Shawna at the USC Network Culture Project sent around a call for interested students to participate in a paid summer internship in Second Life. Sounds like a great opportunity for an undergrad or graduate student interested in virtual worlds: The USC Network Culture Project at the Annenberg School for Communication is accepting applications for undergraduate…
Category: Virtual Worlds
Non-profits in SL: Glitteractica & Randall Moss speaking at Metanomics today
My friend Glitteractica Cookie of Techsoup.org (pictured above) and Randall Moss of the American Cancer Society will be speaking today at the popular "Metanomics" talk show in Second Life from 11-12PM PST. The event will take place on Muse Arena on Muse Isle, and filmed and streamed live on SLCN.tv. Check the full event entry…
VIDEO: Draxtor Dupres’ on the growing non-profit presence in Second Life
Cyber-journalist Draxtor Dupres has a tremendous series of machinima news stories that he files regularly about the comings and goings in Second Life. His latest story is about the growing non-profit community in SL, which features my friends at the Non-profit Commons.
Intro to ICC Event at DePaul & the International Justice Center a Success!
Yesterday, I was at DePaul University streaming a live video feed from a student-oriented event on the International Criminal Court to the web at JusticeCenter.net and Second Life to the International Justice Center. This was the first time I had organized this largely on my own, which was somewhat stressful. Luckily, event organizer Liz Drew,…
Headed to Chicago for ICC conference, streaming into Second Life
Tomorrow I’m doing a quick trip to Chicago for the Midwest Regional Conference on the International Criminal Court at DePaul University. Lots of amazing experts in international justice will there including: Judge Philippe Kirsch, president of the ICC Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the ICC Betty Bigombe, Former Minister of State and Chief Mediator in the…
Announcing RezEd: the hub for learning and virtual worlds
I’m excited to announce the newest venture at Global Kids Online Leadership Program: RezEd — the Hub for Learning and Virtual Worlds. Here’s the skinny from OLP Director Barry Joseph: Global Kids is proud to launch the open BETA of RezEd, the new online hub providing practitioners using virtual worlds with access to the highest…
Retiring “Rik’s Event Picks” : good luck, Charlanna!
Me hanging out with Hamlet Au of New World Notes, March 2007 For more than a year, I have had the pleasure of working with Hamlet Au of New World Notes to write a weekly "Event Picks" listing for the venerable Second Life news site. As Hamlet just announced today, I will be stepping down…
MIT Wizard Henry Jenkin’s speaks on Teen Grid about Harry Potter and civic engagement
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. …
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…
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…