The Icebergs project
Around May 2008, the Icebergs started their DIDI workshops in Teen Second Life. We're still continuing our work and meet irl on a weekly basis.
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The D.I.D.I. Initiative supports young people to launch their own sustainable ventures either within or outside of Teen Second Life that create lasting benefit to their communities. D.I.D.I. provides seed funding (up to $1000 US) and the support you need to launch your own social entrepreneurial project on issues that matter to you. Your causes. Your vision. Dream it. Do it.
July 29, 2009
February 17, 2009
Chilly's Thoughts on Continuing with DIDI
Hi everyone! How is everything going? Me? I'm okay. Still cooler than cold but I'm writing you guys to give my say. So on the venture plan-because I'm turning 18 on February 15, 2009 and I will no longer be in the same area as my team members, the big question is am I going to continue the program since I'm in adulthood now? And the answer is. . .
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December 31, 2008
[staff] Thanks DIDI!
Group Notice From: Justin Rodgers
Hey everyone,
I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday! Keep it safe and remember don't get in a car with someone who is drinking. Remember be Above the Influence :)
-All of us at Above It
I received this group notice to my email in the car on my Blackberry while heading to a Christmas Eve gathering. It made my holiday to know that my work supports young people like Justin to be mature and responsible, who are leaders in their community and care about their peers. I don’t know exactly how many people are in the group, but it made me smile to think that all of those teens are going to have a friendly and happy PEER-based reminder to make smart choices. It was just a small moment in the craziness of my holiday, but it’s stuck with me since, and I wanted to share it with all of you. Thanks DIDI for giving me the opportunity to support kids like Justin!
OLP's 2008 Year End Review
The year 2008 was a remarkable period for the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids. It is challenging to even pick just a few standouts: An AIDS orphan in Ugandan exchanges text messages from her cell phone with a dozen teenagers in Teen Second Life; high school students conceive and produce a web-based game about local heroes during Hurricane Katrina; youth produce a seven-minute long animated movie about racism as an obstacle to education around the world; a high school class in Brooklyn uses a virtual world to learn about and create their own simulations about science; hundreds of young people across four virtual worlds watch Kofi Annan receive a major human rights award; incarcerated teens use a virtual world to learn how to create positive change in their real community; youth in Chicago and New York City collaborate online with paleotologists on a fossil dig in Tanzania; nearly 1,500 educators share knowledge and advice on how to use virtual worlds for education.
Global Kids would like to mark the new year by presenting a brief flyover of some of our major accomplishments over the past twelve months.
December 10, 2008
[didi] Iceberg panel presentation next week!
I can't believe it's really next week! I think we've been planning this for about the same duration as a typical pregnancy.
I'm apprehensive but excited at the same time. I feel the push and pull of knowing that our group's inworld skills might not be the fastest or most savvy but I know they want to make a difference in their community and can work very well together when they put their minds to it. I hope that shines through anything else during their presentation. I know this because I see it in their eyes, their tone when they talk about what interests them in regards to the venture, and that over and over they have said they don't want others to make some of the same choices they have made in their own lives.
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December 3, 2008
Preparing for panel-the Icebergs
These next few weeks the Icebergs (aka 'the Cool Kids') DIDI team are getting ready for panel. It's exciting to see the ideas that were talked about for weeks during workshops finally get put together into a presentation that team members are excited about.
October 30, 2008
[staff] A virtual world instead of a chalkboard
October 23, 2008
[staff] Is he just playin'?
This conversation on the DigiTeen forum led me to think of recent interactions I’ve had in TSL. Everyone knows there are benefits and drawbacks to text (non-voice) communication. Typing gives us the time to consider our thoughts. It makes it sometimes easier to have a difficult conversation. It allows a conversation to flow more smoothly - giving the types who find it difficult to ‘cut in’ on a vocal conversation an opportunity to have their voice heard. On the other hand, emotion and nuance is more easily lost in text. Lately, I’ve often found myself wondering “is he kidding around?”, as the subtlety of tone of voice and expression are missing.
