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Global Kids’ Nisrin Elamin talks about her work for peace in Sudan on WNYC

Posted on December 7, 2009 by

Here's an awesome radio interview with my colleague Nisrin Elamin, a senior trainer and curriculum specialist at Global Kids, talking about her work with grassroots groups like Sisterhood for Peace and an underground radio station in Darfur.  I and my colleagues have benefited so much from Nisrin's passionate and untiring work for peace in her…

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Vote for Global Kids to win $1 million in Chase Community Giving Challenge

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

I'm passing along the news that Global Kids stands to win $1 million in a competition on Facebook by Chase Community Giving. But we need your votes to win! Voting takes less than 60 seconds, please click here to VOTE FOR GLOBAL KIDS NOW! Want to know how your vote for GK can make a…

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Joliz blogs about how Global Kids changed her life

Posted on November 19, 2009 by

My Global Kids colleague Joliz posts on the Huffington Post about how Global Kids changed her life ten years ago in high school.  It's a really neat story about how Global Kids works with inner city youth to expose them to new opportunities, cultures and ways of seeing the world and themselves. Check it out…

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Why America’s youth need affordable broadband internet access

Posted on August 19, 2009 by

The FCC has created a website using IdeaScale to solicit ideas and opinions on the importance of broadband internet on education in America.  I just posted my own views entitled "All of America's Youth Deserve to Play a Part in the Digital Society." Here's a bit of what I wrote: I work at Global Kids,…

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How to transform our Global Kids teens into Outliers

Posted on August 17, 2009 by

I recently read Malcolm Gladwell’s new book Outliers , a fresh perspective on genius and success. Gladwell's central aim is to challenge the notion that individuals who are at the top of their field got there by sheer talent and hard work. He argues convincingly that there are number of external factors outside of the…

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Games in Education Conference: Warcraft in the Classroom, Hungarian Revolution and Elmo!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

Thanks so much to the organizers of the Games in Education Conference for inviting me to their symposium this week.  It was a really fun and thought-provoking experience for me. My presentation on Global Kids' Playing 4 Keeps program went quite well, I think, with many educators at the conference complimenting me and asking for…

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Global Kids Professional Development: Learn how to engage youth on global issues using virtual worlds, games and machinima

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

You might not know, but my organization Global Kids not only does some of the most innovative virtual world, serious gaming, and digital filmmaking youth programs out there, but we also help other educators adopt our methods for their kids. Global Kids offers a range of professional services and professional development including standards-based training for…

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Change.org features Global Kids’ machinima on child sex trafficking!

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

The activism site Change.org a few days ago featured a story about Discovered, the machinima movie created by our teen filmmakers in our Virtual Video Project at Global Kids. As a reminder, Discovered is a digital "machinima" film produced in Second Life that explores the powerful issue of child sex trafficking through the fictional story…

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I Dig Zambia starts today!

Posted on July 6, 2009 by

More details soon…

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Teen-created machinima dramatizes child sex trafficking

Posted on July 1, 2009 by

Today our 15 teen machinimatographers in Global Kids' Virtual Video Project publicly premiered their film "Discovered" before an audience of their peers, parents, teachers, and supporters at the Sony Wonder Theater in Manhattan.  It was great seeing their work on the big screen and then watching them explain to the audience their process from conception…

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