, the TSL resident who wrote it, and amongst other things introduced Henry Jenkins to Second Life last December, translates it for me as,

Personally, one of the projects that amazes me the most is the one led by a non-profit organization based in New York, Global Kids. During the year it has been in the section for teenagers, it has managed to host a series of successful events on World issues and youth activism.

Thanks Mariel. A+ ;-)