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Resources and Best Practices from Global Kids for getting started in Second Life
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Getting Started in Second LifeMeghan DeanaGlobal Kids
WHAT IS GLOBAL KIDS?Global Kids' mission is to transform urban youth
into successful students and global and community leaders by engaging them in socially
dynamic, content-rich learning experiences.
WHAT IS THE ONLINE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM?
Works with young people:
Digital Media Initiative
Playing 4 Keeps
Virtual Video Project
Virtual Worlds - Second Life
Mixed Reality Events
Blog: http://Holymeatballs.org
Global Kids in Teen Second Life
2006 - GK joins TSL
Since then, programs have included:
Machinima
Global Kids Interns
Science in Second Life
D.I.D.I. Initiative
Enough about me...
Who are YOU?
Why Virtual Worlds?
A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these forms of participatory culture, including opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, a changed attitude toward intellectual property, the diversification of cultural expression, the development of skills valued in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship. - Henry Jenkins
What the media says:
ABC News video here...
Youth are excited and engaged!
Are you ready?
Second Life Toolbox - on RezEd.org
Don’t go it alone! Build and join communities
Existing Second Life groups
SLED mailing list
RezEd.org
Best Practices for working in Teen Second Life
What happens in the teen grid stays in the teen grid.
Create multiple places of meaning.
More Best Practices
Best practices for bringing a youth development model into Teen Second Life
Best practices using Second Life for real world education
Best practices for bringing content into Second Life
and more all the time on RezEd.org
WARNING!!
Working in Second Life can be...
Firewall issues...
Computer blues...
When it comes together...
Thank you!Time for Q&A!
Second Life Toolboxon RezEd.org