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NPC 2/22/13 Feautured Presentation: Aliza Sherman, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly QR Code

Below is an edited transcript of the 2/22/13 NonProfit Commons in Second Life meeting, featuring Aliza Sherman (Cybergrrl Oh) who discussed innovative and compelling ways to use QR codes as an effective marketing tool when used thoughtfully and integrated carefully into a campaign. 
 
Today we have as our featured presenter web pioneer Aliza Sherman (Cybergrrl Oh) who will take us on an interactive exploration of QR codes.
 
Aliza Sherman is a Web pioneer with a mission to empower people through technology. She is a digital marketing strategist who has been online since 1987 and consulting clients about the Internet since 1992. She speaks around the world and writes about online, social media, and mobile marketing, as well as tech and business issues specific to women.
 
In 1995, Newsweek named her one of the “Top 50 People Who Matter Most on the Internet” after she founded the first woman-owned, full-service Internet company, Cybergrrl, Inc. and the first global Internet networking organization for women, Webgrrls International. 
 
In 2009, Fast Company named her one of the “Most Powerful Women in Technology.” 
 
Aliza is the author of nine books including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing, and Mom, Incorporated. Her next book will be Social Media Engagement for Dummies.
 
When not speaking in other parts of the world, she lives and works out of Tok, Alaska.
[Cybergrrl Oh] 
Thank you everyone! So great to be back here. So on with QR codes!
 
My presentation today is not about hyping the latest and the greatest new fangled tool. It is about practical, sensible and manageable uses of technology to improve how we do things.
 
So let’s start with a definition of QR codes. QR codes are 2- dimensional bar codes or “quick response codes” that were originally developed by Toyota to manage automobile factory inventory. 
 
You need a QR code reader to scan QR codes. I’m on an iPhone and use Scan from http://scan.me and also Paperlinks from http://paperlinks.com.
 
Just as we adopted Web technology from a tool created for and used by scientists, we have adopted QR codes that were made for machine parts tracking.
 
So do QR codes work? Well, like any tech tool, only if you use them well. Thoughtfully and strategically. QR codes can be a way to bridge online and offline efforts, real world “hyperlinks” that can instantly transport a person to your online resources, to online actions, all tied to your goals. Not transport like going inworld necessarily, of course!
 
QR codes should not be random or spontaneous afterthoughts to your marketing efforts. They should be thoughtfully planned, lead you to a mobile friendly destination and enhance an overall experience. Above all, they should be easy to use.
 
You need the right tools in place to create, manage and track the code. You need to think through the experience for the end user.
 
Your QR code can lead to a website, blog, social network. Marketing collateral, signs, banners, promotional items, attire and accessories. A quick poll or subscription form. A petition to sign. A video or audio file. Even a mobile and friendly donation trigger. Although there are still challenges with mobile donations.
 
You can put QR codes on any flat surface you can print and I emphasize FLAT surface. The readable parts of the code need to be even for a reader to pick them up.
 
They aren’t perfect, and the black and white versions aren’t really that pretty. But… They don’t have to be plain. Custom QR codes created by a designer familiar with the hot spots of the code can make them more attractive.
 
 
Yes, I love these! FYI, the ones on display around here were done by Paperlinks. Colors and shapes. Custom are not free, no. But to get a QR code in B&W, yes, free.
 
Now on to some quick examples. So let’s looks at what works and what doesn’t. The bad ones first.
 
This is one on a potted plant at the grocery store. So many possibilities. I was hoping for instructions on how to care for the plant but… 
 
Here is where it leads. Not mobile friendly, not readable.
This is the peril of MANY QR codes. They lead to a website that isn’t optimized for a mobile device. Hard to read and navigate.
 
Here is a QR code on a necklace. Looks cool
 
Here is where it leads. Not that exciting. They are showing that you can lead to text but…boring!
 
 
Here is a poster in a mall. For Tandy Leather Factory.
 
Here is where it leads. Almost a good experience because there is a video that can be played. Usually you want to link to YouTube for fast video play. Second best is linking to website with video embedded.
 
 
 
Nonprofit organizations can incorporate QR codes into their marketing mix, but need to be wary of misusing or over-using them in ways that don’t lead to positive returns.
 
Here is a QR code for Fashion Group International Toronto. They put these up on signs at events. I love QR codes on signs at events. I always pull out my iPhone to scan them to see where they lead. This is great for tradeshows, conferences, gatherings of any kind. 9 times out of 10 they go to unfriendly sites, meaning NOT mobile.
 
