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Ian Bogost, of the great site Water Cooler Games, just posted a review of Ayiti.
He writes, "The game (developed by veteran casual game developers game Lab) has high production value and strategic depth."
To read the rest, click here.
The MacArthur Foundation has launched an excellent online resource about the work they are funding with their recent commitment of $50m which showcase much of the work being produced.
You can read more about the work they are funding at Global Kids, watch an interview with Barry Joseph, the online leadership director, and PDFs from the Digital Media Essay Contest.
Btw, the part in the video where Barry talks about how different people learn in different ways was in response to a question asked by one of the Global Kids Youth Leaders trying to throw him off: "Who would win: Superman or Batman?"
Welcome to Ayiti: The Cost of Life. The game launched today on one of our partner's sites: UNICEF. You can find it at http://theCostofLife.org.
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Released on October 19, Henry Jenkin's brilliant and practical white paper, Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century, explores new frameworks and models for media literacy.
To quote just one section:
A central goal of this report is to shift the focus of the conversation about the digital divide from questions of technological access to those of opportunities to participate and to develop the cultural competencies and social skills needed for full involvement.Schools as institutions have been slow to react to the emergence of this new participatory culture;the greatest opportunity for change is currently found in afterschool programs and informal learning communities.Schools and afterschool programs must devote more attention to fostering what we call the new media literacies:a set of cultural competencies and social skills that young people need in the new media landscape.Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.The new literacies almost all involve social skills developed through collaboration and networking.These skills build on the foundation of traditional literacy,research skills,technical skills,and critical analysis skills taught in the classroom.
Furthermore, on page 27, when offering examples of how the skill of simulation has been explored in a formal setting, Jenkin's writes:
"Students need to learn how to manipulate and interpret existing simulations and how to construct their own dynamic models of real world processes... Groups such as... Global Kids in New York City involve kids in the design of their own games. These groups see a value in having youth translate a body of knowledge... into the activities and iconography of games. Here,students are encouraged to think of alternative ways of modeling knowledge and learn to use the vocabulary of game design to represent central aspects of the world around them."
And this came out the week BEFORE we launched Ayiti! This is a fantastic document for anyone working with new media and youth, and not just because we got the Jenkin's shout-out.
The online version of the technology magazine Red Herring featured an article that focuses on the MacArthur foundation's recent announcement of funding towards digitial media and technology initiatives. They mention their thoughts on the positive impact that these grants, and specifically the funding to Global Kids, could have.
"MacArthur has also been funding Global Kids... Maybe someday the kids whose digital educations are being examined may receive genius grants of their own."
To read more, click here.
Well it's come to the end of the week for me and this is my last blog post for this week, it's about the Global Kids Cave Building event which happened on Friday. Over 24 Teens participated in building the big massive cave at Global Kids Island. It was a very successful event and we got it all finished in the end :D, although there was a bit of arguments going on but still it was fun.
We had some people building the actual cave structure then some building items to go into the cave and some of them did both which was very cool of them too. You can visit the cave at Global Kids Island you can't miss it its massive. I hope we get all the teens come to the events next week we got lots planned like a Treasure Hunt, What scares you the most about Digital Media and more...
Well thats all from me today with this blog post. I have attached some screen shots of the event below. Have a good weekend and see you on Monday.
Screen Shots:
Thanks!
-Storm
Well this is coming to the end of the week only one more event to blog now. I'm having fun doing this mind you . Well I had better get on with it. On Thursday we hosted an Avatar Building event on Global kids Island I as part of the Halloween Events. We had over 48 people turn up to the event although a lot of them left before the end. We had some cool av making, we had some cool fun after the building and we gathered on the stage where we got one person up at a time to tell us about there av they made. We then announced the winner.
Rafi was out at a meeting all day so he didn't get to see them all :( but not to worry I'll show him some snaps of them. Well at the end of the event some people stayed on the island and had a mini party. Well thats about all in my blog post for now.
Winners:
Peter Burma
Domzion Zeuco
Rabbit Schnook
Screen Shots:
Well this is now my second blog post and I hope I'll be posting many more, it's kind of fun. Well let's tell you about the Firework Building Event that went on in the Global Kids Island I. On Tuesday I hosted a Firework Building event which went very well except the sim crashed near the end. Thanks to Harmony Linden who got the sim up and running within 15 mins!
We extended the event for another 30 minutes to give people more time. We all finished our fireworks when it re-opened and gathered around the sandboxes to test them. Then after five minutes testing where we got everyone to the event stage where we then got one person up at a time and show all of us the fireworks they was cool. Rafi Gkid and Tabitha Gkid and I help judge them. The winner won L$35, Second Place With L$25, and Third place L$15 and a rare squid :-)
We will now use everyones fireworks for the events next week :-)
Winners:
SupaNeo Nori
Joe Sun
Jamie Ryder
Screen Shots:
People often find the game REALLY hard to play. Which it is. But here are some photos from one player showing that they should not give up - there is hope!
We were thrilled with the turn-out yesterday at the South Shore launch party for our new game, Ayiti: The Cost of Life. Over 50 people attended the event, heard from the students, the game developers, and the school's administration. After eating some yummy food we went to the computer lab and player the game. A number of reporters were present, so we look forward to blogging their coverage soon.
At the end of the event, I asked one of the Playing 4 Keeps youth leaders how it felt showing-off the game to so many of her peers. She said, "It felt like being you." I asked, "What does it feel like to be me?" She replied, referring to the role designated for Global Kids staff who work with teens, "To be a Trainer."
Check out below some of the photos taken during the event. To see more click here.
Global Kids is proud to announce that Ayiti: The Cost of Life is now available through out first partner, UNICEF and their youth-site Voices of Youth.
Check it out here.
Read more here.
The teens in this year's Digital Media Youth Advisory started out the year in force, beginning with a re-write of a survey for the MacArthur volume on civic engagement.
The volume approached Global Kids with their plans to survey teens in MySpace. However, when we saw their questions, we were delighted to run them through the advisory to create a more youth-friendly approach. After a significant re-write, the teens submitted the following questions, which were incorporated into their MySpace page. If you are a member of MySpace, log in and post your own response.
Are you tired of the way you are represented in the media, or the huge panic that adults are having about MySpace? Want to speak back about it? Please read on...Some big thinkers are writing a high profile book about how youth use digital media, my MySpace, to engage with politics and society. A very important part of this process is to get feedback from you guys that we can include in the book. So, we came up with some questions that we'd really appreciate you guys answering! You can answer by leaving a comment.
thanks ~ kate
1) Should adults be concerned about how youth view their rights and public affairs (like voting)? How might online experiences better connect youth to real information and get them actively involved?
2) Do online games or sites like MySpace spark meaningful forms of political discussions and actions? If so, can youth expand this involvement into the real world?
3) What should adults know about the pros and cons of youth using digital media?
4) What steps can we take to influence parents and professionals so that they can better understand youth's involvement in improving their communities? What steps can we take to influence them to adopt more creative, real and fair opportunities for youth to be heard?'
And in case you are curious, here's how the teens revised the questions. After talking as a group about what makes a good survey question for teens, we organized the youth advisory into smaller groups, gave each team one of the original questions, tasked them with returning to the group with a revised question, discussed the revised question with the group, added more revisions as a group until we came to consensus that it was a good question, then sent them on to the volume editors.
Below are the original questions:
1. To what extent should we be concerned that young people are less inclined than earlier generations to engage with former touchstones of citizenship such as voting and following news about public affairs? If these shifts should concern us, how might online experiences better link young people to credible information and satisfying participation opportunities?
2. Are the boundaries of civic engagement changing for young people online? For example, when can online spaces such as myspace and facebook constitute forums for civic engagement? Or, do protests in an online game constitute civic engagement? If so, how do such engagement experiences translate into broader participation in politics, and public life?
3. What do you think are the opportunities and pitfalls of teaching participatory media skills and orientations for creating the capacity to raise public voice(s)? What suggestions do you have for helping make such pedagogy successful?
