This journal-style blog will follow the efforts of an intrepid crew of health promotion project partners. Stefan and Justin are managing an innovative ‘youth-tech’ project called Avatar. They are exploring what might be achieved to promote the social inclusion of otherwise disconntected young people through a youth-created virtual world.
Internet-based virtual worlds are often seen as potentially threatening to young people’s mental health and wellbeing. This project seeks to explore what might be the positive benefits of this new realm of social interaction.
