Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke at the National Service Learning Conference in Minneapolis on April 10th, 2008. The NSLC is the largest gathering of youths and practitioners involved in the service-learning movement. Global Kids stream the live event into various virtual environments.
Jan, 2008To celebrate the two year anniversary of Global Kids in Teen Second Life, with the support of Linden Lab, we held the first ever press junket to the GK Estate and announced the launch of three new projects.We announced the first four round of grants in the D.I.D.I. Initiative and heard from the youth receiving funds to create their own social ventures around health issues (partnering with YouthVenture and funded by Robert Wood Johnson), announced the upcoming Philanthropy in Virtual W...
Watch a public forum called Totally Wired: How Digital Media is Changing How Young People Learn and Play, featuring:Henry Jenkins, Professor, MIT, and author of Convergence Culture, will talk about his latest work on media literacy and skills young people need for the 21st Century. Katie Salen, Professor, Parsons the New School for Design, and game designer, will discuss the new public school based on design and games she is opening in New York City. Howard Gardner, Professor, Harvard Universi...