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The Dream It. Do It. Initiative (D.I.D.I.) is an exciting partnership between Global Kids and Ashoka’s Youth Venture. Through January of 2009, the D.I.D.I. Initiative is supporting up to 40 teams of young people to launch ventures that benefit their communities, either within or outside the virtual world of Second Life. This initiative is open to young people and student groups in Second Life. We would very much appreciate it if you could help us to promote this opportunity to your student g…

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Original post can be found on Second Life Educators Blog here. Um, two things, pilgrims: The Global Kids Second Life Curriculum (three handy freely downloadable .pdf files) may be picked up at RezEd now and I’m tickled to be about to open up my copies right after I hit the “Publish” button on this post. Go get yours. Secondly, you can be downloading those documents at the same time you… Continue

With the release of Google's new "Lively" what can we predict for online learning as virtua…

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ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 4.22.07 TRANSCRIPT OF REZED PODCAST, EPISODE 1 This is the RezEd Podcast, produced by Mediasnackers with Global Kids. ********** DK: So welcome to the first RezEd podcast produced by Mediasnapper for Global Kids. We're joined by Rik and Shawna from Global Kids and they're going to give us an overview of RezEd. So Rik its over to you. Rik: Thanks DK. We're super excited about launching this social network. So let me give you just a few words about what RezEd i… Continue

The monthly themes to be addressed on RezEd through 2008 are as follows: Education and Virtual Worlds: April 21-May 26 Commercial Virtual Worlds: June 2- June 23 Non-School use of Virtual Worlds (Museums, Libraries): July 7- July 28 Schools and Virtual Worlds: August 4- August 25 Assessing Outcomes in Virtual Worlds: September 1- September 29 Exploring Tools & Virtual Worlds: October 6-October 27 More on Schools: November 3- November 24 To b… Continue