What is Your Favorite Game?

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Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us Check out these video clips of attendees at YALSA’s Midwinter 2008 Gaming Extravaganza. The Flip video camera can capture up to sixty minutes of video. Still shots such as the one included in this post can be clipped from the videos. ‘Movie Mixes’ can be made such as this one, of YALSA office and board members, which combines the clips into one video. Teens will probably like that it uploads easily (flash drive attached) with YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and more. A one time install of Flip’s software is required, though there may be a workaround-please share or we’ll keep you posted. Think about offering taking short videos of your teens as a program so they can upload to their favorite site. Creating tutorials and promoting programs are some other obvious uses that come to mind. Share your ideas and what your favorite games are.

Posted by Kelly Czarnecki

“You’ve Seen the Show, Now Be the Show”

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There’s been several television shows on lately that are incorporating the 3D virtual world of Second Life including CSI-New York, the Office, and Gossip Girls’ Upper East Side. It’s great to see some of the possibilities for bringing stories to life in an interactive 3D environment. Teens could create their own avatars to look like one of their favorite (or least favorite) characters using a variety of programs, such as Gaia Online or Meez, not just Second Life. Teens could write a script for characters from Gossip Girl or their favorite book series and post on the forums board of Teen Second Life to see if someone might be interested in acting it out. Teens could create a MySpace page with their avatars based on a mystery and leave clues for readers to solve. They can publish film and snapshots to create a storyboard from their favorite virtual world here and share it with others. What else?

Posted by Kelly Czarnecki