[sl] James Paul Gee arrives on Global Kids Island
Global Kids was thrilled to invite Professor Gee to Global Kids Island today. Professor Gee spoke on a live audio stream while trying on different avatars created by teens. At the same time, we invited adults within SL or outside SL to listen in on the audio stream and participate in the live chat via Sloodle (a first for the teen grid - it worked great!).
Group shot with Jim, as Wolf
For those of us in the field of games and learning, you might have heard of Professor Gee from the University of Wisconsin or read one of his books.
Jim pretended to be a special alien visiting from a planet unknown. This friendly alien was looking for an appropriate avatar outfit to "fit into" as he explored Second Life for the first time. He was offered all sorts of avatars designed by the teens through an avatar design contest.
The avatars and designers were:
- CyberNinja by Guildenstern DeSantis
- Hydralisk by 1000 Carlos
- Midnight Dragon by Sylver Bu
- Female White Wolf by Blue Newcomb
- Chicken by Meleno Fei
While trying on the avatars, he commented on his experience of being in SL, on the nature of a projected identity, took comments from both teens and adults (through Sloodle), and addressed a number of issues relating to games & learning and games & society.
We have a number of things to show off from the day:
- All photos taken by or contributed to GK.
- A podcast of the audio or Listen to it here:
- A report from one of the teen organizers.
- An abridged transcript from the main grid
- A GK Teen Intern Report from Nik385 Doesburg, the intern that worked on the event.
- And, last but not least over 30 MINUTES (!) of video, in 15 smaller segments
