| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
WEll, there is the bell. Welcome, everyone, to the Oxbridge General Q&A. |
| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Andrea! |
| 15:00 |
highlyadjective |
Hello again Andrea :) |
| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Strandwind! |
| 15:01 |
Ember (emberell) |
As usual, we will begin with the community announcements - then open for questions from the audience |
| 15:01 |
lovejoy2199 |
ISP back up, Andrea? |
| 15:01 |
highlyadjective |
Hello Strandwind :) |
| 15:01 |
Strandwind |
Hello everyone! |
| 15:01 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
oh yes |
| 15:01 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ty |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
As usual, Elfbiter is hosting his writer's meeting every Thursday at 11:00 am SLT. All welcome to come discuss, writer or not, matters of literary interest |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
Prof. Florian continues to host Buildarama every Saturday at 6:30 pm SLT |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Badger! |
| 15:02 |
badgerofzen |
hullo |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
MGB Hosts his radio drama hour every Monday at 7:30 pm SLT, all welcome to come and listen in. |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Katie, Edmund |
| 15:02 |
lovejoy2199 |
MarrVin |
| 15:02 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
badgerofzen gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:03 |
highlyadjective |
Hello Katie :D |
| 15:03 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Hi Highly! |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ty badger |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Ravelli offers his campfire event, as well as other events he welcomes guests to join him with |
| 15:03 |
badgerofzen |
w:) |
| 15:03 |
badgerofzen |
:) |
| 15:03 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Hi Ember! many thanks! |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
And last but not least from me, Dame Farshore shows a movie at the goblin cavern theater every Sunday around 6:00pm SLT. |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Andrea, what do you have for us this week? |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
We have our regular fundaraiser next Sunday |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
other than that |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
back to you |
| 15:04 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
highlyadjective gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
thank you Highly |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thank you so much for your donation, Highly |
| 15:04 |
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highlyadjective smiles |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
All are welcome to come to the fundraiser, of course. Does it have a theme yet? |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I will send a notice by Wednesday |
| 15:05 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
Wonderful |
| 15:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
With that, I will go ahead and open up the floor to you all, our lovely guests. What questions do you have for us this week? ❤ |
| 15:06 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Are the roses still out today? |
| 15:07 |
Ember (emberell) |
I believe it has ended by now, Katie, and all are taken back |
| 15:07 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
ah, ok! |
| 15:07 |
Ember (emberell) |
You can usually find information on the roses here: http://samm.nfshost.com/Rose/ |
| 15:07 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's possible a few are still up - sometimes they linger, but I would not assume so |
| 15:08 |
Ember (emberell) |
Other questions? ❤ |
| 15:08 |
highlyadjective |
Oh did Linden areas ever get pointers to Caledon put up, or whatever the technical terms are :) |
| 15:08 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Yay, Jan got the COU rose!!!! |
| 15:09 |
Ember (emberell) |
There are some direct links to CoU in the VWEC areas - but I believe all of the LL official areas still at most offer a random teleporter that has a small chance to lead here |
| 15:09 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
aN off topic ask from me, if you please. I am in the market for a new PC and am trying to decide between a Mac and a Windows computer, probably a desktop over a laptop. Anyone who has recommendations, do please ping me. |
| 15:09 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Word should know about direct links from VWEC |
| 15:09 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Several visitors have said that Oxbridge has been in the recommended places lists |
| 15:09 |
Ember (emberell) |
I recall mac has a few steps it needs to take to be able to interact with SL as you may be used to, Larky |
| 15:09 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Thanks, Ember |
| 15:10 |
Ember (emberell) |
That's good to know, Elfbiter. Do you know which lists? |
| 15:10 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
Phrynne uses a mac, you should talk to her |
| 15:10 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
ah, okay |
| 15:10 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
thanks Felicia |
| 15:10 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Firestorm has a mac version |
| 15:10 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
linux too :) |
| 15:11 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I'm not too worried about software |
| 15:11 |
Ember (emberell) |
Other questions? ❤ |
| 15:11 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
They rarely state the details. And I have not checked any myself |
| 15:12 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:12 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Oh, more of an announcement - the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education starts this coming Thursday, I believe - here in SL |
| 15:12 |
Ember (emberell) |
I'll take a look at some of the newcomer only areas later and see if there's anything notable |
| 15:13 |
Ember (emberell) |
Good announcement, Katie! |
| 15:13 |
Ember (emberell) |
You can find more information on what that entails here: https://www.vwbpe.org/ |
| 15:13 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
thankee! |
| 15:13 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
yes, and register for the conference too, if you want - last year's was awesome |
| 15:14 |
Ember (emberell) |
I should do, I always mean to go. |
| 15:14 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
they have some really good speakers too, generally, and good discussions! |
| 15:14 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
is this educational event hosted by any reliable educational institution? |
| 15:15 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
like rl colleges |
