My colleague Barry put together these tasty clips from the 1980s ground-breaking scifi movie "Tron." Barry pulled out every use of the word "rez" in the film to explain why Global Kids named its new social network for virtual world educators "RezEd.org." "Rez" in the Second Life context refers to creating objects in-world, i.e. to…
Category: Virtual Worlds
“Second Life and the Public Good Community Challenge” : awesome submissions!
I just finished doing a first read-through of the submitted proposals for the USC Network Culture Project’s "Second Life and Public Good Community Challenge". There’s a rich assortment of innovative projects on the table, all of which are worthy of support in their own right. Winnowing it down to just five is going to be…
2 jobs available for community development project in Boston using Second Life
Gene Koo of the Berkman Center at Harvard wanted me to pass around these job notices for an innovative project called "Hub2": "Hub2 seeks to enable local neighborhoods to participate more meaningfully in the design and development of their own public spaces. Residents engage in a process that employs 3D tools and problem-solving techniques to…
VIDEO: Tour of Vienna Dinosaur Museum in SL
Garth Goode posts a nice blog entry about a dinosaur museum in Second Life that I had to check out. It appears to be based on the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria, although there is almost no information provided in the build. The way that the museum creators incorporate photos of the real…
Playing with dino toys at Global Kids – I have the best job ever
Yes, this is me hard at work at Global Kids. My colleague Shawna and I are playing with dinosaur toys that Barry bought us as educational tools to teach kids about paleontology this summer in Teen Second Life. Gawd, I have the best job ever.
AMD “Changes the Game” through funding non-profit gaming initiatives
Computer processor manufacturer AMD today announces their new initiative "Changing the Game" that provides support for non-profits applying gaming technology to address social concerns. Global Kids is proud to be one of the recipients of one of the grants to support our program "Playing 4 Keeps," that engages a group of New York teens in…
Last post about NetSquared: check out their cute tee-shirts!
The free tee-shirt I got at the NetSquared Conference this past Tuesday and Wednesday is the cutest conference shirt I have ever received! That is all.
Global Kids on the Second Life Grid website!
If you go to the Non-profit section of the Second Life Grid website, you will see two images featuring Global Kids’ work on the Teen Grid. I’m particularly proud of this since I took both of these pictures. Go, GK!
What would virtual world non-profit collaboration look like?
I’ve been thinking about how virtual worlds might fit into the work life of an advocacy-focused non-profit in a meaningful way. Here’s one scenario I dreamed up that isn’t science-fiction — it can basically be implemented today with current technology. Hopefully it might help some advocacy groups imagine the potential for virtual worlds to enhance…
Powerpoint slides from my NetSquared presentation “Turn Off the Damned PC and Go Outside”
| View | Upload your own Here is the powerpoint presentation from my presentation at the NetSquared Mixed-reality event yesterday, entitled "Turn Off the Damned PC and Go Outside." On and congrats to the winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge: First Place ($25,000): Ushahidi: Mapping Reports of Post-Election Violence in Kenya Second Place ($15,000): KnowMore.org Firefox…