4. What can we learn about success and failure in youth digital media experience to go beyond what is currently offered in schools and community youth programs?
5. What strategies can we develop to influence educators, educational policy makers, community youth workers, professional associations, and parents to see youth civic engagement differently, and to adopt more creative and democratic opportunities for young people to raise their public voices?
On Monday over 18 teens participated in decorating the Global Kids Island for Halloween. The event was ran by me, Storm Basiat. We have got a lot of cool builds and I already started to do the decorations on the island as you may have seen. All the screen shots will be posted at the bottom of this blog post.
Lets talk about the event now. I opened the event at 10am PDT / SLT and we had lots of teens coming the the event they all choose a sandbox and built there decorations. We give them two and a half hours to produce some cool decorations for the island after the time passed we allowed teens to go around and check the other sandboxes and see what others have built and give people positive comments. We gathered all the teens onto the stage to end off the event and give out the prizes. Everything went well and I hope everyone had a good time at the events. If here is any feedback please IM Storm Basiat.
Event Winers:
Jonett Gremlin
Joe Sun
Disco Bayliss
SupaNeo Nori
Screen Shots:
Thanks!
-Storm Basiat
Hey guys!
I know you haven’t heard from me in AWHILE.
Let me give you an update of whats going on :)
I have been very busy with Global Kids work, recently! Barry and I are currently working on a project with Cory Linden. Yeah, Cory Linden :D
We are in the middle of making a type of multiple choice survey for the teens in TSL. We hope to get a script somewhat like we had in the maze [If you can make one for us... PLEASE send me an IM in-game]. So keep an eye out for this :)
I have also been assigned to hand out some open-ended surveys. Anyone that completes them with decent (more then one word) answers will receive 250L from Rafi. If you would like to fill out a survey; again, leave me an IM in-game.
But here is the BIGBIG news.
Barry gave me a great idea, to start a new group in TSL. I took his advice and ‘Disability in TSL’ was started... just the other day :) It is open enrollment; so please feel free to join!
I’ve been physically disabled since I was four years old, and I thought making a group in SL might connect some residents. We are hopefully going to get a plot on GK Island –nudges Barry- and I hope to do some great stuff with it :D
Join today!
Over and out,
Lucky Figgy
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With the return of school, teen residents are back in force, proposing events they can run on Global Kids Island. One of the most active is Storm Basiat, who has a whole range of programs planned for the week of Halloween.
To get back up to speed, Storm ran the following Word Spill and has this to say:
Hello. Today I hosted a quick Word Spill event at Global Kids Island. I was kind of bored so I thought Why not? Let's have some fun this afternoon. Below is the screen shot. Not many people turned up as you can see but we still had fun, which is the main thing.
As part of the New Media Consortium's Impact of Digital media Symposium, Barry and Rafi did an hour long presentation to a main-grid audience in Second Life about our work in the teen grid. We had a blast, not just talking about our work but getting everyone out of their seats and onto some floating platforms for a demonstration of how we run our workshops. And we were delighted to see so many of our main grid friends there - GK supporters, partners, and even a handful of Lindens. Thank you all for showing up.
You can read a description of the event, view a few photos, and even listen to an MP3 of the presentation.
When educating in Second Life, one of the most important issues to consider is that of emotional lattitude. Most educators know what this is, as does anyone that's taken part in an online conversation and had a comment misinterpreted. It's the problem that lies at the heart of real time online communication: You don't see a person's face or hear their voice, therefore lack many emotional cues that would otherwise be present. You have a much harder time seeing how they're reacting to anything that may be happening in a virtual space (or their own physical environment) and adjusting your own reactions accordingly.
It can be easy to take for granted the non-verbal communications that are contained in the face and voice. After all, the way language is used reflects a hierarchy of communication:
'Are you listening?'
'We're having a conversation.'
'I'll talk to him about it.'
These statements, on the surface level, seem to be referring to the spoken word, though if reflected upon we can see that they really have to do with attending to a range of sensory cues, including those that are non-verbal. We know this, but since it's often not explicit, it's easy to forget.
When we enter a virtual space of any sort, we change our medium of communication and very quickly realize that the types of nuanced messages we're used to conveying have to do with a lot more than words.
In the past, distance learning has come up against this barrier that seems to be inherent to online communication. Without seeing the learners and interacting with them on a face to face level, how can an educator know whether comprehension is happening? While many current trends in education would tout tests and other quantitative evaluation methods as a means to measure comprehension, any educator that works in a classroom knows the importance of being able to observe youth learning in real time in order to see if additional instruction or a change of approach is necessary.
A teen will rarely tell an educator that they're bored, frustrated or tired, but an effective educator can observe these states in their students. This observation and its resultant changes in approach are largely reliant on emotional cues inherant in body language, facial expression and tone of voice, and any medium for education is greatly bolstered when it allows for such cues to be conveyed.
An argument can be made that a space like Second Life has far greater potential than any other distance learning medium to convey emotional lattitude. Using mediums like live chat, message boards and email lists (the traditional spaces where online learning has taken place) this was about the farthest one could get:
: ) - Happy
: D - Really happy
: O - Surprised
: ( - Sad
Obviously the world of emoticons has far more variations and much depth and history, but ultimately it is a pretty limited bandwith for someone to work with.
In Second Life, having an avatar allows expression of emotion to happen on a different level. Below, my avatar makes some displays of virtual emotion:
However, while the above is definitely a step up from emoticons, it still in no way compares to this:
The emotions conveyed through emoticons and those expressed through an avatar are in fact limited in the same way: they're both completely intentional. The emoticon won't show up in the chat log if a person doesn't type it. The avatar has a default facial expression, and that won't change unless the person controlling it activates a preset gesture or facial expression, a skill set in itself which can be manipulated in various ways to send different messages other than what's actually being experienced by the person behind the keyboard.
In contrast, our everyday expression of emotion is both intentional and unintentional. Microexpressions, or involuntary and extremely short lived facial expressions, underscore any current mental state and can indicate the difference between sincerity or a lack thereof. The field of vocalics looks at how changes in tone, pitch, accent and volume all give off non-verbal cues that would would indicate things that would otherwise go unsaid. I could go on and on, but the point is that emotional states express themselves whether people like it or not, and being able to observe these expressions is to the benefit of any educator.
This is not the case in virtual worlds, and until the technology gets to a place where that's possible, educators working in these spaces need to think creatively about how to compensate for these limitations both through methods of communication and, more importantly, through what type of education they want to engage in in a space like this.
There are a number of strategies that an educator might use when engaging and communicating with learners in Second Life to address this issue. When possible, it is always to an educator's advantage to have an ongoing real life relationship with learners they're interacting with, as this gives them a greater sense of their personalities and might then shape the way they interact with them in the online environment.
This is not always possible, and certainly has not been the case with most of the teens we've dealt with in our online programs in Second Life here at Global Kids. In a situation where an educator never meets the learner 'face to face', it's important to leverage different mediums of communication to establish an amount of depth in the relationship as well as a better understanding of the learner. This might occur through phone or Voip (voice over internet protocol) conversation, in instant messages or email that occur outside the context of learning time and space, or during informal gatherings and play activities that Second Life is so well suited for.
The medium that is Second Life, like any other medium, shapes what and how we communicate. Therefore, it also shapes the ways that we educate, as education is at its core about effective transfer of ideas, values or skills through communication. If the world is going to start looking to this environment as one where real, substantive education can happen, it's important that those who work with it examine what it can and can not do in terms of communication. Continuing on this theme, the next post in this set will examine further the nature of Second Life and discuss which types of education might flourish or falter in a space like this given both its limitations and affordances as a communication tool.
The following is the raw log from Global Kids Island in the teen grid, captured while the teens watched the live feed from NYC of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Learning Press Conference. The log begins as I arrived, as the Foundation President Jonathan Fanton talked about the skills young people need.
