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September 16, 2008
SLUM Brown Bag: The RL-SL Connection: Wizard, Mathematical Modeling, and the E8 Polytope
Friday, September 19
Noon to 1:00 PM, EDT
9:00-10:00 AM SLT
Temple of Sacred Geometry: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tibet/141/200/24
Garrett Lisi has achieved recent fame for his model of the E8 Polytope, the most recent claim to a model of a unified field theory for physics. We will see a 3-dimensional version of the model presented, along with the story of its development, by Wizard Gynoid, a Second Life artist who partnered with mathematicians on building the model.
On November 6, 2007, Garrett Lisi (sometimes referred to as a surfer dude) posted an article to arXiv that rocked the profession of particle physics. For more background information on this achievement and how this shows a changing future for academic publishing, look at this presentation on how social technologies empowered an important scientific voice that might not have been heard under the traditional publishing model.
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September 05, 2008
SLEDcc Pathfinder & Claudia Linder - Inworld Chatlog
Posted with permission, the cleaned chatlog from the opening keynote of SLEDcc08.
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[6:29] beladona Memorial shouts: I am your in-world contact for the program -- if you have any questions or comments for the speakers, I will be able to let them hear you!
[snip]
[7:13] You: we are trying to watch via veodia, since we can't get stream inworld
[7:13] Marvel Zond: Yay!!
[7:13] beladona Memorial shouts: it's time!
[7:15] You: sledcc for account in delicious or flickr, sledcc08 for tagging
[7:15] beladona Memorial: I have my audio on
[7:15] beladona Memorial shouts: http://veodia.com/site/portal_scroller2.php?portal=5640 is the alternative
[7:17] Thursday Xu: hehe - who is doing the great camera work?
[7:17] beladona Memorial: that would be Scott
[7:17] You: wonderful!
[7:17] Lyr Lobo claps
[7:17] You: bravo Scott!
[7:17] Thursday Xu: :)
[7:18] beladona Memorial: he was panning the audience
[7:19] Lyr Lobo: heya *grins*
[7:19] You: w00t!
[7:19] Lyr Lobo claps
[7:19] Marvel Zond: CLAPS
[7:20] beladona Memorial shouts: can everyone hear?
[7:20] Xilin Yifu: its very broken up.....nothing through the interbrowser....
[7:20] Joie Despres: lsot audio
[7:20] Geneva Watkins: yes, very clippy
[7:20] Mia Infinity: yes, but from the web
[7:20] Marvel Zond: working ok for me on the web
[7:21] Joie Despres: cutting out on the vedio site for me sadly
[7:21] You: Would that have been Tab Scott's group?
[7:21] beladona Memorial shouts: I have my mike on if that helps
[7:21] You: UT Austin was first group in SL Alpha - architecture class
[7:21] You: applause for UT Austin - game design class, was 2nd group in SL
[7:22] You: Claudia is speaking
[7:22] You: interns fr Oxford interviewed 30 Univs from around teh world, 9 in UK
[7:22] beladona Memorial shouts: http://veodia.com/site/portal_scroller2.php?portal=5640 is the web alternative
[7:23] You: looking to improve new educator experience
[7:23] beladona Memorial: and make it a smoother process
[7:24] beladona Memorial: improving tools and support
[7:24] You: improve tools for educators and their organizations
[7:24] You: Pilot program for new educators, partnering with ISTE
[7:24] beladona Memorial: working with ISTE on the pilot program for new educators
[7:24] Bill Friis: /ne waves
[7:24] You: OK, finally got the name right for iste ;)
[7:25] You: Experimental pathway
[7:25] You: Go to http://slgrid.net/programs/education
[7:25] You: fill in survey
[7:26] You: John / Pathfinder now speaking
[7:26] You: he says "Wow, so many people here"
[7:26] beladona Memorial: Claudia and Pathway Linden are offering to have their laptops available to help folks go thru the survey
[7:26] You: over lunch
[7:26] beladona Memorial: during the lunches
[7:27] Bill Friis: actual link: http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/education
[7:27] You: "I see your avatar is a Black Mage. Good attempt.
[7:27] beladona Memorial shouts: http://veodia.com/site/portal_scroller2.php?portal=5640 is the alternative viewing
[7:27] You: He says lots of people made him improvements for his avatar
[7:28] You: emphasizing community and collaboration
[7:28] You: part of proactive ... something ... team at Linden
[7:28] You: healthcare, business, corporate, ...
