Global Kids' Online Leadership Program

Hey everyone, it's me again, Nicholas Kit in-world.

Just last week I ran my Second Global Kids Interns event, entitled, Violence in Video Games, and I am glad to say, it went off without a hitch! This event was intended to teach residents of Teen Second Life about how violence in video games really affects you, but it ended up being much more than that, and it was a learning experience to everyone.

The main goal of this event was to teach people about the true affects of violence in video games. With today's media's video game pounding attitude, some people think that if you play a violent video game, you, yourself will be very aggressive, which is not true, and this event taught the true effects of it.

When the event started, many people showed up, which is always a good thing! An overview of the event was given, and then we moved on to human barometer. I tried something new with it, because frankly, I never played Human Barometer before and wasn't too sure how to do it! I asked factual questions (not opinion questions, which is the norm) and we discussed why people chose the answer that they did, to try to sway the people who were not sure. The statements included were things like "Violent video games make everyone aggressive", and "Violent video games are the root of teen violence". (Both having the answer of false).

Then, we moved on to discussion and discussed people's different views of violence in video games and I passed out a fact sheet. The fact sheet included things like "For video games to create a killer, you need a bad home environment, a mental problem, and stimulation like video games or music." We discussed all the new information that I passed out, and then the event was wrapped up.

This was a good learning experience for everyone, including me. We all got to see everybody else's views, and learned about different way video games affect people. Overall, I think this was another success. I can not wait until my next event!

-Nick

-Nicholas Kit :) :) :)