Most of the times I’ve heard this debate has been around newer members to the online community. In particular, we have some new members in our DIDI ‘Cool Kids’ workshops. These guys are at a stage where they are expected to work offline together on their venture plans, and report back to us the next week when we meet online. As remote facilitators we’ve had some difficulty interpreting some of their conversations. Are the jabs these guys are poking at each other serious? Are they ‘just playin’’ or are they really expressing a problem or concern about their teamwork? So far, we haven’t addressed our difficulty in understanding these jabs any further than saying “hey guys - we can’t tell if you’re joking!” I am assuming that learning to be appropriate online comes with time and experience, and perhaps having some people call you on it a few times, will remind you that it’s just not as obvious to those reading your text as it might have sounded in your head :)
Of course, I have considered that it’s just my issue as an old uptight ‘adult’ who takes things too seriously....
September 23, 2008
[didi] Update on the Cool Kids
You might not have heard about the Cool Kids project for awhile on this blog but we're still up and running! We had a bit of a transition in the group to a new group of teens due some of the former one's turning 18, going home from the facility, or other reasons. This photo is from our initial meeting on the island last week as we got familiar with the basic guidelines of the island and introduced ourselves.
September 12, 2008
[DIDI] The D.I.D.I. Initiative comes to the Main Grid of SL!
The D.I.D.I. Initiative is excited to announce that after extensive work on the teen grid since September 2007, we are excited to expand our efforts to the main grid this fall!
The Dream It. Do It. Initiative is an exciting partnership between Global Kids and Ashoka’s Youth Venture, open to young people and student groups in Second Life. Through January of 2009, the D.I.D.I. Initiative is supporting up to 40 teams of young people to launch ventures that benefit their communities, either within or outside the virtual world of Second Life.
D.I.D.I. empowers young people to identify social and health issues in their communities and to create and lead their own social ventures to address these issues. A venture can be a club, organization, business, or program that is ongoing and benefits one’s community in some way. With the D.I.D.I. Initiative’s support, each team of young people develops an action plan to design and launch their own social entrepreneurial projects. When the teams are ready to launch, the Initiative offers:
* Seed funding (up to $1,000 per team)
* Technical allies to provide additional advice and expertise
* Ongoing tools and support sessions
Over the last several months more than a dozen teams on the teen grid have been selected to receive venture funding. Venture ideas are varied with the majority of teens planning ventures to benefit their Teen Second Life community. Examples include:
* Raising awareness of human rights campaigns
* Creating interactive human body health rides that teach visiting users about the risks of smoking and drugs
* Combating bullying and cyber-bullying while raising self-esteem
* Creating peer support centers for teens who are new to Teen Second Life or may have disabilities.
With your help, we hope to launch 40 teams of young Venturers over the next four months. We would like to reach as many young people across the U.S. as possible with this exciting initiative, and hope you will join us.
If you are a young college-aged resident of Second Life or an educator working with young people on SL's main grid you are invited to attend one of our info sessions to be held at the Global Kids HQ in Second Life at the following times:
*Thursday 9/18, 1pm PDT
*Thursday 9/18, 6pm PDT
*Friday 9/19, 12pm PDT
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching/222/165/24
If you are a teen who will be transferring to the Main Grid soon, you can email meghan@globalkids.org or IM Meghan GKid (TSL) to learn how to get involved!
August 21, 2008
Experiences! Experiences!
Well!!!! I've reached that age I8!!!!! Whoo!, but I would like to share my experience with DIDI. I've learned soooooo much from this nice gigantic program, it's really gave me lots of new ways to think about and plan things before I act. This program has also taught me many communication skills. Well you all might know me as the one & only Icey, a member of team IceBerg, getting up out of bed to attend these online meetings with second life, & teen second life was always a great pain, but I can tell you from my own mouth, it was worth it.
July 24, 2008
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 14
Review of camp day 14
* Today was the big ONE - SELECTION PANEL
* Before 10am SLT campers did FINAL minute checks
* Panel got together at the DIDI Coffee House to be de-briefed.
* Venture panel came through the doors and went onto the Stage to get started
* Introduction from the panel, crew and add-ons lol
* 2 campers started to tell us about their venture's that they will do in the near future
* Q&A session at the end to ask questions and find out more about it
* Campers said their good-byes and teleported over to the D.I.D.I. Institute Bulding
* To end the amazing exciting day - campers needed to go onto the venture website to discuss some things before ending today.