 
So here is where this one leads. 
At every event, this organization uploads a PDF program of the event – a takeaway. Then they place QR codes on signs at the event. Attendees can access the slides on their mobile device. It is pretty legible and our smartphones can now read PDFs so this works.
 
The Big Wild conservation group in Canada put up signs around town with QR codes. I’m forgetting which Canadian town but they did this to attract attention and start people talking. They were looking to build awareness of an issue. These signs were attractive and strategically placed in downtown. 
 
The QR code led people to a petition they could sign. Pretty mobile friendly as far as forms go. I’ve used this tactic for clients of mine. In store signs and at event signs with QR codes that lead to an email signup.
 
The South Carolina Auditorium had signs and stickers with a code for a contest. The more you checked in and signed up, the more chances you had to win a year membership to the aquarium and a chance to get close to an albino alligator. 
The contest only went on for a certain amount of time. This can be risky if you use the wrong QR code generator. Because your QR code will always be coded to go to the same place. The code representing a URL remains that URL. BUT if you create the code with a tool that you can change what is behind it, you can modify content and keep the code fresh Paperlinks is a service that does that for you. http://paperlinks.com. After the contest, the QR code still exists but goes to the home page of a mobile friendly site for the aquarium.
 
I once saw a QR code on a Heinz Ketchup bottle for a contest. After the contest, scanning it led you to a note that said “Contest Over.” Boo Hiss. Totally a waste and not thought through at all.
 
Here are things to remember when using QR codes:
  • What are your goals? 
  • What actions do you want people to take?
  • Where will you lead them? 
  • What should their experience be?
  • And how will you measure results?
 
You can make QR codes for free in many many ways. 
  • A very easy way is via bit.ly. Whenever you make a short URL via bit.ly, you can access an automatically created QR code by adding .qr at the end of the URL. I believe that is how you access it. And because you can access analytics for your bit.ly, you get them for the code, too.
  • http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ Kaywa is another
  • I like Paperlinks because you get a modular mobile site that you can modify any time. Some have costs like Paperlinks if you use their mobile sites.
There are SO many ways to create them but look for reputable companies and ones that offer more than just the code.
 
Oh, and if you need a reader: Scan from http://scan.me and also Paperlinks from http://paperlinks.com. Android users can use Scan as well or also Red Laser.
 
OK, I’ve rambled on enough about this – questions? Comments?
 
          Treacle (treacle.darlandes): Interesting, thanks. My first experience of what they really are.
          Dage Yven: and cods for an artists – artworks?
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] 
Interesting Treacle! I hope this made sense. They aren’t the most amazing thing in the world but they can be quite useful.
 
Any time you have something physical – like a CD or DVD or packaging – you can place a QR code on that and then lead to a website or a video or other multimedia placed online. I really like the concept of Hyperlinks in the Real World.
 
         Irisgrl Saphir: Wow, really explained how we can use QR to work for us…..more powerful things than I thought!
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] Irisgrl – they can be if you use them well.
 
         Irisgrl Saphir: “well” being the operative word!
         Pastor Lynne (lynne.applewhyte): This is cool. I can see how this would be more useful for my tutoring business than the tear off things on the posters.
         Beth Ghostraven: You could put up a sign in SL w/ a QR code
         Glitteractica Cookie: gr8 idea a SL sign with a QR code
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] I’ve seen great uses of QR codes on websites – leading straight to a company’s mobile app. And a QR code inworld has many possibilities. We all have our smartphones nearby it seems as we are on the computer.
 
         Brielle Coronet: so if people don’t know about how to get these codes whats a very user friendly site to recommend to download?
         Glitteractica Cookie: Are they difficult to create? Sorry i had to step away from my screen, so may have missed you talking about this. Did you already include a link of your fave sites?
         Irisgrl Saphir: gotta trust the QR maker site, though
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] 
Glitter – not at all! You just go to a site that generates them and type in the content. QR codes can be text or even a phone number you can then call instantly. Even Google has a QR code generator.
 
Here are my fave sites: Paperlinks yes, http://paperlinks.com and just starting to use http://qrcode.kaywa.com/. You do want to make sure you use a reputable company. 
 
For the colored codes, some free generators let you pic colors. For the designed codes, you need a graphic designer who really really knows their stuff. You can mess up a code. There are hot spots on a QR code that cannot be messed with or the code is inactive.
 
         Irisgrl Saphir: This opens new worlds!
         Grizzla (grizzla.pixelmaid): Sorry – did you answer this already – what mobile apps will let a person “read” the code?
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] Yes here are some scanners to use. I’m on an iPhone and use Scan from http://scan.me and also Paperlinks from http://paperlinks.com. Android users can use Scan as well or also Red Laser.
 
