Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative

This blog entry is a directory to content from our first anniversary in Teen Second Life (okay, February was really our birthday, but we were busy...).

The events ran from March 12- March 23, 2007. The full schedule is available. Below you will find teen reports, photos, transcripts, and more. A giant thank you to the dozens of teens, as well as the Lindens, who built objects, created animations, ran activities, promoted the events, and more!

PANELS
• TSL residents present on the past year of programs in TSL.
• TSL residents debate the role of adults in online teen spaces.
• Blue and Philip Linden on the past, present and future of TSL.
• Representatives from Learn & Serve America and the National Youth Leadership Council speak to teens through a live audio stream on service-learning.
• A live video from the annual Global Kids youth conference.

ACTIVITIES
• Scavenger Hunt on global environmental issues.
• GK Birthday Cake Baking Contest.
• A tour of the new NOAA Glacier followed by a workshop on global climate change.
• Two dance parties
• Birthday card signing.

TEEN REPORTS
• Lucky on the Volcano Eruption.
• Lucky on the teen panel on GK programs.
• Mariel on assisting the interview with Blue and Philip Linden.
• Mariel on the teen debate on the role of adults in teen second life.
• Jay on running the Cake Contest.
• Mat reports on the Scavenger Hunt.
• Nic385 on running the dance parties.
• Idan from the Virtual Video Project writes about filming the Global Kids conference for an entire day, and streaming it into Second life.
• Birthday messages left on the GK TSL Answering Machine.
• Mercury, the Global Kids Intern, reports on his personal highlights.

MULTIMEDIA
• Watch the official project wrap-up video.
• View over 100 photos within seven photosets on Flickr.
• Learn and Serve America and the National Youth Leadership Council podcast.
• Machinima birthday card from TSL resident.

COVERAGE
• UNICEF wrote a fantastic piece covering the GK youth conference and the role throughout the festival of Mariel VoyUNICEF.

  

• The Pacific Rim Exchange blog covers it here.