[sl] The James Paul Gee Avatar Contest
This just in!
For 2 weeks, Nik385 Doesburg along with Jay Clostermann, two of our GK TSL intern, will be hosting an avatar contest for a special guest who is expected to come on GK Island for the first time on May 31, 2007. The rumor is that the special guest - who is actually an alien from another planet - is looking for an avatar outfit to "put on" so he can "fit in" on Tee Second Life. Something suitable for earth and will not scare human beings away. So now, teens are busy creating avatars for this special alien guest, and everyone is wondering who the mysterious guest is. Here is a hint: His name is James Paul Gee. That's all we can tell you!
As the contest draws closer to his arrival date, we have all the avatar outfits displayed in a line, each with their own voting box, and each cube contains image of the avatar front, back, left, right, top and bottom (or in some case, more angle than others). Participants are encouraged to spread the word out and get their friends to come and vote for their favourite avatar! At the end of the contest, the avatars with the highest votes will be selected to get "tried on" by the visiting alien - and get this - not only will the alien walk around in the new outfits selected, he will be talking on an audio stream so teens can listen to his embodied experience live! What's more is that we will invite adults to particiate to listen in and chat in Q&A along with teens on Sloodle! So stay tuned on how you can chat along and listen in on the event, it will be on May 31st, 2007, 2pm SL time (5pm EST). Good luck to all the avatar contest participants! 
I will announce the audio stream and the sloodle link in a few days, be sure to check back next week so you can participate without being in Teen Second Life.
Here is a picture of avatars submitted thus far on our island, more to come!