The schedule for the event was the following:
9:30 - 10:00 Arrival for launch. Light snacks and drinks served
American Museum of Natural History, Powerhouse
Central Park West and 79th Street
10:15 - Launch event begins
10:20 -- Jonathon Fanton speech
10:35 - Panel Discussion: Mimi Ito, Henry Jenkins, Nichole Pinkard
11:20 -- Q&A - audience and Second Life
Click on the photos to read the captions and read the unedited log below. I apologize in advance for the lack of editing - what you will find, as in most SL logs, a high noise-to-signal ratio. But the signal is worth the search.
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[7:22] Maerquis Sismondi: I'll tell you what skills us young people need.
[7:22] Maerquis Sismondi: Laser vision.
[7:22] Listeel Harlan: XD
[7:22] Alex Hicks: ssssshhhh!
[7:23] Bellia Zou: Hey ppl
[7:23] Listeel Harlan: yo
[7:23] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: hey bellia
[7:23] Bellia Zou: Hey
[7:24] Bellia Zou: hmm i thought i wasn't online
[7:24] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: afk
[7:24] Bellia Zou: kk
[7:24] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: k
[7:25] Bellia Zou: kk
[7:25] Bellia Zou: so why aren't we doing anything?
[7:25] Barry Gkid: Hi Folks
[7:25] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: idk?
[7:25] Listeel Harlan: game design??
[7:25] Barry Gkid: barry here
[7:25] Alex Hicks: listaning
[7:25] Listeel Harlan: oh dear
[7:25] Barry Gkid: We will be running 3 years of prgrams here with their funding
[7:25] Bellia Zou: kk
[7:25] Barry Gkid: I am sitting 5 feet from the speaking
[7:25] Barry Gkid: :-)
[7:25] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: afk
[7:25] Maerquis Sismondi: Hello Barry.
[7:26] Alex Hicks: O dang that's cool!
[7:26] Bellia Zou: i gtg in a sec cuz the internet itsn't working for my mom
[7:26] Barry Gkid: To learn more, joinh the Global Kids group and we will sent out an annoucnement soon
[7:26] Bellia Zou: kk
[7:26] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: k
[7:26] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: im board
[7:27] Bellia Zou: me too
[7:27] Barry Gkid: Cool p[anel coming up
[7:27] Barry Gkid: trust me
[7:27] Barry Gkid: awesome people
[7:27] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: is it gonna start yet?
[7:27] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: k
[7:27] Bellia Zou: i have a mall
[7:27] Bellia Zou: with open stalls
[7:27] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: wats the 50 million thingy we saw?
[7:27] Bellia Zou: idk
[7:27] Maerquis Sismondi: You know, I think Jackie Chan should be giving this whole speech thing. No one could do it better...
[7:28] Bellia Zou: Jackie chan?
[7:28] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: i think it was on the notice
[7:28] Bellia Zou: umm no comment nvm
[7:28] Bellia Zou: i think i'm bout to get kicke doff internet
[7:28] Bellia Zou: ?
[7:28] Bellia Zou: !
[7:28] Bellia Zou: oops
[7:28] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: why?
[7:28] Maerquis Sismondi: Woo panel!
[7:28] Alex Hicks: Barry are you going up?
[7:28] Bellia Zou: idk
[7:28] Bellia Zou: cuz the interntet isn't working
[7:29] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: oh
[7:29] Barry Gkid: I WONT BE ON THE PANEL BUT THEY WILL NE CALLING OTU OUR WORK AND I will stand up
[7:29] Maerquis Sismondi: Sweet.
[7:29] Maerquis Sismondi: Wave to us! >.>
[7:29] Bellia Zou: yup yup sooo pplsare resteting it
[7:29] Bellia Zou: resettiong
[7:29] Barry Gkid: There are photos from TSL all ver the press here
[7:29] Bellia Zou: *resetting
[7:29] Barry Gkid: from oru summer camp
[7:29] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: wat about the 50 million thing
[7:29] Alex Hicks: O man they should make you go up =-(
[7:29] Barry Gkid: Sure, if the camera comes to me I will wave
[7:29] Maerquis Sismondi: Cool.
[7:29] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: lol
[7:29] Alex Hicks: i cant see
[7:29] Bellia Zou: Hey!
[7:29] Bellia Zou: i wave
[7:29] Bellia Zou: lol i'm SOOOO bored
[7:30] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: me to
[7:30] Alex Hicks: work=-(
[7:30] Bellia Zou: does anyone in here have a shop or wanna make one?
[7:30] Barry Gkid: Connie just said
[7:30] Barry Gkid: Sl will come up ont he sreen
[7:30] Barry Gkid: ah, there's the main grid - give it 12 seconds
[7:30] Alex Hicks: i cant see
[7:30] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: was that it?
[7:30] Bellia Zou: cuz i owned a shop and now own a mall
[7:30] Bellia Zou: idk whats going on
[7:30] Alex Hicks: .....=-(
[7:30] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: the music control
[7:31] Maerquis Sismondi: Woo.
[7:31] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: click play
[7:31] Barry Gkid: /wave
[7:31] Alex Hicks: i can here but not see
[7:31] Bellia Zou: umm sure?
[7:31] Alex Hicks: hi people =-)
[7:31] Dolus Naumova: MG.
[7:31] Dolus Naumova: MG.
[7:31] Bellia Zou: oooh i'm a MASTER OF DESIGN
[7:31] Dolus Naumova: D:
[7:31] Maerquis Sismondi: Yeah, Dolus.
[7:31] Maerquis Sismondi: Yeah.
[7:31] Alex Hicks: Hi!
[7:31] Dolus Naumova: BACK 2 FOOD
[7:31] Alex Hicks: =-)
[7:31] Bellia Zou: HELLO PPLS
[7:32] Alex Hicks: I here you!
[7:32] Barry Gkid: Ooh - tehy jstemntioend you
[7:32] Barry Gkid: just mentioned
[7:32] Bellia Zou: vfj2339vsiwlvmr
[7:32] Bellia Zou: omgosh
[7:32] Bellia Zou: idk
[7:32] Barry Gkid: when you hear tsl give a big cheer!
[7:32] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: k
[7:32] Maerquis Sismondi: Yes they DID create a teen island.
[7:32] Bellia Zou: WOOT WOOT
[7:32] Bellia Zou shouts: WOOT WOOT TSL
[7:32] KittyKatPrincess Buaku shouts: woooooooooooooooooo
[7:32] Alex Hicks: can i get a wave gesture plz?
[7:32] Bellia Zou: hey dolus i love your shoes
[7:33] Barry Gkid: If you guys want to talk a phot, feel free to stand in front of the screen in the next minute
[7:33] Bellia Zou: Hey!
[7:33] Barry Gkid: We can post it on our blog - holymeatballs.org
[7:33] Alex Hicks: Its muted
[7:33] Bellia Zou: a wave is 'Hey'
[7:33] Maerquis Sismondi: Holymeetballs?
[7:33] Maerquis Sismondi: *meat
[7:33] Maerquis Sismondi: Nice.
[7:33] Bellia Zou: Hey!
[7:33] Alex Hicks: I cant here!
[7:33] Bellia Zou: ew creepy i can hear me when i say ?hey
[7:33] Alex Hicks: Why!!!!
[7:33] Bellia Zou: oops didn't mean to put?
[7:33] Bellia Zou: nvm
[7:33] Maerquis Sismondi: And the screen turned...blue?
[7:34] Maerquis Sismondi: Odd.
[7:34] Barry Gkid: I lost my screen - you?
[7:34] Listeel Harlan: me too
[7:34] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: yeah
[7:34] Maerquis Sismondi: Yeah.
[7:34] Bellia Zou shouts: i'm not making sense to no one but me
[7:34] Barry Gkid: ah, its back
[7:34] Alex Hicks: Barry i cant here
[7:34] Bellia Zou: no
[7:34] Listeel Harlan: it's back
[7:34] Bellia Zou shouts: i can seee
[7:34] Maerquis Sismondi: That guy has a cool beard.
