Global Kids Will Launch Cutting Edge Second Life Curriculum in Tampa and Los Angeles

NEW YORK, Sep 3, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Today, Global Kids' Online Leadership Director Barry Joseph will speak to leaders in digital media and education at the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, to be followed on Saturday, September 5th, with Joseph providing the educational keynote at the annual Second Life Community Convention in Tampa, Florida. At both, Joseph will showcase the launch of Global Kids Second Life Curriculum -- the most significant resource in 2008 for those educators interested in incorporating virtual worlds into their classrooms.

The L.A. conference, on the theme of The Future of Media and Communications, will take place on September 3rd and 4th and feature such keynote speakers as Collin J. Parris, Ph.D., Vice President of Digital Convergence at IBM Research; and Steve Parkis, Senior Vice President of Disney Online.

Global Kids Second Life Curriculum, available the first week of September at RezEd.org, contains over 160 lesson plans for teaching the basics of Second Life, whether in a classroom, a library, or at home. The curriculum is available at no cost and is designed to be adaptable by practitioners for a variety of uses, from teaching science, to literature to global studies.

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The RezEd project was supported by the first annual Digital Media and Learning Competition, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and administered by HASTAC. The second year of the Competition is now underway and will award $2 million in funds in two categories: Innovation in Participatory Learning awards (applications accepted from 12 eligible countries) and Young Innovator awards (for U.S.-based applicants age 18-25). Find out more at the Competition website: http://www.dmlcompetition.net