2004: The World Wide Workshop is established in New York City by Dr. Idit Harel Caperton, an internationally recognized visionary and authority on how children learn, create and gain thinking power through self-directed, play-oriented use of computers and Internet media technology (www.IditCaperton.com).   A development-stage 501(c)3 educational organization, and the non-profit spin off of MaMaMedia Inc. (www.MaMaMedia.com), the Foundation is dedicated to conceptualizing and developing applications of Internet media technology to enhance learning, creativity and understanding among children and youth in developing communities around the world (www.worldwideworkshop.org).   2005-Q1: Initial donations of assets and office space is received from MaMaMedia.com and MaMaMedia Consulting Group, as well as financial support from the Foundation’s President and Founder Idit Harel Caperton.  2005-Q2-3-4: The Globaloria Program is incubated in China where the Foundation’s President is invited for a series of consulting assignments, lectures and to teach at the Software Engineering Institute at ECNU in Shanghai. In parallel, Negroponte’s OLPC project (www.Laptop.org), for which Harel Caperton has been an advisor, is catching momentum, and the urgent need for a Globaloria program for children and youth around the world becomes clear.    2006-Q1-2: Cisco CSR and HBO grants allow the Foundation to recruit a management and production team, and to develop and launch the Globaloria Program and its first edu-social network, My Global Life (www.myglife.org), a game-developers community ‘starter-kit’.    2006-Q3-4: The MyGLife.org pilot launch takes place in Netanya, Israel with 38 Arab, Jewish and Russian immigrant youth from five cities across Israel. They learn to self-learn in a virtual network and to work together like never before (www.myglife.org/israelwiki).  2006-Q4: Following the pilot launch, the Globaloria team undertakes comprehensive dynamic and collaborative pilot research to assess its vision and mission, and better understand the epistemology and impact of the program from the perspective of educators, participants and their communities. An innovative research methodology and platform is created (http://www.myglife.org/wiki/index.php/Research_Report:_Israel).2007-Q1: Two new MyGLife communities are initiated that target university-level students (undergraduate and graduate) in the United States (www.MyGLife.org/usa): The American University in Washington, DC incorporates Globaloria into a formal introduction to game design course; Two game clubs at the University of Colorado, Boulder adopt the platform to communicate, create and collaborate around serious games. These new communities will act as models for future higher-education programs in developing countries.  2007-Q2-Q3-Q4: In the coming 9 months, The Globaloria Program will expand to 10 active communities on four different continents. These 10 communities will be in collaboration with a diverse set of partners including corporations, not-for-profits, government agencies, youth-led organizations and international agencies. Here is a brief overview of our upcoming partners and their communities:   Schlumberger-SEED, Trinidad: Adolescents enrolled in the Schlumberger-SEED school in Trinidad will use Globaloria to learn science and gain professional and life skills; Schlumberger volunteers will also engage with the platform to hone their own technological skills and to expand their community service opportunities.  West Virginia Governor’s Office, Wheeling, WV: At-risk adolescents in after-school programs in two schools in Wheeling, WV will use Globaloria to complement formal and non-formal educational curricula.   IBM E.X.I.T.E Camps, India: Girls, 12-14 years old, participating in IBM’s E.X.I.T.E camp in India will be introduced to Globaloria as a new way to communicate, collaborate and create around engineering and innovation virtually.   Save the Children, Technology & Education Program, Bolivia: Youth who have already mastered introductory technology and leadership skills in Save the Children’s Bolivia-based initiative will use Globaloria to progress to the next level of technological skill and knowledge. Bronx River Art Center, New York: Adolescents in the South Bronx, NY, will use Globaloria to continue exploring “ecoMedia”, ecology through media, and become skilled game designers in the process. TakingITGlobal, Global: The rich and vibrant online youth community that makes up TakingITGlobal will use Globaloria to design games and simulations around key themes to their network.In 2007, the World Wide Workshop will also expand its programming to younger children, 5-12 years old, with the launch of MaMaMedia.org. Designed and implemented in collaboration with OLPC, and based on MaMaMedia.com, MaMaMedia.org’s mission will be to enhance learning, creativity and technological fluency among children globally. Two versions will be created for the OLPC platform: one web-based and one non-web application.