[Staff] Off to a good start!
Hello everyone!
Following the success of the Virtual Video Project pilot year, I have been busy rounding up new students, new faces for the second year, and trying to get the word out about the program and what it has to offer. After weeks of diligent recruiting, both in-person and online, and months of curriculum development, planning, and more meetings, we have now about 30 teens from 9 different high schools that applied, and that's 10 more than we expected! The other good news is that we have a very nice ratio of female and male interested in the program. I am really excited for the new challenges and goals we've set out for ourselves this year, and we will be meeting everyone for the first time tomorrow.
It's amazing how quickly time flies. Sometimes too fast! I still remember my first day as a VVP facilitator, and meeting the teens at the Museum of the Moving Image, where we held the program last year. We have come so far from that first initial day. The VVP is still very new and in its "raw" stage of development. We are about to embark on our second year, there is still much to learn, many windows of opportunities to explore, and different approaches to engage youths with 21st century media skills. I feel nervous, happy, proud and stressed about the program all at the same time. I am nervous about some of the changes this year, and I am happy about the turnout and the immense interest and support from everyone involved. I am also proud of the students from last year who wants to be a part of building the program and taking it to the next level. I really want to push the envelope with the VVP program and give the teens what they deserve.
Work in progress, I am 
On that note, I want to wish everyone a Happy Halloween. Something extraordinary happened to me today, and will like to share this moment with everyone. For the past year, I have been bounded to Global Kids Island in Teen Second Life. So for the first time, and I feel like Christopher Columbus when I say this, I have embarked on a new island in the teen grid managed by Eye4You Alliance, and participated in the Halloween Dance party with teens there. It was a fabulous time and I managed to take two pictures from the event.
Thank you Mercury Metropolitan for passing on the Pumpkin head 
Here's me on the dance floor with teens on the other non-GK island *Gasp*
Here's me standing on top of their meeting room with a giant spider