[7:28] You: sorry - missed stuff
[7:29] beladona Memorial: it is all about community
[7:29] You: "richness of ecosystem" contributes to survival of environment
[7:29] beladona Memorial: SL as an eco-system
[7:29] You: collaborations with government agencies
[7:29] You: http://hub2.org
[7:30] You: using SL to leverage building tools and conceptual tools to have RL communities improve their space
[7:30] You: collab w/ Harvard and Boston govt
[7:30] beladona Memorial: an eocsystem
[7:30] You: what's the next level of what you can do?
[7:30] You: what are collab opportunities?
[7:30] You: boundary spanning opportunities will create really rich stuff
[7:31] You: how to promote growth of this wonderful space?
[7:31] beladona Memorial: LL trying to figure out how to cultivate the growth -- listening
[7:31] You: what do you have to say to us?
[7:31] beladona Memorial grins at Perplexity
[7:31] You: we are figuring out better tools to provide you
[7:31] You: ;)
[7:31] You: oops - support tickets?
[7:31] beladona Memorial: how many people have filed support tickets
[7:31] You: how many have filed them?
[7:31] Bill Friis: Toooooo many.
[7:32] You: PL says "Proactive - it's in my title"
[7:32] beladona Memorial: lots of hands went up here
[7:32] You: Ooh - education specific concierge to focus on support tickets from educators
[7:32] You: He talked about the problem we've been having - registering lots of stdts at once
[7:32] beladona Memorial: the flicker stream IRL
[7:32] You: flickr stream - "NPIRL group"
[7:33] You: not possible in real life
[7:33] You: think about what you can't do in RL
[7:33] You: that's the next level of innovation from education
[7:33] You: education is so DEEPLY collaborative
[7:33] You: multidisciplinary projects
[7:33] You: teaching cell biol in SL - build the Giant Cell
[7:34] You: aka Max Chatnoir
[7:34] You: "you're late - you're a Golgi apparatus"
[7:34] You:
[7:34] Scottmerrick Oh: backup stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scottmerrick
[7:34] beladona Memorial: lots of laughter at that
[7:34] Scottmerrick Oh: see if that audio might work better?
[7:34] You: talk to artists, business operators, talk to government, talk to nonprofit
[7:35] You: remember the NY Law School build in old SL?
[7:35] You: Roots of SL in education
[7:35] beladona Memorial: if you connect to that, then mute beladona
[7:35] You: focus is one conversation between us and Linden
[7:35] You: Claudia working on education report for Linden
[7:35] beladona Memorial: Claudia Linden talking about the Education report that she writes
[7:36] Robin Mochi: Thanks for the backup stream, Scottmerrick. That is working much better for me
[7:36] You: CL: what I'm sharing with you is keep me in the loop
[7:37] You: give me updates, give me your perspective
[7:37] You: what are the barriers you have?
[7:37] You: technically, adminstration, RL acceptance
[7:37] You: mental blocks, communicating about what you do?
[7:37] You: we can help
[7:37] Catraoine Flanagan: hi nicole
[7:37] Zsuzsa Tomsen is Online
[7:37] beladona Memorial shouts: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scottmerrick as an alternative
[7:37] Nicole Dirval: hi Catraoine. Is mine the only connection that is not working well for this?
[7:38] Catraoine Flanagan: no, problems all around
[7:38] You: Pathfinder and Claudia serve as gatekeepers and boundary spanners - connecting groups and individuals with similar interests
[7:38] Catraoine Flanagan: have you tried the website for the feed?
[7:38] You: what are you thinking?
[7:38] You: what is the crazy cool stuff you'd liek to see happen?
[7:38] Nicole Dirval: ok. I can hear the speaker, but only....foggy. No I haven't. I'll try that next! Thanks!
[7:38] You: We have 20 minuets to listen to you
[7:38] Catraoine Flanagan: I can give you the url
[7:38] Catraoine Flanagan: hold on a sec
[7:38] Catraoine Flanagan: http://veodia.com/site/portal_scroller2.php?portal=5640#
[7:38] beladona Memorial: anyone in world have something they would like to share?
[7:39] You: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scottmerrick as an alternative
[7:39] Nicole Dirval: ok, thanks!
[7:39] Catraoine Flanagan: click on your local chat and you can click on the link
[7:39] Ricken Flow: Does anyone know if the presentations are going to be recorded since I cant get either option of video to play
[7:39] beladona Memorial is taking questions
[7:40] You: beladona, I have a friend who would love to talk with someone about persuading major govt organization to use SL for trainign abt 60K employees
[7:40] You: there is adminsitrative resistance
[7:40] beladona Memorial: the recordings will be available
[7:40] beladona Memorial: kk
[7:40] You: I think the marketing is a huge problem - the reputation
[7:40] Ricken Flow: I cannot get the Veodia to work just keeps asking me to put in my name and then does nothing
[7:41] You: lots of resistence because of "sex, drugs, rock and roll" rep of SL
[7:41] Nicole Dirval: nope, neither are working for me either. Oh well!
