Lindy hoppers Akemi and Patrick performing tonight at a benefit for Coney Island. Had a really awesome time tonight at the Spring Gala Fundraiser party for Coney Island USA, which took place tonight in the Lower Eastside of Manhattan. I was there with a group of a dozen of so lindy hoppers to liven up…
Category: Civil Society
Seeking Expert on Education in Tibet and Brazil
Barry Joseph, the director of the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids, passed on to me this request for experts on education in Tibet and Brazil: Global Kids’ youth are producing a year-end video, using Second Life, to talk about racism as an obstacle to education within the U.S., Brazil and Tibet. We are looking…
Teaching teens about Darfur in Second Life
Last night I helped out my colleague Shawna with the "Deconstructing Darfur" workshops that she has been facilitating this month in Teen Second Life. The goal of the workshops series is to help a small group of young people to learn about Sudan, the conflict and resultant humanitarian crisis there, what the international response has…
The NOAA needs your input on their Second Life presence
The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration has done some amazingly cool builds in Second Life on their two islands Meteora and Okeanos. This US government agency has commissioned lots of innovative, interactive displays that really show the potential for virtual world education and awareness-raising — from a hurricane simulator to a live map of…
NMC announces $100K (yes, real US dollars) for innovative learning & virtual world projects
Just got this off the SL educators list. The amazing New Media Consortium is offering US$100,000 in prizes to 20 projects that use virtual worlds in innovative ways for learning. Projects must be conducted in Second Life or Sun Microsystem’s new Project Wonderland virtual world platform: The New Media Consortium (NMC) today announced the call…
Help send GK youth leaders to Mexico this May 28
I wanted to spread the word about a happy hour fun-draiser that Global Kids is throwing in NYC on May 28. We’re organizing a cocktail party at the White Rabbit bar in Manhattan on May 28 to help some of our youth leaders go to Mexico this summer to work on human rights issues. Enjoy…
Global Kids: why our blood is unacceptable
I have been a blood donor for most of my life, having been blessed with large veins and no squeamishness around needles. It’s one of the easiest ways to give that might literally save another person’s life. Plus I love the free cookies and juice at the end. Recently I got contacted by one of…
Fellowship Available for Global Kids International Justice Center
Global Kids is offering a fellowship to focus on event management for the International Justice Center (click here to teleport). The fellow will be expected to work with Global Kids staff to organize regular in-world events in that sim for SL residents, human rights groups, and the general public. Since 2005, Global Kids has leveraged…
L$ 300K for the best “Public Good” project in SL! Info session on SL Community Challenge tonight at 9pm SLT
Tonight at 9PM PST will be first information session the "Second Life and Public Good" Community Challenge sponsored by my friends at the USC Network Culture Project. The Challenge offers L$100,000 a month for three months for the best projects that address some social need via SL. For some reason I was chosen to be…
The Tech Museum looking for virtual exhibits on tech that benefit humanity
Those awesome folks at The Tech Museum in San Jose have done it again. They sent out news that they are launching a new initiative to support exhibits on technology that benefits humanity in unique and innovative ways. Called the "UCanTu" initiative, the project calls upon Second Life residents to create virtual exhibits that demonstrate…