Lyr Lobo: feel welcome to click one of the gazebo gift givers if you did not at the exhibit booths Lyr Lobo grins Lyr Lobo: it is very fine, isn't it? Corwin Howlett: just walking around to test the lag Larry Pixel: you need to go to Learning to buy it Larry Pixel: this one is not for sale, but there is a copy over there Gnoofnalwohc Ansar: Thanks Larry Pixel: there is an image on the path with a landmark in it Corwin Carillon: http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus%204/57/217/22 Corwin Howlett: Whenever there are large groups like this, it helps to minimize scripts running to cut down lag Corwin Carillon: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Learning/59/216/22 Larry Pixel: thanks Corwin! Lyr Lobo whispers to Ninmah Corwin Howlett: if anyone has radar, or blinking jewelry, or flaming hair, or other optional things like that it would help if you took them off for the moment Corwin Howlett: If you have no idea what I am talking about, it probably doesnt apply to you. :) Sarracenia Lupindo: lol Chimera Cosmos: Is anyone talking in voice? Chimera Cosmos: ok-just wanted to be sure I'm back on voice Gergor Svoboda: all clear Chimera Cosmos: you sound great! Chimera Cosmos: wow Lyr! never would have guessed from your SL persona Chimera Cosmos: geek is different from shy Chimera Cosmos: lol Chimera Cosmos: yes, wonderful voice :-) Gnoofnalwohc Ansar: you are getting choppy Chimera Cosmos is shy too in RL Lyr Lobo whispers and smiles Lyr Lobo: Geek! *laughs* Lyr Lobo: gamer geek Thursday Xu: yay! Chimera Cosmos thinks Ninmah is cool too mikebogle: Hi everyone Gnoofnalwohc Ansar: your voice is choppy Ninmah Ash: hee hee, thanks Chimera Chimera Cosmos: lol Corwin Carillon: might be you Gnoo Gergor Svoboda: you sound fine' Corwin Carillon: yes fine CJ Carnot: yep it's good Chimera Cosmos: fine for me--probably connection speed Corwin Howlett: choppiness also sometimes comes from wireless connections or overburdened connections Chimera Cosmos: nice! CJ Carnot: reducing your draw distance and graphics parameters can free up bandwidth for voice too Oggie Ballinger: I am. Hawker Supermarine: not me Maali Beck raises hand Chimera Cosmos: need to learn to do gestures like Lyr Ninmah Ash: not I! I walk into things, leap when I mean to step... Corwin Howlett: me Spiral Theas: always could be smoother! Chimera Cosmos: boxbot Thursday Xu: expression of identity Corwin Carillon: parallel channel Gergor Svoboda: backchannel HVX Silverstar: background.. so backchannel HVX Silverstar: ah, parallel... Jackie Rexen: It is the participatory - co-constructing channel Corwin Howlett: I've always called it backchannel Chimera Cosmos: passing notes in class lol Bron Bloxome: twitter Oggie Ballinger: IM's. Bron Bloxome: microbloging Corwin Carillon: the backchannel is IM .. going on now ;-) Oggie Ballinger: Twitter - mini bloger Corwin Carillon: or 12 seconds of viedo Thursday Xu: social proprioception Corwin Carillon: video Chimera Cosmos: what is your level in WoW hahahaha Chimera Cosmos: (I know) Chimera Cosmos: just getting that out there haha HVX Silverstar: oh, so we're the physical hyperlinks Thursday Xu: so much more engaging than a f2f conference Ninmah Ash: having issues with the slide controls, sorry. It's a little slow Jackie Rexen: http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/beyond-the-backchannel-by-cynthia-calongne-presentation Chimera Cosmos: option Chimera Cosmos: hahaha Chimera Cosmos: did you get a secret twitter identity? lol Chimera Cosmos: hahaha Steve47 Tenk: never Corwin Carillon: not heard of it Chimera Cosmos: for Mac? Lyr Lobo: Gabcast.com Lorah Heron: i have tried it Spiral Theas: no. Gerda Wirefly: never heard of it Bron Bloxome: where to get