Myracle and I are very excited to partner with Zoomlab for our pilot project. They have very kindly offered to host us on their Kids Connect Island in the Teen Grid until the end of the semester. Sixteen acres are clear and ready for us to begin terraforming and building!
I first met Zoomlab's director, Josephine, in Second Life following one of Claudia Linden's Teen Educators meetings. She had mentioned doing dramatic activities in SL, something that intrigues me as a Forensics (Speech & Debate) coach. While we are very grateful for the use of their virtual land, we also look forward to working together during the pilot project and beyond.
We met with the Zoomlab group over a Skype conference call for over an hour last week. Josephine, Dan and Katie, all from Zoomlab, described their own pilot program, Kids Connect which they ran in July and August, 2006 with students from New York City and Amsterdam. Zoomlab is very innovative in using Teen SL to create cross-cultural experiences for youth collaborating on interactive, digitally-mediated performance art performed simultaneously in New York and Amsterdam. Students learned about performance skills, creating a common language, digital storytelling, communication, media technology and virtual environments.
There is great potential to collaborate on future projects with Zoomlab. DAA is the defending EMAC Debate champion and we host the EMAC Forensics tournament in November, 2007. At the same time, we hope to be establishing a permanent presence on the teen grid this fall. I am particularly interested in Josephine's current work preparing for a UN youth conference in November, 2007, lining up closely with our EMAC event. I see a lot of potential in using Second Life to extend the EMAC Forensics experience to a broader community.
I first met Zoomlab's director, Josephine, in Second Life following one of Claudia Linden's Teen Educators meetings. She had mentioned doing dramatic activities in SL, something that intrigues me as a Forensics (Speech & Debate) coach. While we are very grateful for the use of their virtual land, we also look forward to working together during the pilot project and beyond.
We met with the Zoomlab group over a Skype conference call for over an hour last week. Josephine, Dan and Katie, all from Zoomlab, described their own pilot program, Kids Connect which they ran in July and August, 2006 with students from New York City and Amsterdam. Zoomlab is very innovative in using Teen SL to create cross-cultural experiences for youth collaborating on interactive, digitally-mediated performance art performed simultaneously in New York and Amsterdam. Students learned about performance skills, creating a common language, digital storytelling, communication, media technology and virtual environments.
There is great potential to collaborate on future projects with Zoomlab. DAA is the defending EMAC Debate champion and we host the EMAC Forensics tournament in November, 2007. At the same time, we hope to be establishing a permanent presence on the teen grid this fall. I am particularly interested in Josephine's current work preparing for a UN youth conference in November, 2007, lining up closely with our EMAC event. I see a lot of potential in using Second Life to extend the EMAC Forensics experience to a broader community.
The UN has been involved in Teen Second Life in a previous project with Global Kids. I'll update you as I get more details from Zoomlab!
Alpine
Alpine
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I think it's great that other groups are taking interest in us. It's surprising to see the UN participating in this program as well. Hopefully Etisalat doesn't block SL!
-G
Good point. I think if we don't mention it they will be less likely too. This is also an excellent way in which to demonstrate Second Life's full potential for networking and education. I wonder if there is a way to incorporate Second Life into the EMAC Forensics or any debate competition.
Yay 16 acres of land! Its pretty exciting that Second Life has achieved so many great things including this whole involvement of the UN! Hopefully more good things will continue to happen here in Second Life and hopefully this class will continue for a few years to come.
Partnering with another group is an excellent idea because it promotes us not only in the IT world but also in SL itself. Also, if we are popular, it will be harder for SL to be banned.
Wow. This really shows me how big our project is and how much of a big deal this is turning out to be. 16 ACRES?! Thats awesome. Imagine what we can do with all that space.
Serious Gaming is based on a organization based directed at the younger generation. I really like the video of what you have discovered from YouTube. Good job and i really like the arguement that you have made!
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Dre Masala
That's a great idea, to incorporate SL into Forensics or some such competition. It also shows the great potential SL holds like being able to host live competitions around the world. Connecting not only schools but other organizations as well in real time. You can see and talk to hundreds of people all with different cultural backgrounds. Plus you also the ability to take surveys or perform experiments with Linden lab's permission.
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