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EDUCATING MY AVATAR – LEARNING IN THE WORLD OF SECOND LIFE.
Presentation at ‘The Role of New Technologies in Global Societies’ conference July 30-31, 2008
Hong Kong.

Note on China Recreational District - a partnership between private industry & Chinese government
CRD’s goal - to create a virtual economy providing infrastructure and platforms so any business (in China & overseas) - can come in- world & sell their real-world products/services.
200 game and multimedia content producers are currently on site in an 80-square-kilometer complex still being developed in West Beijing
Between now and the end of 2010, CRD, intends to bring 150 million middle-class Chinese people and companies into their virtual world platform