a gazebo? Chimera Cosmos: ah Cathy Arreguin: heard of it.. not used it yet Lyr Lobo: http://gabcast.com Suzanne Aurilio: don't know it Calisto Encinal raises his hand. Suzanne Aurilio: kewl something new Calisto Encinal: lol Corwin Carillon: a very old one and only for 2 years Chimera Cosmos: lol--left mine on the plane on Friday :-( Corwin Carillon: cool tool Lyr Ninmah Ash: lol great analogy Ninmah Ash: Animoto at http://animoto.com HVX Silverstar: yes Shaffer Parx: ME Bron Bloxome: heard of it Corwin Carillon: yay Chimera Cosmos: yes Lorah Heron: no Mae Mathilde: it's great! Katie Sismondi: yes I have HVX Silverstar: the kids on teen grid love it Cathy Arreguin: love animoto! Chimera Cosmos: made a few HVX Silverstar: and vuvox Chimera Cosmos: made one from pics of NMC SL conf a year ago! Jackie Rexen: Here is a showcase of animoto made by my middle school students - http://weewebwonders.synthasite.com/animato.php Cathy Arreguin: thanks Jackie! Lyr Lobo: http://animoto.com/play/3ca65bf4857a660a1464abf52f4e5309 Corwin Carillon: :) Corwin Carillon: nice movie Jamer Jarman: I'm not getting the movie - say 'it cannot be found' Jamer Jarman: thanks Ninmah Ash: sorry if you can't see it (I can't either) - use Lyr's link HVX Silverstar: yes, i got an aiff error... but saw in browser.. super cool! Chimera Cosmos: says searching for file dcs1.something Lyr Lobo: http://animoto.com/play/3ca65bf4857a660a1464abf52f4e5309 Chimera Cosmos: thx Ninmah Ash: I think several people may have crashed Chimera Cosmos: haha Maali Beck: movie got hung up HVX Silverstar: raw and quickly put together has even greater value timewise Shaffer Parx: i just got back in but no sound Calisto Encinal: <----has class at 12. Very interesting! Thanks, Lyr. Shaffer Parx: here we go Maali Beck: cya Calisto Chimera Cosmos: animoto takes a bit of bandwidth Calisto Encinal waves. Corwin Carillon: bye Calistro Jamer Jarman: technology is wonderful... when it works... ll Jamer Jarman: lol Oggie Ballinger: We should all change avatars and pretend to be a different conference. Chimera Cosmos: haha Ayla Quinnell: Animoto is on Facebook, too Suzanne Aurilio: lol Chimera Cosmos has only seen this Lyr Chimera Cosmos: lol Chimera Cosmos: Shocked!! Chimera Cosmos: haha Chimera Cosmos: top secret :-) Jamer Jarman: people don't necessarily learn by taking an exam... Jackie Rexen: I don't remember the last time I gave a test - it is not a life skill! Suzanne Aurilio: how true Corwin Carillon: unfortunately it is in school Corwin Carillon: lol Corwin Carillon: yep that's me Chimera Cosmos: haha -- noobs don't know how they look Chimera Cosmos: too many other worries lol Sarracenia Lupindo: social norms are everywhere. time for a revolt, I say. Chimera Cosmos: haha Chimera Cosmos: Rock the Academy! HVX Silverstar: bye.. reference desk calling.... Ninmah Ash: oh is that all? lol Lorah Heron: fountain Oggie Ballinger: Fountain. Ninmah Ash: not at all! Jamer Jarman: lor an upside down umbrella Corwin Carillon: umbrella Corwin Carillon: lamp Lorah Heron: mushroom Jamer Jarman: lamp Lorah Heron: lamp Ninmah Ash: lol Chimera Cosmos: we are building knowledge hehe Cathy Arreguin: please move camera down from slides to the object she's making? Bron Bloxome: stained glass lamp Spiral Theas: Oh, yeah. Oggie Ballinger: Look is the operative word. Chimera Cosmos: make something beautiful Jamer Jarman: a lot of time, students complain, "this is an X class, not a writing class" Spiral Theas: Totally agree! Jamer Jarman: this is the 'rock the academy' version. Sarracenia Lupindo: I've heard that! Spiral Theas: also gives them a glimpse of what's possible. Jamer Jarman: different tool - building instead of writing. Chimera Cosmos: students in chem lab used