Eileen Newmark of the Eurica Media Lab was one of the featured presenters at the Global Kids' Roundtable on Nonprofits and Virtual Worlds that took place on July 20. Here is a machinima clip of Eileen talking about how she is thinking of integrating Second Life into their existing cross-cultural exchange program between American and French youth.
We had a very interesting discussion at our roundtable, with our presenters discussing various applications of virtual worlds for civic engagement, education, and cultural exchange. Thanks to the 35 participants who came into Second Life for this session. As the facilitator, I always learn so much from the discussants and the audience members.
Sadly, this is the last of these roundtables that Global Kids is funded to do. But we hope that other opportunities for facilitating these kinds of important dialogues among civic and cultural institutions emerge. As the technologies and the applications continue to change and evolve, it's an ever present challenge keeping up and staying ahead of the curve for those of us in the public and nonprofit sectors.
Thanks to the MacArthur Foundation for supporting the Virtual World Capacity Building Program.