* Overall awsome day folks, great job at the panel today! 
Steps for Selection Panels
* Panel members sit on the stage and get ready
* Panelists introduce themselfs with a brief summary about them
* Each team will have 10 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes of questions from everyone.
* After both teams have presented and been asked questions, they’ll leave, and we’ll have some time to discuss.
* Then they will soon get a Yes or No to launch their ventures in the next few days or weeks
* Hopefully then they will be to start
* Finally...a review after a few months to see how things are going and stuff
End of camp day 14
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Week 3 > Day 13
Review of Day 13.
* Campers started to review some panel basics for tomorrow's panel
* A few people said about their past experiences at the Selection Panel e.g. what it is like, requirements, how to get pass and make a sucessful TSL/RL venture
* Half-way through campers and team worked on getting last minute checks ready in time for tomorrow.
* To end the session today campers and team went over some of the important preparing steps, skills, things to know about doing a venture
* Q&A just passed the hour at the end of camp today
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Week 3 > Day 12
Review of Day 12
* Quiet day today for campers - Not alot of staff in town today! :P
* Campers started to come up with ideas for Thursday
* Our head camper:Meghan GKID had to attend to a meeting, therefore YouthVenture staff took over the job of today for us campers
* Lastly campers signed up to the TSL Venture Site
* End of Day 12 
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Week 3 > Day 11
Review of Day 11
* The first two weeks were focused in learning about DIDI, and then preparing yoru action plan. * Most of you have made super super progress on your plans.
* This week the campers will really focus on tieing all that together and preparing to present your plan to the Pane.
* NEXT week will focus on getting camper ventures officially launched!
* Review of Day 11
* Campers started of with a fun activity called two truths and a lie. About?.. Campers took turns going around clockwise - when a camper had their turn they had to make 3 statements, two truths (so two statements about theirself that are TRUE) and one lie, but the aim was to not know which is which - they had to guess, try to trick everybody and make it hard to decide. Awsome game!.
* Campers then walked across DIDI Pathways to visit two Teen Second Life ventures that are using DIDI Venture Park. they are only two examples of the many things they could do with DIDI. This was the chance for campers to ask questions and get feedback from it.
* Came back to the Meeting room to review grants for camper TSL ventures.
* Plan for the venture selection panel coming up soon for campers.
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - End of Week 2 > Day 10
Remember you can view my previous reviews of camp by going to my Daniel Voyager Blog and going to the achieve section on left called “can you find it”, then find and click on Summer Camp/D.I.D.I.
Review of day 10
* Movie watching & plans for the weekend
* Campers had to take a minute and think of two thigns to share 1) Favorite part of camp so far, 2) their hope for the next two weeks, campers comments below! - HALF WAY THROUGH ALREADY :(
* We did a quick recap of the week which at this point all campers should all have all FIVE action plan cards with them to hand in on Monday for week 3. Reminder for those of you who wont be here next week - please work on your cards - and get them to us as soon as you get back - once you return we will see how far you are and get you ready for panel!
* We had a exciting poem time which started of by Meghan - Campers had share a poem with the rest of the campers - either one that they wrote or happens to be written by an author, or favorite poem.
* How to enter into the BOHO/Beatnik costume contest, from the late bohemian era - where bohemians blended with hippies.
* Campers told us about their outfits
* Surprise building contest which is related to the poetry day. How to do it?…Find a poem - Either one you wrote, or one you like (include author) and make a notecard. This part is easy…….build a 3-D illustration that goes with your poem - either illustrating the feel/mood of the poem, or illustrating a scene from it - some how has to be connected. Campers had 35 minutes to do this, the event was really fun for all.
* Campers and all had to visit each piece, and let the creator 1) share the poem *just give a notecard* and 2) explain the build. Then to vote for best at the end - well down to: tarkin!
* The VOTE was REALLY close, as usual, so much talent at camp)
* End of week 2 at camp on a high!!!!