[7:41] You: Ricken - did you click play?
[7:41] Nicole Dirval: yes
[7:41] Lyr Lobo: try Scott Merrick's backup stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scottmerrick
[7:41] beladona Memorial: there is a problem with the rep -- which is why the SLED has a seperate function
[7:41] You: asking for steamline of bringing students into SL
[7:41] Nicole Dirval: oh, sorry. She was talking to Ricken. :)
[7:41] Catraoine Flanagan: Did you get to the webpage?
[7:42] beladona Memorial: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scottmerrick is an alternative
[7:42] Nicole Dirval: yes, and I clicked play, but I couldn't hear it at al there.
[7:42] You: camera just zoomed in on Intellagirl
[7:42] Joie Despres: I'm not getting audio on the ustream, do have video...any thoughts?
[7:42] Lyr Lobo: hit the zoom
[7:42] Catraoine Flanagan: check your preferences for video and audio?
[7:42] Robin Mochi: be sure to open in web browser, not inworld browser
[7:42] beladona Memorial: project teams are on the problem of bringing the students in
[7:42] Lyr Lobo: that kicked my audio back in...
[7:42] Catraoine Flanagan: under edit, preferences
[7:42] Nicole Dirval: oh....ok, let me try that instead.
[7:42] You: importance of ed to SL
[7:42] Ricken Flow: Will Linden Labs be giving presentations at Colleges and what about pursuing online universities?
[7:43] You: "rank these" "what do we need?"
[7:43] Ricken Flow: woo hooo Scotts stream works
[7:43] Lyr Lobo nods and smiles
[7:43] You: integration with learning mgmgt systems, LDAP
[7:43] You: Any problems with my posting my chatlog as a blog post?
[7:43] beladona Memorial: anyone with real specific needs like the management systems, please participate in the rezz-ed forums
[7:44] Nicole Dirval: I will try starting my web browser, outside of SL, too.
[7:44] You: http://www.rezed.org
[7:44] Lyr Lobo: Sounds good, Perplexity
[7:44] beladona Memorial: be specific with what is needed
[7:44] Catraoine Flanagan: OK
[7:44] beladona Memorial: no -- that will be fine Per
[7:44] You: ANy objections, holler, otherwise, going public as soon as this is done. :)
[7:44] You: Thanks all!
[7:44] You: Of - problems with Teen Grid
[7:44] You: bringing ed content from MG to TG
[7:44] You: museums and state fairs and such
[7:45] beladona Memorial: questions about how the teen grid can be upgraded with access with to exisiting resources
[7:45] You: Quality content in TG is HUGE problem!
[7:45] You: it keeps disapearing
[7:45] You: lots of thought and strategy into making TG better
[7:46] You: expect to see some progress
[7:46] You: some NASA stuff has been mirrored on TG
[7:46] You: trying to figure out how to mirror more stuff in TG
[7:46] You: Suggestions: Mirror places collected in SaLamander
[7:47] You: that was my suggestion ;)
[7:47] You: Ricken's question - evangelism at colleges? Pathfinder YES, we do, and we'd love to
[7:47] beladona Memorial: answering Ricken Flows question now ☆smiles ☆
[7:47] You: go to what website?
[7:47] You: press area - request a speaker from LL
[7:47] You: cool!
[7:47] beladona Memorial: they alrady have an active programs -- on the main website has a form to be completed
[7:48] You: fill in the form, and LL will send someone, probably
[7:48] beladona Memorial: emailing Pathfinder isn't the answer anymmore
[7:48] You: don't contact them directly because it isn't scalable anymore
[7:48] You: that is Claudia's suggestion
[7:48] You: also - look for speakers from Ed community, ISTE folk
[7:48] beladona Memorial: NECC co;nfere
[7:49] You: She says educators are great speakers :)
[7:49] beladona Memorial: there are resoucesin our own community
[7:49] You: Ed folk good at preventing catastrophe up front
[7:49] beladona Memorial points at some of the folks who are actually doing the things that you want to dod
[7:49] You: Pathfinder often suggests better people to speak who are really doing this stuff
[7:51] Connecting to in-world Voice Chat...
[7:51] Connected
[7:53] Lyr Lobo: They asked how many people do not know about the SLED list....
[7:53] Lyr Lobo: sounds good
[7:53] beladona Memorial eeps.
