I came across another article in Vogue oddly enough that touched on a variety of topics: media, education, lost/striving art programs in schools, online gaming, inspiration, creative-driven students, and more. The article was called "Nuvana Lily Kwong; Inspiring Students Through Online Games that Teach Everything from Art to Science."
Lily Kwong and her brother created a place in their father's educational game-design company, Nuvana, where people of all kinds can come together and create their own world of creativity. They enact change in their world when they don't have the ability previously, or its another place to grow (as a person and artist). The form they use is "socially networked online games." These games aren't just ordinary game though, they give others the opportunity to involve themselves and have control over decisions, they teach them through having fun, and is a positive atmosphere in general. The games cover a large range of topics, from Art to Science. They all also happen to be free!
This place of gaming is a safe-home to those who lost their art programs in their own schools. It's an outlet for them by different means. They can continue their abilities, creativity, and imagination in a place where they can be heard. Lily even mentioned how the games were used to stop bullying. That to me is impressive. Especially because we always hear terrible stories about cyber-bullying. Its more common than we may think. This site is just another way that there are people out there doing good with the internet's abilities. I think more people should be publicizing this gaming company, hands down!
NIKE!
Another fact that makes their business outstanding is that NIKE Foundation and Grameen America both support projects they do! They must be doing something good for people if they have a partnership with those big name, powerful, and wealthy companies.
I wish there was some way I could myself tell newspapers or someone with ability to share their information to larger mass of people. I wonder if it would be a good research project too........
Here is their website, check it out!
http://nuvana.org/
---Sarah W
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