         Glitteractica Cookie: There are many QRcode scan reader apps for free on the iphone
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] Many indeed. But not all work very well.
 
Eric Rice: The first stage of the QR Code driveway
         Rhiannon Chatnoir: the most ‘out of the box’ use of a QRcode, is from another web/media pioneer and once SL’er .. Eric Rice (Spin Martin in SL) who used paving stones to createa QR code of his driveway so that it could be seen from Google Maps
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] Rhiannon – that is so cool! I’ve seen QR codes on cookies! Some even have lights on them so you can light up the code to read better
 
         Beth Ghostraven: I guess you’d print them on the icing like a photo
         Brielle Coronet: ooo i like that
         Dage Yven: Is it new epoch for speed of an informations?
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] 
My client Wine Sisterhood just came out with a QR code scanner – should be in app store this week or next. It works really well and is free. They have QR codes on all of their wine labels and they all lead to Paperlink sites. And their campaigns lead to wufoo forms to sign up for things. Mobile friendly is the key!
 
And please scan some of the codes you see around. The codes you see are by Paperlinks.
 
         Rhiannon Chatnoir: if we think on the ideas of storytelling.. you could use it as an innovative way to direct someone in a physical location to the next step of a online/digital story or game even
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] Definitely great to integrate into a story, a process, an exploration
 
         CarmenLittleFawn: yes it is
         Brielle Coronet: do you know if survey monkey has this capability?
         Rhiannon Chatnoir: Brielle, not built into Survey Monkey, but you could use something like paperlinks and have it point to a survey
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] If the survey or quick poll is mobile friendly, just take the URL and put into any good QR code generator. Paperlinks is if you need a more robust mobile site.
 
         Glitteractica Cookie: I just read that Cybergrrl Oh started the first woman owned internet company! Go CyberGrrl!! We are in the company of royalty. You are too young for this all to be true, not that we don’t believe you, but you look too young!
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] haha – yes, that is true. thank you!
 
         Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes and published your first Internet focused book in the mid 90s… 96/7?
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] yes, Cybergrrl: A Woman’s Guide to the World Wide Web. I was on the Internet back in 1987. I was on the Internet women women made up 10% of the Internet population.
 
         Irisgrl Saphir: Off to meet with Commission Chair; taking business card with our Facebook Page QR code on it to demo. Thanks!
         Glitteractica Cookie: Bye Cybergrrl, great info.. really interesting
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] Thanks Glitter
 
         Glitteractica Cookie: thanks to YOU!
         Serene Jewell: Thanks for the info, Aliza. Gave me some good ideas for using QR codes at events.
         Brielle Coronet: terrific presentation! i learned a lot
         Treacle (treacle.darlandes): Yes thank you Cybergrrl
         Irisgrl Saphir: Applauding wildly!
         Buffy Beale: thanks for coming Cyber, you’re a great role model for women in tech
         Coughran Mayo: Thank you!
         Serene Jewell: Great to see you again, Cybergrrl.
         Gentle Heron: Thanks Cybergrrl. Very interesting information.
         Chayenn: great
         CarmenLittleFawn: much appreciated 🙂
 
[Cybergrrl Oh] You can email me any time with questions at info@mediaegg.com. Really grateful for this opportunity to share with all of you. Thank you! 
 

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly QR Code for the February 22nd NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, February 22nd, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature web pioneer Aliza Sherman (Cybergrrl Oh) who will take us on an interactive exploration of QR code marketing. QR Codes can be a compelling and effective marketing tool when used thoughtfully and integrated carefully into a campaign. Nonprofits can benefit from incorporating QR codes appropriately into marketing collateral and communications flow, especially to bridge offline with online actions. Learn some of the best tools for generating and managing your QR code efforts and see some examples of QR codes, both effective and ineffective ones. 

 

Bio:

Aliza Sherman is a Web pioneer with a mission to empower people through technology. She is a digital marketing strategist who has been online since 1987 and consulting clients about the Internet since 1992. She speaks around the world and writes about online, social media, and mobile marketing, as well as tech and business issues specific to women. 

 

In 1995, Newsweek named her one of the  “Top 50 People Who Matter Most on the Internet” after she founded the first woman-owned, full-service Internet company, Cybergrrl, Inc. and the first global Internet networking organization for women, Webgrrls International. 

 

In 2009, Fast Company named her one of the “Most Powerful Women in Technology.” 

 

Aliza is the author of nine books including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing, and Mom, Incorporated. Her next book will be Social Media Engagement for Dummies.

 

When not speaking in other parts of the world, she lives and works out of Tok, Alaska.

