Wednesday, Dec 20:

As part of the Global Kids' "A World Fit for Children Festival" this Wednesday, MIT's Henry Jenkins is visiting in world the Global Kids Island on the Teen Grid to talk about "We're not playing around here!: The pedagogical potential of computer and video games."
 
The New Media Consortium is helping out by providing a live audio stream into Second Life for Henry's remarks; the audio stream will go to both the Teen Grid and the NMC Campus so us "non-teens" can listen in. Join us in the Huntley Ballroom this Wednesday. At 2:00 PM, there will be some live music DJ-ed by one of the Global Kids teens. Henry's remarks will start at 3:00 PM (all times PST). Apparently his remarks may be interspersed with some rounds of dancing (?) and more music. The dance floor will also be available in our ballroom.

The GK event has been part of a UNICEF project to help teens learn more about global issues. This month they have been working in teams to build SL exhibits that can provide some answers to deal with world problems.
 
 For more, see:
 http://www.nmc.org/sl/2006/12/14/jenkins/
 http://www.holymeatballs.org/second_life/unicef/