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Global Kids Challenges NYC Teens to “Level Up” their Serious Gaming Skills this Summer

Posted on May 13, 2010 by

This July, Global Kids is holding our first serious gaming camp that we are calling "Level Up"! Designed for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, this week-long summer intensive will train you in basic game design, global literacy, and how to combine the two into a serious game design addressing a critical social issue. It…

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EnerCities: first Facebook “serious game” on sustainable urban development

Posted on December 8, 2009 by

 Dylan Nagel of Paladin Studios sends out the news that the public beta version of EnerCities has been released, reportedly the first "serious game" to be hosted on Facebook. With support from the European Commission, the goal of our project is to raise energy awareness among young people around the world through the gameplay. I…

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$4,000 prize for best “Choose Your Global Solution” interactive fiction project

Posted on September 28, 2009 by

Those nice folks at Citizens for Global Solutions are once again holding a contest for artists, webmasters, graphic designers,  poets, video artists and creative activists who are interested in creating some unique digital art on the Web! This year's theme is "Choose Your Global Solution." $4,000 in cash prizes is up for grabs. The basic…

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Speaking at Games in Education Conference this Wed at HVCC

Posted on August 3, 2009 by

This Wednesday, August 5, I will be heading upstate to speak at the Games in Education Conference at the Hudson Valley Community College about Global Kids' innovative digital games program "Playing 4 Keeps." Specifically I'll be speaking on the panel "Relating Social Issues & Historical Events through Games" with Andrea Lauer Rice, CEO & Founder…

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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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Draxtor interviews Chelo Alvarez-Stehle about “SOS-Slaves” game on sex trafficking

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

This is the second in a series of interviews conducted by citizen journalist / machinimatographer Draxtor Despres with participants in the BAVC Producers Institute.  In this interview, Draxtor talks with Chelo Alvarez-Stehle about her project on sex-trafficking, called "Sands Of Silence." I was one of the mentors on this project at the Producers Institute.  Looking…

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“Playing 4 Keeps”: Global Kids social-issues games program

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

I haven't written much about Global Kids' work in the serious games arena.  We have developed a successful program called "Playing 4 Keeps" that engages young people in the process of game design as a way to get them thinking critically about digital games and examining social issues in new ways.  In the past three…

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