[7:34] Bellia Zou shouts: i can see the whole time
[7:34] Alex Hicks: work!!
[7:34] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: lol
[7:34] Listeel Harlan: awesoe beard
[7:34] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:34] Bellia Zou shouts: idk
[7:34] Listeel Harlan: *awesome
[7:34] Alex Hicks: ... =-(
[7:34] Bellia Zou shouts: omgosh
[7:35] Alex Hicks: Im sad i can't see or here any more.
[7:35] Bellia Zou: lol i can whistle so what!
[7:35] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: lol
[7:35] Alex Hicks: WORK!!!!
[7:35] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:35] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:35] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:35] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:35] Bellia Zou: only no one an use it
[7:35] Bellia Zou: *can
[7:35] Alex Hicks: ok it works *pueh*
[7:36] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: get on with it!!
[7:36] Bellia Zou shouts: booo
[7:36] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: lol
[7:36] Bellia Zou shouts: boo!
[7:36] Maerquis Sismondi: I thought about growing a beard once.
[7:36] KittyKatPrincess Buaku shouts: LOL
[7:36] Bellia Zou: i meant like boo like scare not like omgosh this is bad boooo
[7:36] Bellia Zou: lol i'm bored
[7:36] Listeel Harlan: hehe
[7:36] Alex Hicks: The tv dosen't work.
[7:36] Listeel Harlan: SL on the video
[7:36] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: afk
[7:37] Bellia Zou shouts: i wanna get a tvomgosh i got a tv i got two
[7:37] Alex Hicks: I wish i could see!
[7:37] Bellia Zou: woot woot tsl
[7:37] Maerquis Sismondi: Man my connection sucks anus.
[7:37] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: k
[7:37] Bellia Zou: this av is me its sooo cool
[7:37] Bellia Zou: like me like rl
[7:37] Bellia Zou: except my outfit and all
[7:37] Bellia Zou: my hair though
[7:38] KittyKatPrincess Buaku shouts: boring
[7:38] Maerquis Sismondi: I'm like me in real life.
[7:38] Maerquis Sismondi: A robot.
[7:38] Alex Hicks: SSSHHH!!!
[7:38] Maerquis Sismondi: Bwahaha.
[7:38] Listeel Harlan shouts: go away then kitty
[7:38] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: no
[7:38] Bellia Zou shouts: don't go away boredness
[7:38] Bellia Zou shouts: i mean go away broedness
[7:38] Bellia Zou: boredness
[7:38] Bellia Zou: i'm gonna go to my friend's lounge thingy ttyl pplz
[7:38] Barry Gkid: We would like to post this public chat, if that is all rightwith you, on our blog, so adults can see how teens responded to what is being sud
[7:39] Maerquis Sismondi: Oh snap.
[7:39] Barry Gkid: By all means, if you are bored, please let us know
[7:39] Maerquis Sismondi: XD
[7:39] Bellia Zou: bye bye i'm bored
[7:39] Alex Hicks: I'm not.
[7:39] Barry Gkid: but if you have other thoughts about what is being said, please feel free to share, with each other, and with the rest of the world
[7:39] Bellia Zou: I AM BORED
[7:39] Churchill Tweak: Hush..
[7:39] Bellia Zou: i'm going to Teen lounge ttyl ppl
[7:39] Barry Gkid: Alex, what is interesting you about it
[7:39] Bellia Zou: WOOT WOOT TSL
[7:39] Bellia Zou: nvm
[7:39] Bellia Zou: i'm staying!
[7:39] Maerquis Sismondi: Oh gosh.
[7:39] Barry Gkid: And Belia, what could make the presentation of these issues less boring?
[7:39] Listeel Harlan: then shut up =P
[7:40] Bellia Zou: ummmm
[7:40] Maerquis Sismondi: Belia. Say Jackie Chan.
[7:40] Maerquis Sismondi: Say it.
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: XD
[7:40] Bellia Zou: idk ummmmmmm not jackie chan music
[7:40] Bellia Zou: Music is not boring
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: maybe presenting them graphically
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: old peopke speaking
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: *people
[7:40] Maerquis Sismondi: Yeah.
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: is boring
[7:40] Bellia Zou: idk music
[7:40] Maerquis Sismondi: I'm with Listeel.
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: show us how you would do it
[7:40] Alex Hicks: The things thet are making me intrested is thet i think learning is pritty boring but lisining to this it's making it sound better.
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: show us theses sites
[7:40] Bellia Zou: OLD PPL
[7:40] Listeel Harlan: that you talk about
[7:40] Bellia Zou: OMGOSH MUSIC
[7:40] Maerquis Sismondi: That, or get someone more interesting to speak.
[7:41] Bellia Zou: I THINK MUSCI ROCKS!
[7:41] Alex Hicks: and not as boring.
[7:41] Bellia Zou: MUSIC
[7:41] Bellia Zou: MUSIC IS BEST OMGOSH
[7:41] Bellia Zou: I LIKE MUSIC
[7:41] Maerquis Sismondi: Bellia, please stop. -.-
[7:41] Bellia Zou: ....
[7:41] You have offered friendship to Bellia Zou
[7:41] You have offered friendship to Dolus Naumova
[7:41] You have offered friendship to Listeel Harlan
[7:41] You have offered friendship to Alex Hicks
[7:41] You have offered friendship to Maerquis Sismondi
[7:41] You have offered friendship to Churchill Tweak
[7:41] Listeel Harlan: I'd like to see a live presentation where SL residents can join in
[7:41] You have offered friendship to Darrien Doolittle
[7:41] The Resident you messaged is in 'busy mode' which means they have requested not to be disturbed. Your message will still be shown in their IM panel for later viewing.
[7:41] Listeel Harlan: ask questions
[7:41] Listeel Harlan: the RL people
[7:41] Listeel Harlan: answer
[7:42] Alex Hicks: Yeah that would be cool.
[7:42] Listeel Harlan: XD
[7:42] Churchill Tweak: Hey Barry..
[7:42] Listeel Harlan: dude in front
[7:42] Barry Gkid: Good idea. I beleive the main grid wil be asking questions along with the crowd in NYC shortly
[7:42] Listeel Harlan: running across
[7:42] Listeel Harlan: why not TG?
[7:42] Listeel Harlan: bah
[7:42] Maerquis Sismondi: Because we're obviously not cool enough.
[7:42] Bellia Zou: I AM bored
[7:42] Listeel Harlan: all because we're 'underage'
[7:42] Barry Gkid: I think they thoguth using both woudl confused the adults here. bleh
[7:42] Listeel Harlan: and they're gonna rape us
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: or something
[7:43] Alex Hicks: We can not access the main grid
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:43] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: wheres tsl?
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: tasl?
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: *tsl?
[7:43] Churchill Tweak: Sorry I am late.. So who are these folk (On screen)
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: you're on it now
[7:43] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: oh
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: some dudes from a charity
[7:43] Bellia Zou: WOOT WOOT TSL
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: Teen Second Life
[7:43] Listeel Harlan: TSL
[7:43] Alex Hicks: I CANT SEE!!!!!!!!!!!
[7:43] Barry Gkid: Nicole on the left works in chicago
[7:43] Barry Gkid: with teens aqnd new media
[7:43] Churchill Tweak: Cool.
[7:44] Alex Hicks: it's just green!
[7:44] Barry Gkid: Mimi next to her is a lead researcher on youth and media
[7:44] Churchill Tweak: Ahh Uh..
[7:44] Maerquis Sismondi: Who's the bearded man?
[7:44] Listeel Harlan: pokemon XD
[7:44] Barry Gkid: and things like Yugio (spelled wrong)
[7:44] Bellia Zou: BEARD
[7:44] Alex Hicks: brb
[7:44] Churchill Tweak: Yu-Gi-Oh
[7:44] Maerquis Sismondi: LMAO.
