Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A for 2023-03-26
| 14:36 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | You look in good form |
| 14:36 | Ember (emberell) | As do you. Thatt suit looks so sharp on you |
| 14:36 | Ember (emberell) | How are you doing? |
| 14:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks. I was at a ball on a French sim yesterday, so dressed up. |
| 14:38 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'm good. RL, last night I attended the 50th anniversary party of a massage school that I used to teach at. |
| 14:38 | Ember (emberell) | Oh that sounds like fun |
| 14:39 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Lovejoy |
| 14:39 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | A lot of new faces, but also several people that I used to team teach with. |
| 14:39 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome lovejoy |
| 14:39 | lovejoy2199 | Greetings everyone |
| 14:39 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Ember |
| 14:40 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Chancellor |
| 14:40 | lovejoy2199 | Oops. I should of said, Dean Ember. |
| 14:41 | Ember (emberell) | It's quite alright, I hadn't my tag on yet :-) |
| 14:43 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I should recreate my Provost Emeritus tag ;) |
| 14:45 | lovejoy2199 | Farewell to VSTE Party tonight. Just as I found something, it closes. Story of my SL life so far. |
| 14:47 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I don't know if ISTE is still in SL |
| 14:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | https://www.iste.org/ |
| 14:49 | lovejoy2199 | VSTE Virgina Society Tech Education. |
| 14:49 | Ember (emberell) | Larky, welcome |
| 14:50 | Larky (larkylouz) | Hi Ember. Thank you. Hey Word, , Hi Lovejoy |
| 14:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hey, Larky |
| 14:50 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Larky |
| 14:51 | lovejoy2199 | VSTE.rog |
| 14:52 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Edmund |
| 14:52 | lovejoy2199 | My title today is day. Hangover fron VWBPE |
| 14:52 | Edmund Broek | Hello! Hi, all. |
| 14:53 | lovejoy2199 | VSTE.org |
| 14:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hello, Edmund. Welcome |
| 14:54 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything from VWBPE in particular lovejoy? |
| 14:54 | lovejoy2199 | No. Just that this is the last day. They are having a farewell party tonight. |
| 14:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | They ought to have a "see you around" party instead |
| 14:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Sandrin |
| 14:58 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Sandrin |
| 14:58 | sandrinehate | hello |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And the clock strikes 3; others escape without injury |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. This is an open meeting; |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | all are welcome apart from those who intend to misbehave in a disruptive manner. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Non-disruptive misbehavior is at your discretion. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Transcripts will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php |
| 15:01 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, gronk, Andrea |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome Gronk |
| 15:01 | Gronk Seriman | Good evening, everybody! |
| 15:01 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hi all |
| 15:02 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Katie |
| 15:02 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Gronk |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | What might you have for us this week Dean (of Commons) Ember? |
| 15:02 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | is bruised and sore, but is alve |
| 15:02 | Ember (emberell) | RL's been keeping me fairly busy lately - so I haven't caught up as much as I woul d like to have on notecards and decorations. things are looking to lighten up a bit this week, though, so I'll be putting in some time to clear up the backlog soon. |
| 15:02 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Hi Ember thankee! |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | Besides that, Oxbridge is always looking for new help staff - those interested in becoming tutors, or otherwise wanting to help out around Oxbridge. Those interested should reach out to me via IM, or any of the other staff members here, who can help you figure out how you can be involved |
| 15:03 | Ember (emberell) | That's it from me this week. |
| 15:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And it's officially spring now, btw |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Lovely dress ms Gronk |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) | The elk have been slowly migrating away :-) |
| 15:04 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you! |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Elfbiter |
| 15:04 | Ember (emberell) | Welcome, Jenaea |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you, Ember. |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea, what might you have us today (Dean of Development is she) |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Come and join DJ Sasha and myself this Sunday the 26th at 4 for 2 hours of dancing and fun! The theme is the 50's and 60's so dress accordingly for a day in the park. We will be in the Caledonian Nights Park. Donations to the house go to help support the Caledon Oxbridge University. No dress theme enforced, except cover your bits and bobs, and remember we are at ground level. SLURL Caledon Oxbridge Village (98,50,22) |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | party at 4 |
| 15:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | i was going to be in body paint, but decided on this outfit instead |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | 50; s 60; s oldies |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | so come as you are |
| 15:06 | lovejoy2199 | Gold body paint? |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | multicolored |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | back to you Word |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | what have you been up to |
| 15:07 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks, Andrea |
| 15:07 | Katie (katie.canningham) sings Goldfinger | |
| 15:07 | Gronk Seriman grins | |
| 15:07 | Katie (katie.canningham) | :) |
| 15:08 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | All instructor stipends are paid to date. Oxbridge remains in excellent financial shape due to the efforts of Andrea and her elves. |