[7:53] beladona Memorial: welcome back Perplexity
[7:53] Growing Wise: might be here somewhere - http://sledcc.wikispaces.com/SLEDcc+in+Second+Life
[7:54] You: :)
[7:54] You: talking about SLED list
[7:54] beladona Memorial: this is a very active list
[7:54] You: earlier talking about searching via Google CSE
[7:54] Nicole Dirval: I'm sorry, I'm looking for a lm to the sled place to go to the tour...anyone have an lm they could toss me?
[7:54] You: earlier talked about Virtual Abilities
[7:54] Leighton Quandry: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island%203/216/215/23
[7:54] Leighton Quandry: tour lm
[7:55] Leighton Quandry: or slur sorry
[7:55] Nicole Dirval: ok, so I just click on that? and it will take me there?
[7:55] Kittygloom Cassady: Nicole, I'll take you
[7:55] You: talking abt seeing eye dog for SL
[7:55] Kittygloom Cassady: this way
[7:55] Nicole Dirval: thank you kitty!
[7:55] You: Dog looks awesome :)
[7:55] You: can't hear question
[7:55] beladona Memorial: comment about dropping a notecard on Pathfinder to get more information about the seeing eye dog
[7:55] Ricken Flow: and works great i ahve tested it
[7:56] Ricken Flow: *have
[7:56] Lyr Lobo: you sound great on the stream
[7:56] You: yes - recommending communicating with folks offline via notecard INSTEAD of IM, since IMs get capped
[7:56] Scottmerrick Oh: Claudia is asking how everybody's doing
[7:56] beladona Memorial: it is the most secure method
[7:56] You: they just figured out inworld stream having trouble
[7:56] Scottmerrick Oh: thank you Lyr, a little good news goes a long ay
[7:56] Scottmerrick Oh: way
[7:56] You: I just lost audio
[7:56] You: can someone else pick up?
[7:56] Ricken Flow: doing great Claudia
[7:57] beladona Memorial: the Kaufman foundation is supporting the research componenet of SL
[7:57] Scottmerrick Oh: resarting the stream
[7:57] Catraoine Flanagan: broadcast is gone
[7:57] Xilin Yifu: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scottmerrick
[7:57] beladona Memorial: are there any other questions for the group
[7:57] Xilin Yifu: the audio is working on this url
[7:58] Scottmerrick Oh: restarted, ya'll may need to stop and restart
[7:58] You: if you do literature searches you find things
[7:59] You: healthcare has real clinical studeis
[7:59] beladona Memorial: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scottmerrick
[7:59] You: this is true - I have medline search set up that I can share
[7:59] You: he said something that made folk laugh, but I couldn't hear it
[7:59] beladona Memorial: competitions running in 2nd life
[7:59] You: folks said it should be a tshirt :)
[7:59] beladona Memorial: had to do with anectodal information not being actual data
[8:00] You: gave 1mil $L as a prize for something
[8:00] beladona Memorial: fun but not something that can be used for studies
[8:00] ShaRae Karu: just got here... what's up w/ the sound?
[8:00] Ricken Flow: a science fair
[8:00] beladona Memorial: it was the contest for content
[8:00] You: New Media Consortium offering awards to help folk make builds
[8:00] You: to drive innovation in SL
[8:00] beladona Memorial: the new media consortium to drive innovation
[8:00] Birdie Newcomb: choppy audio, no video
[8:00] Scottmerrick Oh: any more ?s in SL? about to finish
[8:00] You: better than nothing, tho!
[8:01] Ricken Flow: Has there been a university that is offering a degree program through Second Life yet?
[8:02] beladona Memorial: AJ Brooks asking about organization and groups
[8:02] beladona Memorial: not yet Ricken
[8:02] You: go, AJ :)
[8:02] Scottmerrick Oh claps
[8:02] beladona Memorial: requesting the ability to sort friends by category
[8:02] You: Yes!!!
[8:02] You: Oh, please!
[8:02] Joie Despres: no limits on number of groups, please
[8:02] You: YES
[8:03] You: they say please attend working group sessions to share your wants
[8:03] beladona Memorial: they will have a working groups session on Wednesday
[8:03] Ricken Flow: 106 people in RL at the conference
[8:03] beladona Memorial: okay -- that is that for this session
[8:03] Xilin Yifu: cla
[8:03] You: Tying up loose ends
[8:03] You: applause
[8:03] Lyr Lobo: thanks!
[8:03] You: /claps
[8:03] Lyr Lobo claps
[8:03] Joie Despres: TY SCOTT MERRICK!
[8:03] anna Begonia: ･･･°･･･.. Applauds! ..･･･°･･･..
[8:03] You: ALl done
[8:03] You: folks leaving and wandering around
[8:04] Ricken Flow: nice to see you Lexi
[8:04] beladona Memorial: BRB -- I need a quick break
[8:04] You: Likewise, Ricken :)
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