[7:44] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: booo
[7:44] Churchill Tweak: I collect >.>
[7:44] Maerquis Sismondi: Ha. HA.
[7:44] Bellia Zou: i think yu-gi-oh is umm stinkhy
[7:44] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: so old
[7:44] Barry Gkid: the man with the beard, henry Jenkins, is at MIT and writes/talks/and researchers about the imapct of technology adn specifically new media on youth and learning
[7:44] Maerquis Sismondi: Man, I remember the days of Pokemon. Those were the days....
[7:44] Barry Gkid: worth googling
[7:44] Churchill Tweak: I have.. Magic.. Pokemon.. Yu-Gi-Oh
[7:45] Churchill Tweak: And I also play Guild Wars WoW..
[7:45] Maerquis Sismondi: I was like a PokeGod.
[7:45] Bellia Zou: i used to love pokemon
[7:45] Churchill Tweak: Runescape..
[7:45] Listeel Harlan: pokemon was awesome back then XD
[7:45] Churchill Tweak: =P
[7:45] Barry Gkid: eh goes to congress for exmaple and defends access to Myspace in schools
[7:45] Bellia Zou: i can't believe they're still making the show
[7:45] Maerquis Sismondi: See, I don't like MySpace.
[7:45] Barry Gkid: Connie onthe end represents the macarthur foundation who is funding their work
[7:45] Churchill Tweak: MySpace.. Hehe I got that Unblocked at my School =P
[7:45] Maerquis Sismondi: Quite frankly, I think it's just an annoying fad.
[7:45] Bellia Zou: they're on like the 50th season of pokemon
[7:45] Listeel Harlan: 50?
[7:45] Listeel Harlan: Jesus
[7:45] Listeel Harlan: that many?
[7:45] Bellia Zou: well not 50 but close lol
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:46] Bellia Zou: i think 9th actually
[7:46] Churchill Tweak: Heh.. And I sadly know EVERY one T_T
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: they're gonna run out of pokemon soon
[7:46] Maerquis Sismondi: Because everytime I turn around, it's "Myspace this, MySpace that, blahdy freakin' blah!"
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: XD
[7:46] Bellia Zou: 8th or 9th i don't watch
[7:46] Barry Gkid: What would you want adults to tell other adults about the impact of digital media on youth like all of you?
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: myspace is overrated
[7:46] Churchill Tweak: MySpace.. = Blogs
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: to stop babying us
[7:46] Bellia Zou: i used to always watch pokemon but then it faded into idk
[7:46] Churchill Tweak: Blogs are usualy less. =P
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: we can handle it
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: don't need to censor
[7:46] Listeel Harlan: everything for us
[7:46] Maerquis Sismondi: Yeah, censorship gets annoying.
[7:47] Listeel Harlan: what's so damaging about violence or pornography anyway?
[7:47] Alex Hicks: Back.
[7:47] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: OMG
[7:47] Listeel Harlan: the real world is violent
[7:47] Maerquis Sismondi: Well, then again, not every teenager is exactly...mature.
[7:47] Bellia Zou: OMGOSH I WANT MUSIC
[7:47] Listeel Harlan: the real world has sex
[7:47] Listeel Harlan: why can't we learn?
[7:47] Bellia Zou: THE WHOLE WORLD IS VIOLENT
[7:47] Listeel Harlan: instead of being hidden from it?
[7:47] Bellia Zou: HUMANS ARE STUPID
[7:48] Bellia Zou: YES I JUST CALLED EVERYONE STUPID
[7:48] Churchill Tweak: Freewill is teh worst thing >.>
[7:48] Bellia Zou: EVEN ME
[7:48] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: lol
[7:48] Churchill Tweak: <- Emo
[7:48] Listeel Harlan: freewill ain't too mad
[7:48] Listeel Harlan: *bad
[7:48] Maerquis Sismondi: Bellia, I know it's hard, but try not to make an idiot of yourself.
[7:48] Listeel Harlan: XD
[7:48] Bellia Zou: I'M NOT
[7:48] KittyKatPrincess Buaku: LOOL
[7:48] Alex Hicks: If we are hidden from it then more and more people will try to see it.
[7:48] Listeel Harlan: go maer
[7:48] Churchill Tweak: Yes it is.. Freewill.. lets Good and Evil Exist.. =P
[7:48] Bellia Zou: AFK
[7:48] Churchill Tweak: Without it,. we'd all eb Neutral..
[7:48] Listeel Harlan: and boring
[7:48] Churchill Tweak: And blank..
[7:48] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:49] Barry Gkid: shameless plug: Join the group Global Kids!
[7:49] Churchill Tweak: And yes Bored.. exept we wouldn't feel bordom..
[7:49] Maerquis Sismondi: Wait, who is the woman speaking?
[7:49] Listeel Harlan: space and time XD
[7:49] Bellia Zou: BACK
[7:49] Bellia Zou: WHO IS LAUGHING
[7:49] Barry Gkid: thaty is Nicole Pincard (wrong spelling) from chicago, who works with teens after school developing new media
[7:49] Maerquis Sismondi: Ah.
[7:49] Bellia Zou: WOOT WOOT I'M BZCK
[7:49] Bellia Zou: BACK
[7:49] Listeel Harlan: wow
[7:49] Listeel Harlan: woop-dee-doo
[7:49] Alex Hicks: True true.
[7:49] Churchill Tweak: Teach people 'How to type'
[7:49] Churchill Tweak: =P
[7:49] Maerquis Sismondi: Nice.
[7:49] Listeel Harlan: limit it?
[7:50] Churchill Tweak: I am really angry at school..
[7:50] Listeel Harlan: 0_0
[7:50] Bellia Zou: the ppls in this world are idiots
[7:50] Churchill Tweak: they give little children full sized keybored which only allowed 1 finger typing..
[7:50] Bellia Zou: its the truth
[7:50] Dolus Naumova: Yo, Barry!
[7:50] Barry Gkid: Hello Dolus
[7:50] Listeel Harlan: are there child keyboards?
[7:50] Churchill Tweak: Yes..
[7:50] Maerquis Sismondi: Welcome back, Dolus.
[7:50] Listeel Harlan: wow
[7:50] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:50] Churchill Tweak: Designed for under 10's
[7:50] Listeel Harlan: I learnt on an adult one
[7:50] Alex Hicks: Yeah my parents dont do that for me!
[7:50] Listeel Harlan: what's so bad about it?
[7:50] Dolus Naumova: I've been trying to tell you that I heard you on SecondCast waylongago.
[7:50] Maerquis Sismondi: I can't type correctly at all.
[7:51] Dolus Naumova: Nice interview!
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: this dude's cool
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:51] Barry Gkid: Thanks Dolus. Secondcast is great
[7:51] Churchill Tweak: Download the Interweb to my BRAINS!
[7:51] Maerquis Sismondi: Seriously, man.
[7:51] Churchill Tweak: Mwhahah!
[7:51] Dolus Naumova: "The internet is made of TUBES!"
[7:51] Barry Gkid: It was great they put a focus on our work here with allof you here in tsl
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: XD
[7:51] Churchill Tweak: Yes..
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: tubes
[7:51] Churchill Tweak: That was Great!
[7:51] Barry Gkid: lol
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: they're clogged
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: wiht material
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: enourmous amounts
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: of material
[7:51] Listeel Harlan: XD
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: They like water..
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: ther are 4 of them adn 6 bottles.
[7:52] Bellia Zou: I LOVE JESUS WOOT WOOT JESUS
[7:52] Barry Gkid: I am curious- this part as interesting/boring as before?
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: Please.. Don't Cap-Type
[7:52] Listeel Harlan: neopets XD
[7:52] Listeel Harlan: on the video
[7:52] Bellia Zou: Fine MEH
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: Neopets.. i thought that DIED..
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: Same..
[7:52] Bellia Zou: neopets!
