ShapingYouth
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ShapingYouth replied to Rik Panganiban's discussion 'Linden Lab announces: 13-17 year olds now can come into Main Grid' in the group R.I.P. Teen Second Life
Rik, Barry, Terrence et al...Eager to add this to the two-part interview with you on Teen Second Life segue, but have had my SY system files corrupted/hacked/Trojan-malware messiness to cripple my posts sans extraction..thus the delay. They've…
Sep 28, 2010
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ShapingYouth commented on Barry Joseph's group 'R.I.P. Teen Second Life'
Wow, Barry. Would love to hear your thoughts on the intended grid merger, that makes my skin crawl, actually. I still have a few green hedgehogs tumblin' around in there keeping me apprised, wanna interview on this? Have an ETA on timing? Oh,…
Aug 15, 2010
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R.I.P. Teen Second Life

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From January 2006 through the end of 2010, Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life, managed a youth-only version called Teen Second Life.This group was created as place for people, both young and old, to remember TSL and what it meant to us.See More
ShapingYouth joined Barry Joseph's group Aug 15, 2010
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Group to support participants at the RezEd mini-conference at the Games Learning and Society conference from June 10-12, 2009
ShapingYouth joined Rik Panganiban's group Jun 24, 2009
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Liam ODonnell left a comment for ShapingYouth
Hey Amy, haven't been around much lately, so just got your msg on my page. Emailing right now. Hopefully not too late to offer any help I can.
Apr 4, 2009

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What is your interest in virtual worlds?
Academic, Blogger, Journalist, K12, Parent, Afterschool organization
What virtual worlds are you interested in?
Second Life, Whyville, Habbo Hotel, There.com, Activeworlds, World of Warcraft, Other, General
About Me:
I'm the founder and exec. dir. of Shaping Youth.org, a fledgling (but rapidly expanding) nonpartisan, nonprofit consortium dealing with media & marketing's impact on kids.

We blog about the good, the bad, and the ugly from the inside out, since many of us work within the entertainment industry or academic & digital sphere. Our org uses the same techniques targeting kids to COUNTER-MARKET toxic values being sold to youth and shift the momentum in a favorable direction via our hands-on games and life skills programs…We’re teaming with powerhouse thinkers and technologists to flip harmful messages into positive ones, using the power of media and marketing turned on itself…And we’re particularly anxious to explore the concept of embedding media literacy ‘in-world’ in a ‘living lab’ where we can impart life skills peer to peer in a fun, effective manner
Website:
http://www.shapingyouth.org

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At 11:03am on April 4, 2009, Liam ODonnellLiam ODonnell said…
Hey Amy, haven't been around much lately, so just got your msg on my page. Emailing right now. Hopefully not too late to offer any help I can.
At 12:49pm on April 28, 2008, Draxtor DespresDraxtor Despres said…
hi there, thanks for commenting on the video! as a father of a 4-year old i really hope to see virtual worlds for young children to be centered around discovery and passionate learning rather than shopping and branding!
 
 
 

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