Camper Poems
* Nekoslash Innis: There it is! The vision in my dreams! It creeps nearer and nearer. It moves like a spider moves in on its prey. It’s dark shadowy body covered in darkness, it engulfs everything in its path. It moves slowly but surely after me. “Ah!” I yell out for help, but… no one can hear me. It has already long consumed me, I am stuck within my own pool of darkness and depression. It blinded me, haunting me in my dreams, driving me slowly mad. But, I won’t let this thing do this anymore! I can control it! It grows smaller as I become the light and become one with the darkness. I can control both parts of me, no matter how hard it becomes… I’ll do it! It won’t consume me anymore…
* Meghan GKid: But it’s a fave of mine, but Shel Silverstein. Titled “Sick”. ‘I cannot go to school today, ‘ Said little Peggy Ann McKay. ‘I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I’m going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox. My leg is cut-my eyes are blue- It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke, I’m sure that my left leg is broke. My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button’s caving in, My back is wrenched, my ankle’s sprained, My ‘pendix pains each time it rains. My nose is cold, my toes are numb. I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my voice is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow’s bent, my spine ain’t straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is-what?. What’s that?, What’s that you say?, You say today is…Saturday?, G’bye, I’m going out to play.
* JOEY Alexandre: The Crystal Gazer, By Sara Teasdale. I shall gather myself into my self again, I shall take my scattered selves and make them one. I shall fuse them into a polished crystal ball. Where I can see the moon and the flashing sun. I Shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent. Watching the future come and the present go. And the little shifting pictures of people rushing. In tiny self-importance to and fro.
Reviews so far!
* Meghan GKid: 1) My favorite part of camp so far has been hearing all the great ideas that you campers have and 2) my hope is that we can support all of you to create successful ventures in the next two weeks!
* Alexander9 Carver: my favorie part was when we built the tents
* JOEY Alexandre: My favorite part was learning new things. And i hope for to have fun the next 2 weeks
* Nekoslash Innis: MY favorite part was learning new things and I hope we can learn new things in the next 2 weeks
* Jetta Egan: my favorite part was learning new things and i hope to learn more and have fun
* Amira GKid: Getting to see each other every day, so that we can move so quickly through the DIDI process and launch quickly, and 2) I hope that you all find venture ideas that you believe strongly in and feel proud about making the world and TSL a better place!
* Me: I think so far its been great fun since the camp started, i love helping your guys out and keeping note on day-to-day reviews, loves uploading awsome camp shots. Two weeks left - enjoy it!.
* Loyne Garzo: Unfortunately i have been unable to attend several sessions but 1) i thoroughly enjoyed tent making aswell as meeting you guys and 2) i hope to have more fun and create a successful venture
* Tarkin Garzo: 1) making tents 2)medieval day nxt week
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Week 2 > Day 9
Review of Day 9.
First - budget trivia!
Second - Discuss last two action plan cards
Third - Time for discussion of challenges and next steps
Fourth - discuss Friday Fun Fest - last - time to work on your plans.
July 17, 2008
[didi] Interacting with the Human Barometer
This week the Cool Kids got to participate in the Human Barometer activity. They got to agree, disagree, or answer 'not sure' when given a statement that didn't have a right or wrong answer.
We explored topics including online and offline relationships (which are more meaningful) as well as the statement 'anyone can be rich and successful.'
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[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 7 - Week 2
It’s Tuesday at Camp, day 7 - 1 week = camp days so far. Here is a overlook of day 7:
* Campers teleported to the green grass area over at D.I.D.I. Island to get a summary of today’s tasks.
* Campers played a game called Primtionary where they had to whisper > (without typing or talking) to make us guess the word using only prims.
* Review on campers venture ideas.
* Campers were given their first card of the action plan to gather camper ideas and to feedback to all.
* Campers had to play a job and it was up to them to figure out who does what etc
* Campers built their many visual representations/models/sculptures that represents what DIDI means to them as the DIDI ‘08 Campers. All team members had to put input on the *idea*.
* The plan for above: the first thing they needed was to get together as a group and make a plan, then they had to figure out who is going to do what (who will build, what will be built, finally who will take notes/snaps, who will present)
* Campers moved to the workshop room for part 2 of today which was to to sit down and talk about some points about ventures and review of the last task
* Campers played a game called to make one sentence that makes sense lol
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 6 - Week 2
Yay, week 2 has started with many exciting things lined up for this week. Week two means its business time!. Campers over the weekend planned and was told to think about their missions then to send it to Meghan GKID today/this week. Remember this means that campers if the most points on this mission earn an extra iPod Raffle ticket :)
One of the things i love about Global Kids and D.I.D.I. system is that they talk about the guidelines that people should follow, campers really like this way i think. 1) one mic - makign sure everyone has a chance to share, 2) participation - you are all doing it! and 3) safe space- you are disagreeing respectfully.
