[HMDS] GK Island Newsletter, Nov 2006
=== Global Kids Newsletter ===
November, 2006
This month, learn about:
*UPCOMING EVENTS
*GROUPS TO JOIN
*RECENT EVENTS
*ANNOUCEMENTS
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UPCOMING EVENTS
GK hosts the GK ICC Spotlight Scavenger Hunt Event
For one week, visitors to the GK Island can participate in the GK International Criminal Court (ICC) Spotlight Scavenger Hunt, happening from November 10th - 18th, 2006. Look for the cauldron outside the volcano and win prizes! If you have any questions, please IM Andrew Montagne.
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A World Fit For Children Festival, featuring a build contest
From November 13 - December 22, 2006, Alpha Zaius will be working with Tabitha GKid to launch the A World Fit For Children Festival. Amongst other things, it will include a build contest, offering a $200US grand prize. For more information, IM Alpha Zaius or Tabitha GKid.
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MIT's Futures of Entertainment Conference
On November 17 - 18, 2006, if the technical issues can be worked out, GK Island will host a live stream from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Futures of Entertainment Conference. The conference will consider developments such as user-generated content, transmedia storytelling, the rise of mobile media and the emergence of social networking. More info at: http://convergenceculture.org/futuresofentertainment/
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GROUPS TO JOIN
The following are some new groups you can join if you are interested:
JOIN GK GAMES - If you want to help run games on GK Island, led by Storm Basiat.
JOIN GK UNICEF BUILD - If you want to work on the upcoming UNICEF A World Fit For Children Festival, led by Alpha Zaius.
JOIN GK ICC Spotlight - If you want to help bring attention to the International Criminal Court and their current focus on child soliders, led by Andrew Montagne.
JOIN DISIBILITY IN TEEN SECOND LIFE - If you want to work with others to create a space where the disable can share stories, talk with others, and be themselves, led by Lucky Figtree.
JOIN GK MACHINIMA - If you want to help support Global Kids new in-person after school machinima program, led by Tabitha Gkid.
JOIN GK P4K - If you want to help support Global Kids in-person after school gaming program in which teens in Brooklyn will make games in TSL, led by Barry Gkid.
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RECENT EVENTS
Halloween Building Contest Week
Congratulations to the winners of the Halloween Building Contest: Jonett Gremlin, Joe Sun, Disco Bayliss and SupaNeo Nori! The week of October 30th, over 20 teens participated in decorating the Global Kids Island for Halloween. The event was run by Storm Basiat. Throughout the week, the participants had fun sharing ideas and built items such as Halloween decorations, fireworks, glitter sticks, crawling spiders, and also a cave!!! The teens invited a group to see fireworks and share positive feedback on each other's creations. At the end of the event everyone gathered on stage and prizes were awarded to the best Halloween builds. If you would like to see some snapshots from the event, please go to HolyMeatballs.org.
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Read (and post a comment to) a recent feature on Lucky Figtree at a new website by the MacArthur Foundation: http://tinyurl.com/y83env
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ANNOUCEMENTS
Global Kids is excited to announce that very soon we won't be alone offering activities to TSL residents. Coming soon: Eye4You Alliance: where you get to create and contribute. This island in Teen Second Life is looking for teens to help in a variety of ways. Eye4You Alliance is a partnership between two real life public libraries; the Alliance Library system in Illinois and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. Go to: http://eye4youalliance.youthtech.info for more information and a (short!) application if you're interested in helping. They have ideas for programs and services they'd like to see on the island including interactive exhibits on topics like censorship or intellectual freedom, creating machinima, having parties for new books, music, and video games coming out, homework help, and more, but ultimately they say they'd like the decisions to come from the teens involved, as you will be the ones using the island.
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