The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.
A joint podcast with Global Kids and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) interviewing Kelly Czarnecki, a Technology Education Librarian, at ImaginOn with the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Kelly has been volunteering in a teen jail in the United States, where for the first time incarcerated youth are able to log in to the virtual world of Teen Second Life and participate in Global Kids' and Youth Venture's Dream it. Do it. Initiative.
0.25—6.19 RezEd news from Amira and Rik at Global Kids (any news or events can be submitted here)
6.20—6.38 intro to podcast
6.39—7.46 utilizing technology to teach skills to incarcerated youth
7.47—9.16 working outside of the jail with virtual worlds
9.17—10.43 why can't incarcerated youth use Teen Second Life?
10.44—14.39 buy-in and challenges in bringing virtual worlds to a jail population
14.40—17.04 aren't they just playing games?
17.05—19.18 creating change in their community
19.19—21.20 the dream it. do it. initiative in teen second life
21.40—22.43 Amira and Rik detailing the upcoming events for the RezEd community (any news or events can be submitted here)
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