Review of day 6 - week 2
* Meet and greet (where campers teleported in)
* Brief summary of what campers will be doing today
* Campers went over to Global Kids event area to do activity 1 which was to talk about peer pressure, self esteem, Behavior, Environment, reasons about this topic
* Campers teleported to the Coffee House on D.I.D.I. Island to do the second activity which was to create an action plan - which will be a series of notecards that you will fill out. Each notecard will have a focus
* Campers were asked if they have a rough idea of a venture they would like to do, many had a idea, many did not which is alright and understandable
* Example of a venture: 1 & 2. the venture idea is to build a ‘ride’ in TSL that teaches about the body. 3. that ride will help thecommunity by educating young people about the affects of things like smoking on the body, 4. this one is health related because it’s teaching about how to keep your body healthy 5. could be personal - coudl be that the person might have had a relative with lung cancer etc
* Campers had to complete a venture notecard, then to give feedback afterwards
* We think that (gkids & mentors) the Campers are starting to have GREAT and DIVERSE venture ideas, it looks like campers ventures will be very succsessful and will (hopefually) get public backing and support
* End of day 6 in week 2
* Have you Missed my previous reviews of camp from days 1 - 5, you can now visit them all here: http://danielvoyagerwebsite2008.wordpress.com/category/summer-camp-08/
Check out my Daniel Voyager Flickr for todays snaps :)
July 13, 2008
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 5 - End of Week 1
Review of day 5
* FRIDAY Fun Fest today
* No work today
* Campers had 20 minutes to build the craziest and wildest camp tent they could
* Campers had to Review their tents and why they built them
* Campers told many scary storys to us all
* Final Results of the contest we played today for the contest
End of week 1- Awesome start and I think everyone has enjoyed our first week at this camp!
* Week 2 starts Monday, stay tuned for new updates!
July 10, 2008
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 4 Review
Summary of day 4 at Camp
* Started later today because of the downtime of log-ins and database work that LL was doing around 10am SLTish
* Campers played a game doing different strategies and they had to think about what the challenges are and goals - http://costoflife.org
* Review of the game
* Thinking about camper ventures
* Sharing ideas
* Coming up tomorrow for the 5th day of camp there will be a Tent Contest around a campfire, but which? - Campers need to come up with scary stories. this really sounds cool
* End of day 4 at camp
July 9, 2008
[DIDI] Communities we belong to
At this week’s DIDI workshop, we talked about what communities we belong to including those we work, live, volunteer or participate in volunteer activities at. Chilly shared some great insights into the community he currently lives with. We talked about the possibilities of considering a venture in the various communities we are a part of. Here’s an excerpt of the conversation:
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 3
Great day at camp I think today, I had a few connection problems to began with hehe. However many campers were again not here. we are trying to locate the problem with them lol
Day 3:
* Campers played Trivia to get 10L$
* Campers watched and discussed this inspirational movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDFr_VRgz0
* Campers planned for camp Friday Fun Fest, ideas:
1) Crazy tent building contest - from scratch! Winner gets extra iPod rafffle!
2) Campfire stories - come prepared to share a scary campfire tale!!!
* At the end of day 3, campers & GKIDS talked about the DIDI Mission - To Complete by the beginning of Camp Monday! The most points gets an extra iPod touch raffle ticket! wooot wooot
* End of day 3
Day 3 snapshots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielvoyager
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 2 Review
Day 2 was exciting with many activities and games getting the campers to come up with ideas for many topics.
