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Global Kids at Education Faire, Metanomics, Orange Island this week

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

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…

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Tweet of the Day: Global Kids wins the Linden Prize!

Posted on January 13, 2009 by

The spoof posts by Twitter user "Second Lie" are consistently hilarious and spot on (at least if you are a Second Life resident.)  Today Global Kids got a very funny mention in the "Second Lie" Twitter feed, referring to the "Linden Prize" being offered by Linden Labs for the most innovative new application of Second…

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My promotion: Assistant Director of Global Kids’ Online Leadership Program!

Posted on January 9, 2009 by

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…

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Global Kids 2008 Year End Review

Posted on December 31, 2008 by

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…

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Year One at Global Kids Wrap-up

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

December 19, 2007 started off super-crappy but ended super-awesome. That morning, I updated my status on the micro-blog Twitter as "jobless." A few minutes later, I got a text message from Barry Joseph : “Sorry to hear the news.  Please call when u can.” Barry is a guy I had known for about a year…

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Scenarios USA & Global Kids premieres 3 youth films in Second Life

Posted on December 19, 2008 by

On Wednesday, I produced the virtual premiere of three youth-written films in Second Life.  Organized by Global Kids in conjunction with Scenarios USA, the virtual screening brought together around 50 teens and adults on both the Teen Grid and Main Grid of Second Life.  The audiences got to watch three short films on the subject…

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Barry’s muppet doppelganger

Posted on December 18, 2008 by

My colleague Joyce just got our boss Barry a custom-made muppet, which we're all very excited about.  Barry most of all.True, Barry is not exactly the leather jacket type.  But otherwise, he's the spitting image of him.  Barry already has his muppet hard at work representing him when he steps away from his desk.  Most…

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SAVE THE DATE: Global Kids annual benefit January 14 in NYC with Vincent Mai of ICTJ

Posted on December 4, 2008 by

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…

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Local teen reporter Josetta Adams on WNYC/NPR (audio)

Posted on December 2, 2008November 20, 2023 by

Give a listen to this insightful radio report by local teenager Josetta Adams, talking about her own frustrations, her East Flatbush neighborhood, and her love of rock music.  An intimate portrait of what it’s like growing up as a black teen in the city. Broadcast on local NPR affiliate WNYC as part of their “Radio…

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Speaking about the UN, civic engagement, new media, and virtual worlds

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

I had the pleasure of speaking to my friend Josephine Dorado's class on "Collaboration in Networked Environments" that she is teaching at the New School this semester.  The course apparently this week is exploring virtual worlds and MMOs, after delving into a range of other social media, from social networks to micro-blogging to mashup technologies. …

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