The 18th Annual NYLC Service-Learning Conference, New Mexico
This blog entry is a directory to content as we post it for the 18th Annual NYLC Service-Learning Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from March 28 - 30, 2007.
Those unable to attend the 18th Annual National Service-Learning Conference in Albuquerque can attend it LIVE in Second Life!
Residents of Second Life will be able to attend conference plenary sessions in real time at the Global Kids Island in Teen Second Life and at the NMC Teaching sim in Second Life’s community for adults.
"Speakers include Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and United Nations Messengers of Peace; Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympian and founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation; Verna Cornelia Price, founder of the Girls in Action program; J. Robert Flores, Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Kerri Strug, Special Advisor to the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Olympian; and David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. More speakers will be announced as they are confirmed."
For more information on the 18th Annual NYLC Service-Learning Conference, please visit their website by clicking here.
• Representatives from Learn & Serve America and the NYLC speak to teens through a live audio stream on service-learning in Teen Second Life, prior to the conference.
• The permanent video feed of footage from the conference. (coming soon)
• Photos taken from Second Life, both on the main grid and on the teen grid.
• Photos taken in Second life and in real life at the Conference during the 2 day plenary and workshop sessions.
• Photos taken by Tabitha and Nafiza of their trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Teen post by Nafiza, on her experience at the Conference, who also presented along with Tabitha on "Youth in the Digital Age" during a workshop on March 30, 2007.
• Live chat dialogue from the workshop on "Youth in the Digital Age" by teens in Second Life. (coming soon)
• Staff post by Tabitha, on her experience at the Conference and photos from the event. (coming soon)
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(The event has now concluded, please click on above links for post-conference materials, thanks!)
The conference will be streamed into both the main grid and the teen grid. The location on the main grid will be at the NMC Teaching sim, this is the teleport URL for those of you who are not familiar with NMC. You must join the NMC guests group in order to access the NMC sim.
Go to this link for a direct teleport on the main grid in Second Life
Anyone who is not in SL can also copy and paste the stream below in their regular web browser to watch and listen in, just be sure to have Quicktime installed on your computer.
Copy and paste this link to watch from your Internet browser
Please see below for the specific times that will be streamed into Second Life.
NYLC STREAMING SCHEDULE (all in EST):
Thursday, March 29
11am ~ 12:30pm: Opening Plenary Session - Stream from conference to SL, and SL to conference. Audience in SL will "see" themselves on the screen of the real-life stage!
3:45pm ~ 5:15pm: Workshop Session
Topic: Resources for Recovery
Presenter: Karen McKinney, Bethel University, MN
Join this highly interactive session on service-learning as a key strategy in disaster recovery and relief. Better understand the assumptions we make when helping others while exploring how to appropriately implement genuine, thoughtful service-learning projects in the wake of adversity.
5:30pm ~ 7pm: Workshop Session
Topic:Thinking Outside the Box: Community-Based Collaborations, Service-Learning, and Urban Youths
Presenter: Ed Irwin, The Imani Youth and Family Development Center, MN
Ed Irwin has been working with urban youths and service-learning for over 20 years. In this session he will encourage you to "think outside the box" when it comes to developing effective service-learning programs for urban youths. The presenter will share insights, successful initiatives, and effective principles on how to utilize service-learning to engage urban youths and develop young leaders of the urban community.
Friday, March 30
11:45am ~ 1:15pm: Opening Plenary Session
3:45pm ~ 5:15pm:
Topic: What's the next big idea?
Presenter: David Eisner, Corporation for National and Communitiy Service, DC; Robert Flores, OJJDP, and others
Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner, OJJDP Administrator J. Robert Flores, and others will share the latest research findings and program opportunities for service-learning. They will challenge the audience to dream big and to think about how to work together to get out the word about the positive power of youths and service-learning in the US. The conversation will also include a discussion of Corporation and OJJDP resources, and efforts to support youth-driven service-learning.
5:30pm ~ 7pm: Workshop Session - Global Kids and Youth Noise present together on "Youth Work in a Digital World".
Topic: Youth Work in a Digital Age
Presenter: Brad Lewis, Learn and Serve America, Corporation for National and Community Service, DC
Presenters: Tabitha Tsai, Nafiza Akter, Global Kids, and Youth Noise.
This session will highlight some of the exciting work that young people are undertaking both on and off-line to address significant problems faced by youths in the 21st century, including those who are disadvantaged. Across America and around the world, young people are using technological tools in innovative ways to serve their communities. Come and hear youths and their adult allies from Global Kids and Youth Noise speak out on how they are working for a better virtual and real world.
Hope to see you in-world!
Tabitha Gkid and Nafiza Gkid will be presenting in a workshop at the NYLC conference
Comments
Did Nafi and Tabitha get to meet Kerri Strug??? O.O
My computer froze and I couldn't watch much, but I hope it was successful!
Posted by: Mariel | April 1, 2007 3:43 AM