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Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Survives Griefing Attack

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Photo by Peacemaker. " Griefing can be a problem in Second Life, although it does not happen at every location all the time. For example, at the BlogHer in Second Life panels and social events no problems were report as indicated by this report by VintFalken and the Information Literacy Weblog.

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My article in the December NTEN Newsletter is Live!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Howard Rheingold - Participatory Media Literacy Wiki Henry Jenkins , MIT Comparative Media Program Director (These photos are from yesterday's session in Second Life with him where I got ask him what he thought of the criticisms about Second Life and I will post the answer and pointer to the audio in a bit.)

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Tear It Down and Virtual Guantanamo: Two Examples of Virtual Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. Visitors to Web site can eliminate one pixel from a photo of Guant??namo government???

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. local time). It starts in the home.

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Nonprofit Commons Recap: Will Play Games for Peace

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" Joseph's initiative, the Online Leadership Program , integrates a "youth development approach when tackling international and public policy issues with youth media programs that build digital literacy, foster substantive online dialogues, develop resources for educators, and promote civic participation." Photo: Br3nda.

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