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: Shame*
[7:52] Listeel Harlan: it's still around
[7:52] Alex Hicks: I think it's still itoresting.
[7:52] Maerquis Sismondi: Eh, I don't know. At this point, I am paying more attention to the chat.
[7:52] Listeel Harlan: still going strong
[7:52] Bellia Zou: i haven't been on that in forever
[7:52] Bellia Zou: i used to love neopets
[7:52] Listeel Harlan: they're making a movie
[7:52] Dolus Naumova: This is a really good stream.
[7:52] Listeel Harlan: XD XD
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: I lost Auddio
[7:52] Churchill Tweak: Again
[7:52] Bellia Zou: well any I Love Jesus so hah
[7:52] Alex Hicks: Not for me. =-(
[7:52] Listeel Harlan: me too
[7:53] Bellia Zou: ^_^
[7:53] Alex Hicks: lost it.
[7:53] Listeel Harlan: it's fading
[7:53] Dolus Naumova: Getting, like, überframerate.
[7:53] Listeel Harlan: loud-quiet
[7:53] Churchill Tweak: Anyone else losing audio?
[7:53] Bellia Zou: he rocks i wanna listen to 89.7 cuz IM BORED
[7:53] Dolus Naumova: NO, AUDIO, COME BACK!
[7:53] Maerquis Sismondi: I am losing audio.
[7:53] Alex Hicks: Me.
[7:53] Dolus Naumova: COME BAAAAAAAACK.
[7:53] Dolus Naumova: COME BAAAAAAAACK.
[7:53] Barry Gkid: It's not the audio stream - Connie's mic stopped working
[7:53] Dolus Naumova sobs.
[7:53] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:53] Maerquis Sismondi: Come forth, oh mighty audio!
[7:53] Barry Gkid: There he goes - henry mentioned fear of myspace
[7:53] Alex Hicks: Hay barry how come i cant see the video?
[7:53] Dolus Naumova: This guy has the best face ever.
[7:54] Barry Gkid: Still no aduio?
[7:54] Churchill Tweak: It;s back
[7:54] Barry Gkid: I can se the video. Anyone else?
[7:54] Bellia Zou: this world is coming to an end
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: I think mySpace should be more like SL
[7:54] Bellia Zou: i can't wait
[7:54] Dolus Naumova: I can!
[7:54] Churchill Tweak: I see teh video
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: a virtual blog qorld
[7:54] Alex Hicks: I can't!
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: *world
[7:54] Churchill Tweak: the Audio Fadded ad came back
[7:54] Barry Gkid: More like mysapce in what way?
[7:54] Dolus Naumova: Alex loses.
[7:54] Bellia Zou: i sooo don
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: a virtual world
[7:54] Maerquis Sismondi: I still say it's a fad. People need to stop being so obsessed with it.
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: lade out in 3d
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: *laid
[7:54] Bellia Zou: 't wanna wait till the end of worl
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: so you can travel
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: not just clikc a button
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: *click
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: SL is good
[7:54] Dolus Naumova: I don't see what the appeal of MySpace is.
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: but it's costly
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: to own land
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: give everyone free land
[7:54] Dolus Naumova: Musicians, yes. Teens, why?
[7:54] Churchill Tweak: Mylo!.. I lvoe the Mylo..
[7:54] Listeel Harlan: like mrSpace
[7:54] Churchill Tweak: love*
[7:55] Listeel Harlan: *myspace
[7:55] Maerquis Sismondi: Why display your life on the internet? Just go start a conversation with someone.
[7:55] Dolus Naumova: Exactly.
[7:55] Listeel Harlan: go start a converstion with many someones
[7:55] Listeel Harlan: that's what it'#s about
[7:55] Listeel Harlan: I think
[7:55] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:55] Churchill Tweak: Last time I talked to someone in teh street that looked at me funny
[7:55] Dolus Naumova: Why, though?
[7:55] Churchill Tweak: they*
[7:55] Listeel Harlan: poor churchilll
[7:55] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:55] Alex Hicks: Waht do they meen not access to use it!
[7:55] Dolus Naumova: Why do people want to put out tons and tons of information about themselves on the intarwebz?
[7:55] Maerquis Sismondi: It's one big popularity contest. And loose women win.
[7:55] Alex Hicks: what*
[7:55] Bellia Zou: i don't wanna wait till the ending of world
[7:56] Churchill Tweak: Hah! Get to go on a 7 hours train journy! Woot
[7:56] Churchill Tweak: T_T
[7:56] Alex Hicks: People will be able to take axtion if they just take it.
[7:56] Churchill Tweak: And I have the same glasses at Mimi.
[7:56] Bellia Zou: ii am popular cuz i got lots of friends
[7:56] Alex Hicks: How ever you spell it.
[7:56] Barry Gkid: Question time!
[7:56] Listeel Harlan: they gonna show SL now?
[7:56] Churchill Tweak: Yay..
[7:56] Listeel Harlan: =(
[7:57] Bellia Zou: woot woot tsl go go
[7:57] Alex Hicks: Hi.
[7:57] Churchill Tweak: Do we get to ask Questions?
[7:57] Dolus Naumova: I think I'm a little behind in the stream.
[7:57] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:57] Listeel Harlan: no
[7:57] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:57] Maerquis Sismondi: Rock on, panelists!
[7:57] Listeel Harlan: unfortuantely
[7:57] Maerquis Sismondi: You rule!
[7:57] Domzino Zeluco is Offline
[7:57] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:57] Object whispers: Sorry, only can use this.
[7:57] Dolus Naumova: Where is this, Barry? New Yawk?
[7:57] Barry Gkid: yup
[7:58] Alex Hicks: YEEEAAAAHH!!!
[7:58] Alex Hicks: Yeah!
[7:58] Alex Hicks: ops.
[7:58] Leala Rodgers: why can' i sit?
[7:58] Churchill Tweak: Do they know we are watching =P
[7:58] Dolus Naumova: "Sisco to ops."
[7:58] Barry Gkid: yup
[7:58] Churchill Tweak: Cool..
[7:58] Maerquis Sismondi: Ew, my connection is being crappy. Video is skippy.
[7:58] Alex Hicks: you can sit up here.
[7:58] Dolus Naumova: Izat you, Barry?
[7:58] Listeel Harlan: tsl!
[7:58] Listeel Harlan: woo
[7:58] Churchill Tweak: Yay!
[7:58] Dolus Naumova: No. Wait.
[7:58] Listeel Harlan: shoutout
[7:58] Barry Gkid: It was.
[7:58] Dolus Naumova: :O
[7:58] Maerquis Sismondi: Aw snap. I missed it.
[7:58] Dolus Naumova: But you're not hunched over a laptop in the video!
[7:59] Barry Gkid: lol
[7:59] Maerquis Sismondi: Which one is him?
[7:59] Domzino Zeluco is Online
[7:59] Barry Gkid: Did you see meont he screen
[7:59] Listeel Harlan: are you there barry?
[7:59] Listeel Harlan: then
[7:59] Dolus Naumova: Front.
[7:59] Churchill Tweak: Yes
[7:59] Listeel Harlan: wow
[7:59] Maerquis Sismondi: No, I was reading thechat.
[7:59] Listeel Harlan: that must be creepy
[7:59] Dolus Naumova: Front row, left of the aisial.
[7:59] Barry Gkid: Secodn row from the front, on the midle aisle
[7:59] Listeel Harlan: watching something that happened
[7:59] Dolus Naumova: Or however you spell that.
[7:59] Listeel Harlan: a few secs ago
[7:59] Bellia Zou: Omgosh
[7:59] Listeel Harlan: =P
[7:59] Barry Gkid: I iwll turn around for a bit and face the camera with my comptuer
[7:59] Leala Rodgers: hi
[7:59] Barry Gkid: watch for me after th elag
[7:59] Churchill Tweak: Ok
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: hehe
[8:00] Leala Rodgers: ok
[8:00] Alex Hicks: I can't see.=-(
[8:00] Churchill Tweak: Wait.. This is Live?
