James Paul Gee on GK Island in Second Life: Part 6 of 15

In May of 2007, an avatar contest was held on Global Kids island in Teen Second Life. James Paul Gee, the noted professor, came to Global Kids to try on the various avatars- such as a chicken, a cyberninja and a dragon -- while reflecting on a variety of issues related to games, learning, avatars and online identity.

This segment is called:

On Choosing Identity as a Strategy
"For the first time in your life, you can choose when to use [gender, ethnicity, class]. You can use it as a strategy, you can use with people you want to and put it aside."


For more on the event, go to:
http://www.holymeatballs.org/2007/05/sl_james_paul_gee_arrives_on_g_.html

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