James Paul Gee on GK Island in Second Life: Part 4 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 Modding and Thinking Like a Designer
"My hope is that kids who think like [game] designers will grow up to be politicians who think of the world in a much more complex way..."

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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