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: I think I see you
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: yes
[8:00] Dolus Naumova: Wave your hands madly.
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: YES
[8:00] Churchill Tweak: And Barry is there?
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: =P
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: yes
[8:00] Churchill Tweak: I SE YOU!
[8:00] Dolus Naumova: HI BARRY.
[8:00] Churchill Tweak: SEE*
[8:00] Dolus Naumova: Heheh.
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: woo
[8:00] Barry Gkid: That;'s me
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: I see him
[8:00] Maerquis Sismondi: BARRY IS THE MAN!
[8:00] Barry Gkid: with my comptuer
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: dark hair?
[8:00] Bellia Zou: bye byes
[8:00] Barry Gkid: llol
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: white shirt?
[8:00] Leala Rodgers: this is dum
[8:00] Barry Gkid: the balding guy
[8:00] Dolus Naumova: XD
[8:00] Maerquis Sismondi: Haha, balding.
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: ah
[8:00] Listeel Harlan: =P
[8:00] Dolus Naumova: I wasn't going to point that out.
[8:00] Dolus Naumova: HI.
[8:00] Dolus Naumova waves back.
[8:00] Alex Hicks: Hi everybody!!! :D :D :D
[8:01] Listeel Harlan: myEssay.com
[8:01] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:01] Dolus Naumova: Some guy with a shaved head is staring at you.
[8:01] Listeel Harlan: education sites
[8:01] Churchill Tweak: Urggh.. I have accounting homework T_T
[8:01] Dolus Naumova: Was.
[8:01] Barry Gkid: lol
[8:01] Maerquis Sismondi: LMAO.
[8:01] Churchill Tweak: Stupid College
[8:01] Barry Gkid: You can learn more about Global Kids upcoming work in TSl at www.HolyMeatballs.org
[8:01] Churchill Tweak: Love the URL!
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: We need those books here.
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: me too
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: Desperately.
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: Desperately.
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: Desperately.
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: Yay wireless. :D
[8:02] Alex Hicks: Ive been there so maney times
[8:02] Barry Gkid: Thnaks. It's shrt for Holy Meatballs of Divine Spongofirm
[8:02] Barry Gkid: Spongiforms*
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: ?
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: wow
[8:02] Barry Gkid: What books
[8:02] Churchill Tweak: HMDS
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: The ThincBooks.
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: sounds a bit like the flying spaghetti monster
[8:02] Maerquis Sismondi: Crap, phone.
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: That are on the MG.
[8:02] Maerquis Sismondi: Berb.
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: 'holy meatballs'
[8:02] Barry Gkid: yeah. That was an accident
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: =P
[8:02] Dolus Naumova: ANSWER WITH PASSION, MAER.
[8:02] Churchill Tweak: I have 1 year left.. NOES!
[8:02] Alex Hicks: How?
[8:02] Listeel Harlan: LUCKY!!!!
[8:02] Churchill Tweak: I want my sim before I go!
[8:03] Listeel Harlan: only 1 year
[8:03] Dolus Naumova has three.
[8:03] Dolus Naumova bawls.
[8:03] Alex Hicks: LOL
[8:03] Churchill Tweak: Streamed Died?
[8:03] Listeel Harlan: mine too
[8:03] Dolus Naumova: Not mine.
[8:03] Churchill Tweak: It came back..
[8:03] Churchill Tweak: and froze..
[8:03] Barry Gkid: I still see it
[8:03] Dolus Naumova: Who's talking? I can't read her nametag.
[8:03] Churchill Tweak: I see an random lady who likes to talk with her hands.
[8:03] Dolus Naumova: She looks familiar.
[8:03] Listeel Harlan: hehe
[8:03] Listeel Harlan: hands
[8:03] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:03] Alex Hicks: Hay barry tell me when they zoom back to tsl
[8:04] Barry Gkid: Cathy davidson from haystack
[8:04] Churchill Tweak: Barry.. my Stream went K-SPLAT
[8:04] Alex Hicks: brb
[8:04] Dolus Naumova: There goes that sense of seeing her before. >_>
[8:04] Listeel Harlan: barry, how long is this?
[8:04] Churchill Tweak: She looks like an Libraian I knew..
[8:04] Barry Gkid: It is suppose to run for another 20 minutes...
[8:04] Listeel Harlan: ok
[8:04] Listeel Harlan: not too long
[8:04] Barry Gkid: but I only have 10 minutes left on my batteries!
[8:04] Barry Gkid: doh
[8:05] Dolus Naumova: :O
[8:05] Listeel Harlan: ohs noes
[8:05] Churchill Tweak: yay I fixed the stream..
[8:05] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:05] Churchill Tweak: Stupid laptop.
[8:05] Dolus Naumova: Plug in.
[8:05] Barry Gkid: Connie is takigna sl question, the main grid
[8:05] Barry Gkid: but ask me anyway and I see if I can get one of yours in
[8:05] Maerquis Sismondi: Back.
[8:05] Dolus Naumova: When the camera zooms out, I'll find an outlet for you.
[8:05] Maerquis Sismondi: What did I miss?
[8:05] Churchill Tweak: Ok..
[8:05] Alex Hicks: back
[8:05] Listeel Harlan: SL
[8:05] Listeel Harlan: woo
[8:05] Listeel Harlan: hehe
[8:05] Listeel Harlan: wow
[8:05] Maerquis Sismondi: Mom was calling me about the cello situation. I'm getting closer to getting one, Dolus. =D
[8:05] Listeel Harlan: full
[8:05] Dolus Naumova: Hey, that's the NMC.
[8:06] Dolus Naumova: Score, Maer!
[8:06] Churchill Tweak: Ohh Main Grid.. Who don't even see this place =P
[8:06] Churchill Tweak: Bring 'em here for the day! =P
[8:06] Maerquis Sismondi: Yes, bring them down the hell!
[8:06] Maerquis Sismondi: *to
[8:06] Churchill Tweak: Hell..
[8:06] Churchill Tweak: I love TG..
[8:06] Barry Gkid: So no questions from TSl? Okay.
[8:06] Dolus Naumova: I don't know what to ask.
[8:06] Churchill Tweak: Not really..
[8:06] Alex Hicks is Online
[8:07] Churchill Tweak: You can answer Any I have..
[8:07] Dolus Naumova: "How old are you?"
[8:07] Alex Hicks: I froze
[8:07] Maerquis Sismondi: "How long did it take you to grow that beard?"
[8:07] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:07] Dolus Naumova: MAN STANDING IN FRONT OF CAMERA.
[8:07] Barry Gkid: LOL. Not questions about us personally, silly.
[8:07] Alex Hicks: i crashed
[8:07] Churchill Tweak: A School.. in Secondlife..
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: that would be cool
[8:08] Churchill Tweak: Would that.. Yeah that would work..
[8:08] Churchill Tweak: Oddly..
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: absolutely awesome
[8:08] Dolus Naumova: Oh oh.
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: that's been in the news
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: in the UK
[8:08] Barry Gkid: So the question there exactly is... what?
[8:08] Churchill Tweak: Yeah..
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: chatroom schools
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: for kids that are pbuillied
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: *bullied
[8:08] Dolus Naumova: Sometime in the next six months there's going to be an educational island purchased on the Teen Grid.
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: oooh
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: awesome
[8:08] Alex Hicks: Is he sick?
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: =P
[8:08] Maerquis Sismondi: Define educational island.
[8:08] Dolus Naumova: Through a school.
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: grandad SL XD
[8:08] Listeel Harlan: GSL
[8:09] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:09] Churchill Tweak: School.. in SL..
[8:09] Maerquis Sismondi: LOL.
[8:09] Churchill Tweak: Homework on Prims =P
[8:09] Churchill Tweak: Woot
[8:09] Listeel Harlan: old people SL
[8:09] Alex Hicks: That would be way cool.
