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Learning World Affairs Through Digital Media
Global Kids uses media and technology to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues.
Release Date: 5/27/2009
Running Time: 04:21 min
Video Credits
Produced, Written, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Coordinating Producer
- Lauren Rosenfeld
Editor
- Karen Sutherland
Camera Crew
- Orlando Video Productions
Production Support
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Production Assistant
- Doug Keely
Narrator
- Kris Welch
Original Music
- Ed Bogas
Additional Footage Courtesy of
- Global Kids
- © 2009
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
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Glossary
Teen Second Life: An Internet-based three-dimensional virtual world where people ages 13-17 can meet, create, and socialize using voice and text chat.
Digital-media literacy: The process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating messages in a wide variety of digital media.
Sources: Wikipedia.org, Teen.SecondLife.com
Discussion Questions
1. What do you think of the Global Kids program? What would it take to start a similar program in your community?
2. Do you think most high school students are interested in world affairs? Does the focus on digital media help keep students interested in this complex topic? Or is it a distraction?
3. What sort of skills are kids gaining through their projects in the Virtual Video class?
4. How important is it for teens to have a global audience to showcase their work?
>5. Do you agree that involvement in programs like Global Kids leads to success in school? Why, or why not?