| 15:15 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
or schools |
| 15:15 |
Ember (emberell) |
The VWBPE includes real educators and institutions designing & teaching in virtual worlds. |
| 15:15 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
There's a list of sponsors on the website - I think a combo of RL and virtual organizations |
| 15:15 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
marvelous |
| 15:15 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I think it is legit. It's been around for a while, and Word and Beth Ghostraven have both been associated with it. |
| 15:15 |
Ember (emberell) |
There's a mix of both but it prioritizes professionals in the institution |
| 15:16 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
i'm also an educator in RL |
| 15:16 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Several of us spoke at a forum for it a few years back. |
| 15:16 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:16 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
so that is from my concern |
| 15:16 |
Ember (emberell) |
They have an inworld presence (displayed on the education reserve map behind me here) |
| 15:16 |
Ember (emberell) |
I'd definitely encourage reaching out to them if you're interested Felicia. They're a very good group. |
| 15:16 |
Ember (emberell) |
Lady Ghostraven may be able to help with that if you're interested |
| 15:16 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
Thank you for letting me know1 |
| 15:16 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
The keynote speaker last year was a Ukrainian teacher (and activist for Ukrainian education) in exile |
| 15:17 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
both of you are divas |
| 15:17 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
bisous bisous |
| 15:17 |
Ember (emberell) |
Beth Ghostraven |
| 15:17 |
Ember (emberell) |
Other questions, comments, announcements? |
| 15:17 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
oh, that might be a good speech |
| 15:18 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
every year they put recordings of the conference on youtube - channel VWBPE, I'm pretty sure |
| 15:18 |
highlyadjective |
https://www.youtube.com/@VWBPE |
| 15:19 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
thankee Highly! |
| 15:19 |
Ember (emberell) |
ah, you beat me to it, Highly. Thank you ❤ |
| 15:19 |
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highlyadjective grins |
| 15:19 |
Ember (emberell) |
Definitely a very good resource overall though. |
| 15:19 |
Ember (emberell) |
With that said we ARE open to other questions and the like. Anyone? ♥ |
| 15:20 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
♥ |
| 15:21 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) ... and the room became so quiet that one could hear a bitcoin drop... |
| 15:21 |
Felícia Ferraz (jucastt) |
thank you |
| 15:21 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
chirp chirp chirp chirp |
| 15:21 |
highlyadjective |
Is there a list of those welcome areas? I am not sure I am familiar with them :D |
| 15:21 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
there's a very nice one at the VWEC island! |
| 15:22 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
that might even be the main welcome area, no? |
| 15:22 |
highlyadjective |
Cool :) |
| 15:22 |
Ember (emberell) |
I have a list of new-user welcoming areas in SL, but yeah, generally speaking for the VWBPE stuff you can check at their sim. Would you like a landmark there? |
| 15:22 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
main for the education zone, I mean - sorry |
| 15:22 |
Ember (emberell) |
Oh I see |
| 15:22 |
Ember (emberell) |
the main I have is at the VWEC yeah |
| 15:22 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) facepalms |
| 15:23 |
highlyadjective |
Oh I wouldn't mind the list if that's easy to do, but I'm just curious honestly |
| 15:23 |
Ember (emberell) |
Sorry, I misunderstood the question, haha |
| 15:23 |
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| 15:23 |
Ember (emberell) |
I don't have a list prepared - the areas in the preserve are visually represented behind me |
| 15:23 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
like whaddaycallit Newcomer Island, and our COU spot, and so on? |
| 15:23 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
there's always the list in the Destinations tool, although there are a couple there that I avoid sending people to. |
| 15:23 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
for all SL? |
| 15:23 |
Ember (emberell) |
so you could open the world map around the landmark I sent you to see what all has moved to the education reserve |
| 15:24 |
highlyadjective |
OK that's fine |
| 15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
Other questions? ❤ |
| 15:24 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
it is growing, that is so cool! |
| 15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
Yeah! Word has been updating the map too. |
| 15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
He knows a lot more about the area than I do so he may have a list prepared |
| 15:24 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
thankee Word! |
| 15:25 |
Ember (emberell) |
We appreciate what he does a lot here :-) |
| 15:25 |
highlyadjective |
What which map is growing where |
| 15:25 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
oh wait he's not here is he? |
| 15:25 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
the Education Reserve |
| 15:26 |
highlyadjective |
Ah :) |
| 15:26 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's easy to overlook. ❤ |
| 15:26 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
hehe |
| 15:26 |
Ember (emberell) |
Not hearing any further questions Last call before we wrap up |
| 15:27 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Christmas paper? |
| 15:27 |
Ember (emberell) |
Something like that. :-) |
| 15:27 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
ah hehe! |
| 15:27 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
What subject that paper is about? :-) |
| 15:27 |
highlyadjective |
Thank you for the Q&A :) |
| 15:27 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
oh Tuesday night will be spring themed at the nights group |
| 15:27 |
Ember (emberell) |
Hearing nothing. With that, I will say, we are adjourned here. As usual I will linger as we all file out just in case anyone has any aditional questions. |
| 15:27 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Wednesday is Nyrees Wednesday |
| 15:27 |
Ember (emberell) |
Oh! |
| 15:27 |
Ember (emberell) |
Good to know, Andrea |
| 15:27 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
thankee Ember and Andrea!!! |
| 15:28 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
and Thursday is murder mystery night |
| 15:28 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
YAY!!!! |
| 15:28 |
lovejoy2199 |
*smile* |
| 15:28 |
Ember (emberell) |
Thank you all for coming today! |