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OPAL Event - Virtual Worlds for Kids, Tweens, and Teens: Whyville
Research Park Library, Room B112
OPAL Online
Attendees:
Open to the public
Contact: Shaun Seibel
Phone:
940-369-7200
OPAL Event - Virtual Worlds for Kids, Tweens, and Teens: Whyville
According to a recent New York Times article, 2008 will be the year of virtual worlds for kids, with rapid population growth and many ventures. Libraries and other educational and cultural organizations are exploring these virtual worlds for kids, too. This hour long seminar will feature speakers Tom Peters of TAP Information Services providing an overview of the growth of virtual worlds for kids, Cliff Zintgraff of Whyville providing an introduction and tour of Whyville, and Kelly Czarnecki of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County talking about why it is important for librarians and educators to be in virtual worlds such as Whyville.