The I Dig Tanzania summer camp participants finished the virtual portion of their program today. Here’s a picture of our New York IDT participants posing with Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life. A dedicated group of 16 teens in Chicago and New York completed a week-long set of activities…
Category: Virtual Worlds
I Dig Tanzania Day Two: fossil digging, synapsids, and fishing fun!
Today was the second day of the " I Dig Tanzania" intensive summer camp that Global Kids is running with the Field Museum in Chicago. Today our intrepid groups of 16 teens in New York and Chi-town had a number of challenging tasks that we set out for them to make progress on their virtual…
Global Kids and Field Museum launch innovative “virtual fossil dig” for teens in New York and Chicago
Here’s some video from the launch of the "I Dig Tanzania" intensive summer camp that I am helping facilite for the next few days. Yesterday the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and Global Kids launched an intensive summer camp for a group of teens in New York and Chicago that we call "I…
REMINDER: 5 Finalists in USC Public Good & SL Challenge need your votes by June 30!
Just a quick reminder that the deadline to vote for the five finalists in the USC Network Culture Project’s "Second Life and Public Good Community Challenge" is next Monday, June 30! The finalists are: Ability Commons: Proposers Gentle Heron and Carolina Yeats Mauerkrankheit: Proposers Ping Rau and Nonny Writer Native Lands Cultural Project: Proposer Boondoggle…
Video: Rik on Metanomics Show yesterday
For those interested in seeing me speak on the USC Public Good in SL Community Challenge yesterday on the Metanomics Talk Show in Second Life, SLCN.tv has released a quicktime video of the entire show. It’s kind of a long download, so I recommend cueing it…
Metanomics: pushing the boundaries of live broadcasting through virtual worlds
Just had a wonderful time as a guest on the very popular virtual world talk show "Metanomics" hosted by the able Mr. Beyers Sellers. I’ve always been a big fan of the show, which sets a high bar for professionalism in this new media space. I was invited on along with Doug Thomas of the…
REMINDER : I’m speaking at Metanomics in SL today at 12PM PST
Just a quick reminder that I will be speaking in a little bit with Doug Thomas at the popular "Metanomics" talk show in Second Life today starting at Noon PST / 3pm EST. Here are the details: Metanomics, the web’s premier program about the business and policy of virtual worlds, begins an exciting second season…
Global Kids teens produce machinima film on educational racism in China, Brazil and the US
I’m proud to announce that our teens in our Virtual Video Project at Global Kids are about to unveil their latest machinima film on how racism effects access to education in three countries: China, Brazil and the United States. The film, "Race to Equality", will premiere on Thursday, June 26th, at 6:00 pm at the…
I’m speaking at Metanomics on Monday, June 23 in SL
I will be speaking with Doug Thomas at the popular "Metanomics" talk show in Second Life on Monday starting at Noon PST / 3pm EST. Here are the details: Metanomics, the web’s premier program about the business and policy of virtual worlds, begins an exciting second season on Monday, June 23rd at Noon PST. For…
Introducing the Funkasaurus, My 1st Spore creature
Sorry to inflict this on you, if you have seen hundreds of other Spore creatures already. Here’s my "Funkasaurus" animal I created using the Spore Creature Creator. Funkasaurus is a fun-loving, hip-hop listening, b-boying vegetarian. The interface is super fun to play with, if you haven’t already downloaded it. At Global Kids we’re abuzz with…