Day 2:
* Meet and greet inside D.I.D.I. Institute - South wing
* Talking about ideas for summer camp themes
* Quick introduction from the campers and adults, saying what they like doing during the summer time
* Reviewing day 1 of the 3 global kids guidelines: Safe Space, Participate and One Mic
* Why the guidelines were created
* Campers had discuss concerns and community problems
* Connecting ideas using the magic ball system
* Campers had 10 minutes to Look at the green posters in the conference room and pick one, then review it to the rest of the group
* Campers learnt more about the D.I.D.I. organization and about Global Kids
* Fun activity at the D.I.D.I Pods about coming up with ideas for a selection panel, they were split into 2 teams: Blue and Red teams
* Campers had to present their rough plan to the rest of the group at a prep selection panel
* End of day 2
Day 2 snapshots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielvoyager/
[didi] D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08 - Day 1 Review
Today, was the start of the new Summer Camp called D.I.D.I Summer Camp 08, which will last for 4 weeks from july 7th to August 1st 2008. Participants will be expected to join us Monday through Friday 10 AM to 12 PM, Second Life time (PST). There were about 10 campers this year, so a nice amount i guess to win a prize at the end.
It brings back memorys from last years machinima camp, there were alot of new faces this year, only a few did it last year, so its great to take part once again.
Day 1:
* Meet and greet everyone outside the DIDI main building
* Campers got sent their camp t-shirts - you can change them to another colour (awesome)
* Introduction inside, sitting around the tables and chatting about the 3 most important GK guidelines
* Outline of this years camp including upcoming theme events etc
* We played our first camp game which was called “Have you ever….”, where campers had to think of come up with their own like this: “Have you ever….lost your car keys, first thing in the morning”. I really love this game, fun for all.
* Meet in the room next door and talk about venture ideas and world issues
* At 12pmish SLT, it was the end of day 1.
Feel free to visit my Daniel Voyager TSL Flickr for snapshots of day 1.
July 2, 2008
[didi] Workshop #8 (Chilly)
I Can Help Homeless Kids Out By Bringing Them Together And Starting Something They All Like To Do. And Try To Raise Some Money To Get The Kids In School If They Already Are Not In School. Also Get The Ones That Want To Make A Change And A Better Place To Stay. Because It's Not Good And Healthy To Live On The Streets And Not Having Anything To Eat And Drink.That's Not Healthy. So I Will Try To Get Them Together And Get Them Some Education And Plan Fun Things For Them To Do. Like BasketBall Or Foot Ball.
[didi] Ice Bergs Workshop #6
I think playing the free association game was a good idea for our icebreaker game to our workshop, because when we had to come up with words and thoughts that quick, it challenges our minds, and our ability to think much quicker. I have some words of my own for the word part of the game: unity, respect, honesty, and world peace.
[didi] Thinking about Important Issues
I haven't watched the Youth Venture Outreach video yet, but I was given a handout about some of the issues covered including poverty, war, homelessness and education. I took some time to think about how I might form a venture for the DIDI Initiative around these issues and this is what I came up with.
June 26, 2008
[tsl] Education in Teen Second Life - a teen's voice
One of Teen Second Life's most helpful and active teens - and one of our cherished D.I.D.I. Ambassadors recently posted this blog article summarizing education in Teen Second Life.
Daniel says:
As, you might or not know there are educational projects happening today in “Teen Second Life”, where Teens can help with projects and learn new stuff. If you’re a teen resident like me you would know hopefully that you will be able to see the whole Teen Grid map and be able to teleport to almost everywhere. “TSL Approved Adults” are really limited to what they can or cannot do in TSL today e.g. teleport to other places around the teen grid, give stuff to teens, have to keep to the rules, lets hope in the future that will improve.Educational sims in “Teen Second Life” are located below the “mainland” of TSL, where its clear to spot them and teleport if their open otherwise you will get a message saying “cannot teleport to this location”. About “70%” of educational sims are “NOT” open to teens yet, there are educational projects that are popular and open for teens like taking part at “Global Kids”, “Eye4you Alliance”, “British Council Island”, “Penn State”, “Kids Connect”, ”Metaversa” with many more. So, explore and teleport to a few educational project islands and see if you can help make a difference :)
Daniel then lists and describes many of the wonderful programs working in TSL - with links! Read the rest of Daniel's article here! Daniel Voyager's Blog
Daniel is also a prolific flickr documenter of all things TSL.
Here's one of his photos from a Global Kids D.I.D.I. Workshop
Check out his Teen Second Life Collection here!
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