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Cinemassively: Global Kids films Race to Equality

Moo Money — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EST

Filed under: Video, Second Life, Free-to-play, Cinemassively, Machinima, Education

Global Kids recently completed their annual Teen Grid summer camp. During that time, they taught their New York program students important issues worldwide, then machinimated them. In Race to Equality, they learned about countries that give preferential treatment to students of one race over the other, thus putting them at a disadvantage when it comes to proper education. To view the entire series of videos of their premiere, check out the play list!

[Thanks, Joyce!]

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Cinemassively: Global Kids Kofi Annan Simulcast to four different virtual worlds

Moo Money — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:30:00 EST

Filed under: Real life, Video, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, New titles, There, Second Life, Cinemassively, Virtual worlds

Global Kids has been quite busy with their activities this year! They recently streamed Kofi Annan receiving the MacArthur Foundation's first International Justice Award. Not only was this event special and meaningful in the first place, but it was also fairly unique in how far it reached.

The award ceremony was broadcast to the web, Second Life on both the main grid and the teen grid, There, and Whyville! Could this be a glimpse of the future of event outreach? For more information, check out their site, Holy Meatballs!

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Cinemassively: Global Kids' practices science on Teen Grid

Moo Money — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:30:00 EST

Filed under: Real life, Video, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Second Life, Cinemassively, Machinima, Academic, Education

Two weeks ago, we wrote about an interactive science lab being used for education on the Teen Grid in Second Life. Today, we'll look at another campus, Global Kids, and how they work on their scientific projects. Global Kids has one of the most popular groups of islands on TG, as part of their program is open to everyone, while the other part is exclusive to their real life after school program.

In the video, the students are building homes and then measuring their carbon footprints. They are displaying the data on signs that reflect the usage of water, power use, garbage, recycling, and food products. They then discuss how they can make better environmental choices. Why wasn't stuff like this around when we were students?

Cinemassively: Global Kids' practices science on Teen Grid originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cinemassively: Civil Liberties in Teen Second Life

Moo Money — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:30:00 EST

Filed under: Video, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Second Life, Cinemassively, Machinima, Education

I'm going on a field trip to the Teen Grid today to learn more about some of Global Kids' new projects. In the meantime, I want to show you the cutest video about the teens. It was prepared by the GK in-house Machinimator, Kathy Vega, for their discussion on Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds.

In the video, Blue Linden talks about some of the efforts that the teens have made to protect their grid. One resident, Cheesepuff Barnard, was discouraged by all of the adults present in their world, so he put up a protest sign asking for them to leave. This led to a meeting, where Linden Lab took action by redistricting. Another example used was the protest march, led by Alex Harbinger, for inter-grid commerce. Unfortunately, that issue hasn't been resolved yet.

[Via Rik Riel]

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