to complain it was not a "computer class" -- were they wrong! Victor Edmonds: Somebody wake up the camera operator. Bron Bloxome: a visual vocabulary Ninmah Ash: lol Corwin Carillon: oh so true Ninmah Ash: www.clear.com Hawker Supermarine: there's a great article on airport security in the current Atlantic Monthly - scary or hilarious Bron Bloxome: using SL to visualise Jamer Jarman: show us Jamer Jarman: yay Bron Bloxome: 5 minutes Ninmah Ash: an hour? Ninmah Ash: hee hee Thursday Xu: haha Maali Beck: hahaa Chimera Cosmos: great way to start! Chimera Cosmos: some foundation for assessing their own work Jamer Jarman: that's a great idea. Jamer Jarman: I would have been a much better student... lol Ninmah Ash: haha Sarracenia Lupindo: cognitive disonance Spiral Theas: outside comfort zone. Spiral Theas: that's where real learing takes place. Ninmah Ash: oh yeah. Sarracenia Lupindo: i must be learning a lot here in SL Chimera Cosmos: yes! Spiral Theas: lol! Chimera Cosmos: makes us into students again Chimera Cosmos: creates empathy for students as noobs lol Ninmah Ash: Questions for Lyr? Type them here or IM them to me if you are shy ;-) Ninmah Ash: oh, I was just being encouraging, didn't mean to cut you off, Lyr :-) Chimera Cosmos: "We're all Bozos on the Bus" --- Firesign Theater 1970s heheh Chimera Cosmos: this not the Spiral Theas: I'd be interested in hearing student resistance points. What do they object to and how can you alleviate that/redue stress. Thursday Xu: been there Chi Lyr Lobo: http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/beyond-the-backchannel-by-cynthia-calongne-presentation Ninmah Ash: Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo Chimera Cosmos: lol Rex Ninmah Ash: Lyr Lobo’s research at http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/ Ninmah Ash: Twitter at http://twitter.com Ninmah Ash: Animoto at http://animoto.com Hawker Supermarine: rezed for me Ninmah Ash: Gabcast.com at http://www.gabcast.com/ Spiral Theas: I'd be interested in hearing student resistance points. What specifically do they object to and how can you alleviate that/redue stress. Corwin Carillon: yay! Chimera Cosmos: Yay Lyr! Cathy Arreguin: wonderful presentation... thanks Gg Riederer: Great presentation. Thank you! Zoe Babeli: Thank you Lyr! Great presentation ;-) Ginger Questi: Excellent session - lots to think about - thanks Lyr Sarracenia Lupindo: wonderful, wonderful. high content quality and high compassion for learners. :) JR Zimminy: You havetruly inspired me! Great presentation and extremely informative! Spiral Theas: yes, thanks! Suzanne Aurilio: Wonderful session! Suzanne Aurilio: Chimera Cosmos: Testimonial: I think that Lyr's session a year ago was very important in making me want to stay and learn more in Second Life Gerda Wirefly: can you give a link to your blog? Thursday Xu: thanx lyr tyr nyr . . . Lyr Lobo: http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com Chimera Cosmos: showing the tremendous possibilities Hawker Supermarine: thank you Chimera Cosmos: thanks! Corwin Carillon: /claps Oggie Ballinger: Thank you, it was great! Bron Bloxome: Bravo Lyr Firery Broome: thanks!! Gergor Svoboda: Thanks so much - great stuff! Corwin Howlett: she really is an awesome presenter Spiral Theas: /claps Cathy Arreguin: /clap!! JR Zimminy: Excellent session! Thursday Xu: /claps his feet Mitch Pizzicato: /claps Spiral Theas: thanks! Lyr Lobo smiles Gerda Wirefly: thank you Suzanne Aurilio: wonderful wonderiful! Bron Bloxome: How long will booths be available? Sue Keen: claps claps Lyr Lobo: very cool Beaver Lightstone: thank you for mentioning it! Bron Bloxome: can we explore the booths after the conference? Lyr Lobo: thanks *smiles* Bron Bloxome: Excellent