Interesting close of the day at Global Kids. I just finished helping Rafi and Barry with a Teen Grid event featuring MIT’s Henry Jenkins called the "Harry Potter Dance Party of Good and Evil." Henry was speaking about the connections between Harry Potter and civic engagement, which apparently has more links than you might think. …
Month: April 2008
Global Kids simulcasts into four virtual worlds and the web (video)
Check out this sweet Global Kids video showing how we organized a simulcast of Kofi Annan receiving an award from MacArthur on March 20th. Produced by Kathy Vega and Barry Joseph, it shows how we were able to simulcast the event onto the web, and four virtual worlds — Second Life, Teen Second Life, Whyville…
More pics of PMT Breakers
Matt Lopez posts a bunch of pics to his Facebook from the PMT breakdance group’s performance last night, that I don’t think he’ll mind if I grab to post here. I wanted to mention the diversity of our little group, which I think is remarkable. From left-to-right: Eli (construction worker), Eugene (Wall St trader), Will…
PMT breakers brought it!
I just got home from celebrating with friends after my breakdance performance tonight at PMT Studios. I’m so proud of my team members — Eli, Trevor, Matt, Eugene and Will — who all just killed it tonight. And I’m happy that I performed my parts well, including the Pavan freeze that I blogged about yesterday!…
Crunch time for our breakdance performance tomorrow!
I’m resting up today because tomorrow night my breakdance group performs at the PMT Spring Showcase. I haven’t been blogging (or doing much of anything else) lately because every free moment for the past couple of weeks has been spent on breakdance practice. It’s been a lot of last-second choreographing and adjustments to get to…
Mole yawning
My cat Mole spends a lazy Saturday napping in my bed.
Video: PMT Breaking Rehearsal tonight
Here’s some video of my breakdance performance class practice tonight. Dancers: Matt, Trevor, Eugene, Will and Rik.
Photo/screenshot contest asks “how do you see women in Second Life?”
I got the news that the somewhat awkwardly-named Swiss non-profit noWomannoLife has launched a Second Life photo contest for the "best Second Life screenshot that represents the value of women." More specifically, the photo should address the following questions: How do you see women in Second Life? How does this virtual world helps us better…
The Multi-faceted challenges of bringing Tutu to the Metaverse
Yesterday was another hectic, fun day at Global Kids. The highlight was a live simulcast of an address by Archbishop Desmond Tutu that we organized in Second Life, Teen Second Life, the tween-oriented virtual world of Whyville and the web. The occasion was a keynote address the Archbishop Tutu was delivering at the National Service…
Second Life Simulcast of Desmond Tutu speaking at Service Learning Conference
The National Youth Leadership Council will be hosting its 19th Annual National Service Learning Conference in Minneapolis from April 9-12th, 2008. The NSLC is the largest gathering of youths and practitioners involved in the service-learning movement where participants connect through three days of plenary sessions, featured forums, and service projects. Keynote speakers will be: Archbishop…