[games_access] Interesting...

[Ben Sawyer]

There may be some people in the Virtual Abilities community in SL that  
might have work that crosses over to work done here so I'm forwarding  
this to the list...  Regardless of the fact that Second Life isn't a  
game there are certainly many shared technical challenges and other  
similarities to games given that 2nd Life is a 3D graphics based  
application.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Anderson, Patricia" <pfa at umich.edu>
> Date: June 20, 2008 6:57:03 AM EDT
> To: "SL Educators" <educators at lists.secondlife.com>, "SL Educators" <educators at lists.secondlife.com 
> >
> Subject: [SLED] VOTE - Annenberg will fund 3 of 5 community projects  
> in SL
> Reply-To: SL Educators <educators at lists.secondlife.com>
>
> Terry mentioned the RL Native American community in Second Life,  
> which reminded me of another project.
>
> Annenberg will be funding 3 out of 5 semi-final projects in their  
> Community Challenge in their Network Culture Project Competition.  
> They are asking Second Life avatars to go to a survey and vote for  
> which they want to see funded. I am working with one, so I have my  
> own preference, but they are all good projects. The way the voting  
> works, you actually have to choose three. Three are health related,  
> one is connected to the Native American community. The five are  
> (briefly):
>
>  - Ability Commons, a collaboration between Healthinfo Island  
> (medical librarians), and Virtual Abilities and the Health Support  
> Coalition (organizations that provide education, support and  
> transition guidance in Second Life for persons with disabilities,  
> health care consumer support groups, and support group leaders.  
> (This is the one I'm working with.)
>
>  - Interactive Accessible Home - a virtual model of a home embedded  
> with accessiblity examples, suggestions and tips for modifying your  
> own home to make it more accessible.
>
>  - Mauerkrankheit/Wallsickness - an art installation exploring the  
> concept of boundaries and divisions, such as the US-Mexico border or  
> Berlin Wall.
>
>  - Native Lands Culture Outreach - bringing together the RL Native  
> American community in Second Life and providing information,  
> education and resources about their culture from the truly informed.
>
>  - Texas Obesity Research Center - To extend the offerings of this  
> University of Houston based organization into Second Life with  
> information, education, and resources.
>
> There is more information about all of these at:
> <http://networkculture.usc.edu/projects/21-network-culture-projects/61-community-challenge-finalists-announced.html 
> >
>
> Please bote. If you are on Twitter or other email groups, please  
> pass along the word. Feel free to forward this message. On Twitter,  
> this is what I've been sending:
>
> Annenberg will fund 3 of 5 Second Life community projects.
> Read here: http://tinyurl.com/5c4vam Vote here: http://tinyurl.com/4olwah
>
> An early draft of the notecard from Ability Commons is given below.
>
> Let's us, as educators in Second Life, support the development of  
> richer educational resources and projects in Second Life by voting.  
> Thank you!
>
>  - Patricia Anderson (RL), Perplexity "Lexi" Peccable (SL)
>
> ==========
>
> Something wonderful is happening and with one small action you can  
> be part of it.  Our friends in the Health Support Coalition have a  
> chance to win 300,000 Lindens from the Annenberg School to create a  
> SL home for a wide range of peer support groups.
>
> "Ability Commons" is the work of Gentle Heron, Carolina Keats and  
> many of the 41 members of the Health Support Coalition, including  
> "MDSLA," "Crohn's and Colitis Support, " "Open Gates Peer Support,"  
> and "Agoraphobia Support Group."
>
> We need your help, right now. Please take 20 seconds to go to this  
> website "http://tinyurl.com/4olwah" and vote for "Ability Commons."   
> Rank them "1) Favored" and do your part to help us create an  
> incubator for small and emerging groups.
>
> Your vote will allow more people with disabilities and health issues  
> to share our pleasure and purposefulness in Second Life.
>
> Will you do more? Please forward this note to your friends - voting  
> is open until June 30, and your help will make all the difference.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Our proposal is here:
> http://secondlife.wikia.com/wiki/Ability_Commons
> The Annenberg/USC site is here:
> http://tinyurl.com/5mawlm
>
>
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