Global Kids is all over the Second Life grid this coming week, with appearances at three high-profile events. Come by if you want to find out what we've been up to, our views on Teen / Main Grid integration, and how you can support youth development using virtual worlds. Here's the breakdown: Second Life Education…
Category: Education
Preparing youth for our rapidly changing times
Such a cool little video dramatizing how quickly our world is changing. My takeaway from this video is that educating youth to be effective citizens in the 21st century is less about cramming knowledge in their brains as much as preparing them with the right disposition to absorb new information, learn new skills, and effectively…
My promotion: Assistant Director of Global Kids’ Online Leadership Program!
After a year at the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids, I'm excited to announce that I have been promoted to Assistant Director of OLP! Functionally, I will still be doing a good amount of "Second Life producing," but also doing more programmatic and staff oversight. We've got an awesome bunch of geeks and educators…
Global Kids 2008 Year End Review
I just finished drafting the 2008 Global Kids Year End Review, with a lot of help from my colleagues. It's remarkable listing all of the cool stuff that we did over the past twelve months with our scrappy little team of geeks and educators. Some of my personal favs: An AIDS orphan in Ugandan exchanges…
New Code helps teachers understand “Fair Use” of media materials in classroom
The Center for Social Media, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, and the Media Education Lab have recently come out with a new “Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education.“ While intended specifically for teachers in media literacy courses, there is a lot of useful information for educators of…
SAVE THE DATE: Global Kids annual benefit January 14 in NYC with Vincent Mai of ICTJ
I just got the official word that Global Kids 2009 Winter Benefit will be held in New York City on Wednesday, January 14 from 6-9PM. This is going to be a very special event where we will be honoring Vincent Mai, CEO of AEA Investors and Co-Founder of the International Center for Transitional Justice, who…
Global Kids Online Leadership Program: the cutest team of geek educators in the metaverse
Here’s an updated picture of the entire Online Leadership Program at Global Kids. Front Row [L-R]: Barry Joseph, Joyce Bettencourt, Rafi Santo. Middle Row: Meghan Deana, Tabitha Tsai, Shawna Rosenzweig. Back Row: Krista Hund, Amira Fouad, Rik Panganiban