As part of the vBusiness podcast series, Amira Fouad of Global Kids presented at the vBusiness Expo the newly launched virtual worlds focused social network RezEd in April of 2008.
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The Totally Wired: How Technology is Changing Kids and Learning public forum, featured panelists Henry Jenkins, Katie Salen & Howard Gardner, was held Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 5:30-7:00 pm EST, at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Hosted by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to celebrate the publication of the MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning. The panel was introduced by Jonathan Fanton, MacArthur President, and moderated by Connie Yowell, MacArthur's Director of Education.
The lastest podcast, Episode 59, from the Second Life focused show SecondCast features interviews with TSL resident and GK Leader Lucky Figtree discussing her work with Alex Harbinger on the Teen Grid Unification Project. The interview begins at 18:50 and continues until the end of the episode. There are also some great comments posted in response to the episode.
Download the episode or listen to the entire podcast below.
On December 20, 2006, Henry Jenkins spoke and danced while attending Global Kids' UNICEF A World Fit For Children Festival, in Teen Second Life. Below is a brief overview of highlights of our hour with Henry. He had much to offer, but my personal favorite was:
Mariel, a TSL resident from Mexico brought to the Festival coordinating committee through UNICEF's Voices of Youth site, introduced Henry with the following:
Well, I have the honour to present a person thanks to whom I didn't only pass a few subjects this semestre, hehe, but also thanks to whom I sort of am getting an idea of what I want to do with my life.
His name is Henry Jenkins, and, in my opinion, the only thing missing in his collection is the Nobel for Chemistry. He is the head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technologies' Comparative Media Studies Program, and also teaches literature (and related subjects). He likes to talk about the relation between media and people, youth and culture in general.
If you visit his section on MIT webpage (http://web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/) you will find a bit about his works (that are on like, everything - from entertainment to gender studies).
I've quoted a few articles he's written on the relation of media and education (as an essay/speech/project I am working on for school has got to do with that), so speaking to him is to me like speaking to a Hollywood superstar (with +435 IQ, of course :]).
Today, Henry has come to present "We're Not Playing Around Here!: The Pedagogical Potential of Computer and Video Games". In other words, what we can learn through playing games. So please join me in welcoming Professor Henry Jenkins....
Click below to listen to a podcast of Henry Jenkin's dance party at Global Kids Island in Teen Second Life. His talk as titled, "We're not playing around here!-The pedagogical potential of computer and video games." But largely it was a giant Q & A session, with teens asking questions (and an occasional adult from the main grid getting one in as well, via AIM). Every ten minutes or so the talking stopped and everyone danced, including Henry. The audio files removes most of the dancing.
Download the audio here.
The Voice of America covered the release of Ayiti: The Cost of Life in a recent radio piece.
You can read the transcript with photos on their site.
Below is the transcript as well.
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They just, um, forgot to mention it was Camp GK...
"The idea of the Teen Grid is to act as a safe haven for younger users, free of the adult content that pervades much of the main space.Through their avatars, Teen Second Life's young users can go shopping, hang out and island hop just as their grown-up counterparts do on the Adult Grid.
But community manager Claudia L'Amoreaux told me that the Teen Grid is also a place for young people to tackle serious global issues that affect them.
"They built this maze as a project on global sex trafficking," he said.
"They were interested in helping other students learn about it so they could protect kids around the world who are being taken advantage of. It's a way to share what it's like for kids who are held captive in the sex trade."
The walls of the maze are emblazoned with images and posters giving information on the problem. Being ensnared in the puzzle is meant to mirror the experience of being a child trapped in prostitution."
Read the full article here.
The MacArthur Foundation recently released both a video and a pdf to promote their new Digital Media and Learning Initiative. Both items offer an exciting overview of their work and include interviews with members of GK's Digital Media Youth Advisory, as well as video and photos from both the advisory and Global Kids work in Second Life.
Barry Joseph and Rafi Santo presented on lessons learned from Camp Global Kids to an eager crowd at the NMC Campus in the main grid of Second Life. The audio was produced through a conference call into the grid while participants responded and reacted through text chat.
Listen to the audio of the presentation below or download it here.
Below is a video about Global Kids, which includes a segment on our Online Leadership Programs.
[RezEd] vBusiness Expo podcast series spotlights RezEd
[Conf] The "Totally Wired: How Technology is Changing Kids and Learning" public forum
[SL] SecondCast talks about Teen Grid Unification
[radio] Voice of America Covers Release of Ayiti: The Cost of Life
