[didi] Introductions
Today was all systems go for meeting GK and Youth Venture staff on the island for the D.I.D.I. team from the juvenile detention center. Previous weeks we had some technical difficulties that we were fortunately able to get through. When we were going around the room at the D.I.D.I. Coffeehouse and introducing ourselves, one of the teens asked me before he typed into group chat a question about revealing personal information to this group. What a great question and what a great opportunity! This moment reminded me of the article I read this week in the Chicago Tribune about how Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) wants to ban Second Life from schools and libraries. The question about personal information came from a teen accessing Second Life while in a library to a librarian. Kind of makes sense to have the access to take the opportunity to talk about protecting oneself online before accessing SL somewhere else where they might not have anyone to ask what to do.
The D.I.D.I. tour was a lot of fun and a fair amount of learning while doing since the team is new to SL but catching on fast!