| 15:08 | Katie (katie.canningham) | ♩♪♫♬ APPAWS! ♩♪♫♬ |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and all of you |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | every donation counts |
| 15:08 | sandrinehate | tk |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Apart from the Education Reserve map, I've updated the graphs on the wall behind me. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That's the avatar visitors timeline, the class attendance timeline, and the class age histogram |
| 15:10 | Gronk Seriman loves the smell of fresh paint. | |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The visitor statistics on our webpages are also up to date |
| 15:12 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | https://www.caledonoxbridge.org/statistics/index.php |
| 15:12 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And, with that open for general questions, comments, announcements, .... |
| 15:13 | Katie (katie.canningham) raises a hand | |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Katie? |
| 15:14 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | And still hosting the Writers' MEeting.. |
| 15:14 | Katie (katie.canningham) | I just wanted to say that VWBPE went really well, and the biome regions will be up for at least a few more days, and next years will be March 14-16. |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks, Anything you found particularly interesting? |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Liska, do yo know the movie for the goblin cave at 5ish? |
| 15:15 | Katie (katie.canningham) | oh lots!!! there was a lot of discussions about the multiverse, of course, and about the pros and cons and possibilities of the new AI technologies |
| 15:15 | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) | Movie is HOP |
| 15:15 | Katie (katie.canningham) | a lot of it is and/or will be up on the VWBPE youtube channel |
| 15:16 | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) | for Easter :) |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | do you happen to have that link katie? |
| 15:16 | Katie (katie.canningham) | getting it... |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty |
| 15:17 | Katie (katie.canningham) | here tis: https://www.youtube.com/@VWBPE |
| 15:17 | Katie (katie.canningham) | actually more straightforward than I thought it'd be |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | ty |
| 15:17 | Katie (katie.canningham) | most welcome! |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And yes, Elf hosts a writers' meeting on Thursdays at 11am and provides weird writing prompts ;) |
| 15:17 | lovejoy2199 | I have a notice from Virtual Pioneers that they are going to have tour of the VWEPE Exhibits on April 2nd. |
| 15:18 | Katie (katie.canningham) | cool! |
| 15:18 | lovejoy2199 | So, I think they might be up longer. |
| 15:18 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | there will be a nights group movie this Wednesday night at 6. We do this on opposite weeks from Nyree's Wednesday dances. |
| 15:18 | Katie (katie.canningham) | they said the wetlands at least should be long-term |
| 15:18 | Katie (katie.canningham) | but I wasn't sure about the others |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Sounds moist |
| 15:19 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Ooo! Have you decided on a movie? |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Good to know that there will still be things to go look at. |
| 15:19 | Katie (katie.canningham) | oh yes, Elf, lots of water, and (unfortunately) mosquito sounds too |
| 15:19 | Katie (katie.canningham) | but everything else is neato |
| 15:21 | lovejoy2199 | Please join the Virtual Pioneers to visit the exhibits at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference.. We will start at the VP Building and then leave together for Rainbow Basin and the VIrtual PIoneer Exhibit. From there we will explore together and visit other exhibits.. Hope to see you there. |
| 15:21 | lovejoy2199 | For you, Katie |
| 15:21 | Katie (katie.canningham) | They said there would be at least five I think the word they used was "immersive" events between now and April 15. |
| 15:22 | Katie (katie.canningham) | many thanks Lovejoy! |
| 15:22 | Katie (katie.canningham) | Oh, and Valibrarian Gregg gave a great talk about libraries in the metaverse! |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Immersive would be the right word. |
| 15:23 | lovejoy2199 | For those of you that missed it, I think it is up on youtube. |
| 15:23 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) is still librarian in furlough. | |
| 15:24 | Katie (katie.canningham) | furlough? |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | anything else? Other topics or questions? |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Oh, the theme for SL20B is (opens the envelope): Our Fantastic Future. |
| 15:25 | Katie (katie.canningham) | 20! Cool! |
| 15:27 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Still pondering where Oxbridge might fit in with that. |
| 15:27 | lovejoy2199 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGUOd5zUIy8&list=PL01VbrersTqIdElmwedwN86SfxTwMKS_C&index=1&t=38s |
| 15:27 | Gronk Seriman | Twenty years. And Meta managed 20 months. |
| 15:27 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | old school look with modern teaching practices for new users |
| 15:27 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | we keep updating as we go |
| 15:28 | lovejoy2199 | Yes. Patch said that it will be twice as big this year. |
| 15:28 | Katie (katie.canningham) | A Classic Look and A Forward View |
| 15:28 | Katie (katie.canningham) | or something like that |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else? |
| 15:28 | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) | The Future is Steam! |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hearing nought but crickets, |
| 15:29 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | chirp chirp |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | we are |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | adjourned. |
| 15:29 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | hopefully see you at the dance |
| 15:29 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | let me know if you need a TP |
| 15:30 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you, Deans! |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks you for coming and participating |
| 15:30 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:30 | Larky (larkylouz) | Thank you, Word, Ember, Andrea et.al. Take care all |
| 15:30 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Nothing slobbery, one hopes :-) |
| 15:30 | lovejoy2199 | If so, would COU fit in with it? |
| 15:30 | Liska da'Lantros (liskadalantros) | Thanks guys |
| 15:30 | Katie (katie.canningham) | thankee Andrea Wordsmith and Ember! |
| 15:30 | Ember (emberell) | Thank you for your donation, Liska |