getting started in second life - nmc 2008

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