[8:09] Alex Hicks: school in sl.
[8:09] Dolus Naumova: I don't know yet. He said it'll be an orientation sort of thing, but beyond that he doesn't really know.
[8:09] Listeel Harlan: cool
[8:09] Barry Gkid: If my computer dies, thank you all for coming today. This afternoon we will post the transcript, with photos, and if you would like to read it and/orpost comments on the blog, go to HolyMeatballs.org
[8:09] Dolus Naumova: But if moo Money can get approved for the Teen Grid there's probably going to be a machinima theater.
[8:09] Dolus Naumova: But if moo Money can get approved for the Teen Grid there's probably going to be a machinima theater.
[8:09] Listeel Harlan: =)
[8:09] Dolus Naumova: I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, BARRY!
[8:09] Dolus Naumova: I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, BARRY!
[8:09] Barry Gkid: We are working with Moo
[8:09] Listeel Harlan: by by
[8:10] Dolus Naumova: :O
[8:10] Dolus Naumova: Suhweet!
[8:10] Barry Gkid: We will be running a machinima program i the teen grid ove rthe next three years
[8:10] Maerquis Sismondi: Oh man, I forgot about the machinima we were going to make.
[8:10] Barry Gkid: If you are in NYC, you can join it in person
[8:10] Dolus Naumova: Score.
[8:10] Churchill Tweak: The world ends in 2 weeks..
[8:10] Alex Hicks: darn!
[8:10] Listeel Harlan: wonderful
[8:10] Barry Gkid: If you are not, you can still participate
[8:10] Maerquis Sismondi: But we need someone with a badass computer to film it.
[8:10] Dolus Naumova: Any progress on her getting approved?
[8:10] Maerquis Sismondi: And we need a good program for the animations.
[8:10] Barry Gkid: For more info, IM me once I log out or join group Global Kids and read the latest newsletter
[8:10] Churchill Tweak: I dreamed it.. .. it will happen..
[8:10] Alex Hicks: Im on other side of countrey.
[8:10] Dolus Naumova'll ask her about it.
[8:10] Barry Gkid: I am sure Moo Money will be approved soon
[8:11] Dolus Naumova: Yay!
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: blue clues?
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:11] Churchill Tweak: TV need to become interacgtive..
[8:11] Churchill Tweak: like Secondlife!
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: hehe
[8:11] Alex Hicks: Yeah.
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: Bloo avatar
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:11] Churchill Tweak: Bloo!
[8:11] Barry Gkid: Yeah. Blues Clues is really progressive in using cutting edge research on how kids learn ijto their show
[8:11] Maerquis Sismondi: Television is just a big lump of brainwashing propoganda. Which is why I avoid it.
[8:11] Dolus Naumova: XD
[8:11] Dolus Naumova: Seriously, Barry?
[8:11] Dolus Naumova: Seriously, Barry?
[8:11] Barry Gkid: 'yup, seriously
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: wow
[8:11] Dolus Naumova: Craziness.
[8:11] Listeel Harlan: go them
[8:11] Alex Hicks: Dang
[8:11] Churchill Tweak: I never watch TV..
[8:12] Listeel Harlan: researching how to make kids
[8:12] Listeel Harlan: scream 'a clue!'
[8:12] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:12] Churchill Tweak: I haven't watched an Advert for about 4 weeks
[8:12] Listeel Harlan: well done
[8:12] Churchill Tweak: Yay me..
[8:12] Churchill Tweak: I am free
[8:12] Maerquis Sismondi: Man, all I learned from Blue's Clues was that my salt and pepper talk to me.
[8:12] Listeel Harlan: XD XD
[8:12] Alex Hicks: Man i have to go soon!
[8:12] Listeel Harlan: scary
[8:12] Dolus Naumova: Barry, you guys need some big, NMC-like complex here.
[8:12] Churchill Tweak: The internet has too many distactions..
[8:12] Dolus Naumova: Because the NMC Campus is the sex.
[8:12] Listeel Harlan: the volcanoe theme is old
[8:13] Listeel Harlan: me thinks
[8:13] Maerquis Sismondi: Lunch is also the sex. I need lunch...
[8:13] Barry Gkid: Yeah? That would be cool. If anyone has ideas, send me a notecard and be ready to volunteer to help build it. :-)
[8:13] Listeel Harlan: hehe
[8:13] Listeel Harlan: I'd help
[8:13] Barry Gkid: "the sex"?
[8:13] Dolus Naumova: Oh oh oh.
[8:13] Listeel Harlan: that would be fun
[8:13] Dolus Naumova: I totally will.
[8:13] Churchill Tweak: I'll Watch
[8:13] Dolus Naumova has experience with islands, too. ;D
[8:13] Churchill Tweak: I don't do.. work..
[8:13] Listeel Harlan: how about a competition?
[8:13] Alex Hicks: Put a school there!
[8:13] Listeel Harlan: to make a bit
[8:13] Dolus Naumova: I redid Mecca. *plugplug*
[8:13] Listeel Harlan: of theisland
[8:13] Maerquis Sismondi: Yeah, I should probably get into this.
[8:13] Barry Gkid: sweet
[8:13] Maerquis Sismondi: I haven't built anything recently.
[8:13] Dolus Naumova: I'll drop you a notecard, Barry.
[8:13] Maerquis Sismondi: I need to make sure I still have the badassery.
[8:14] Alex Hicks: Like a big school!
[8:14] Barry Gkid: So gotta ask again - still no quetions from TSlL for the folks here in NYC? great comments - but no questions yoyu want to ask, assumptions you want to challenge, information you'd llike to know?
[8:14] Listeel Harlan: ummm
[8:14] Dolus Naumova: Not really.
[8:14] Dolus Naumova: These people are actually smart.
[8:14] Churchill Tweak: Does anwhere still have whiteboared
[8:14] Churchill Tweak: all otu schools have SmartBoreds
[8:14] Dolus Naumova: They know what they're talking about.
[8:14] Churchill Tweak: Boards*
[8:14] Dolus Naumova: Which is amazing.
[8:14] Barry Gkid: What if it was reversed? What if they were asking you questions? What would you want them to ask you?
[8:15] Maerquis Sismondi: Though they could present it a bit....more...interestingly. Is interestingly a word?
[8:15] Listeel Harlan: what do we think of them?
[8:15] Dolus Naumova: Maaan. I have no idea.
[8:15] Listeel Harlan: XD
[8:15] Listeel Harlan: yes
[8:15] Churchill Tweak: What do they want from us?
[8:15] Dolus Naumova goes to clean his teeth.
[8:15] Listeel Harlan: yes
[8:15] Dolus Naumova: HYGIENE++;
[8:15] Barry Gkid: (running on reserve power...)
[8:15] Listeel Harlan: how can we help them
[8:15] Maerquis Sismondi: Because Dolus is too good for the word brush.
[8:15] Churchill Tweak: Wabe to uss
[8:15] Listeel Harlan: how can we be involved?
[8:15] Churchill Tweak: when it dies
[8:15] Churchill Tweak: Wave*
[8:15] Listeel Harlan: etc
[8:15] Alex Hicks: Hi everybody!!! :D :D :D
[8:15] Barry Gkid: Will do
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: =)
[8:16] Churchill Tweak: Barry.. Who leads.. Are they helping us.. or are we helping them?
[8:16] Maerquis Sismondi: You should do the Safety Dance. When it dies. Right there, in the middle of it all, man.
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: also, will any of this effect Europe
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: it's all about America
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: these days
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: =P
[8:16] Churchill Tweak: Yeah
[8:16] Churchill Tweak: UK gets forgotten
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: I'm a brit
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: I'm sure there's more
[8:16] Churchill Tweak: Me to
[8:16] Maerquis Sismondi: Listeel, you live in Europe?
[8:16] Maerquis Sismondi: Man.
[8:16] Listeel Harlan: yes<