 

Join us in Second Life!

 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, February 22nd, 8:30 AM SLT / PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

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AGENDA

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central
  • 8:55 am Aliza Sherman: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly QR Code
  • 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

 

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The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

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NPC 2/15/13 Featured Presentation: Community Partnership Development Through Hackathons

Below is an edited transcript of the 2/15/13 NonProfit Commons in Second Life meeting, featuring Lyre Calliope on Community Partnership Development through Hackathons. To view the full transcript, go HERE.

Today we have as our featured presenter Lyre Calliope who will be discussing how hackathons can be used to develop community partnerships and for social good.
 
Bio: Lyre Calliope’s mission is to assist in the emergence of a globally collaborative society. His first work experiences came as a volunteer for futures oriented non-profit organizations where he was exposed to cutting edge thought leadership, technology, and had his first experiences as a community organizer. Lyre began applying these experiences in 2006 through work as a social media consultant in an Atlanta-based agency called ConceptHub where he learned how business ecosystems operate and just how challenging they can be when faced with change. In 2010 he cofounded C4 Atlanta, a non-profit organization dedicated to stewarding Atlanta’s creative economy by helping arts entrepreneurs build successful careers. Now in Boston, he’s turned his efforts toward growing an ecosystem of open innovation practitioners that learn and build in the Commons.
Let’s welcome up Lyre, please take a seat and start whenever you are ready.
 
[Lyre Calliope]
Thanks for inviting me back Rhiannon! It’s great to jump back inworld. 🙂
 
For some time I’ve been worried about how accelerating technological change also accelerates gaps within society: income, literacy, social equity, etc. ‘Disruptive innovation’ is often seen as the most valuable form of innovation, but there has to be a place for constructive innovation. There has to be a way in which innovation can occur that doesn’t disrupt whole communities, industries, or even economies.
 
How do we approach innovation as an act of renovation?
 
I believe a major piece of this puzzle involves tying technological advancement to learning. This is exactly what happens at hackathons.
 
So, what is a hackathon?
 
A hackathon is an event in which people involved in software development come together to collaborate on projects. They usually last one to two days, but weeklong hackathons are not unknown. The goals of hackathons can vary, but usually the aim is to develop working software. Hackathons usually have a theme such as a specific programming language, a product category, a community, an industry, or a problem space. You can think of a hackathon as a programming marathon.
 
As the number of API (Application Programming Interface) based companies have grown, the number of hackathons has gone up as a means of marketing their developer focused products. Some developers think there are too many hackathons. There’s also the problem that good software takes time and few finished products ever come out of them. As a result, hackathons are seen by many people as superficial. This is understandable when finished products are seen as the outcome.
 
The real value from hackathons comes not from software developed, but from learning: the new connections made neurally, socially, and webbily.
 
Done right, hackathons enable communities of practice to form. Communities of open innovation practitioners.
 
Arthur C. Clarke famously said: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Well, hackthons are like the new Hogwarts. They’re where you go to learn new magic.
 
So let’s talk about purpose driven hackathons.
 
After Hurricane Sandy, I began volunteering for CrisisCommons, a non-profit organization that stewards the CrisisCamp hackathons it grew from. CrisisCamps convene globally whenever there is a natural disaster to apply open source and open data capacities to disaster recovery efforts. More than just software developers, people of all stripes are invited to participate in data management tasks, communications, etc.
 
One of the lessons I’ve learned over the past few months is that unlike traditional hackathons in which developers start working on projects from the very beginning, CrisisCamps require something of an R&D process. The problems faced by crisis responders are unique, and often happen in real time. A successful CrisisCamp invites subject matter experts to share their knowledge and help guide the discovery process that informs the design and development of solutions.
 
At the end of a hackathon, it’s customary for groups to demo the projects that they have been working on.. even if their projects are only prototypes or mockups. During these demos, there’s often an a-ha moment that comes when subject matter experts see what is technologically possible. This can open doors to new opportunities for change within the organizations these subject matter experts operate in.
 
The division of labor for a team at the typical hackathon falls between designers working on the user interface systems and developers working on the back-end logic systems. For the purpose-driven hackathon, I’d like to add a third category of team participant: Storytellers facilitating problem discovery and solution documentation.
 
I imagine many of you hear actively identify as storytellers. 🙂
 
By introducing the storytelling role into the mix, hackathons can become a learning opportunity open to a much wider group of people. There’s a lot more that I’d love to say about the importance of storytelling in purpose-driven hackathons, but I should talk a bit about the role of data.
 
Innovation during the past decade can be largely attributed to the Open Source movement. Innovation during the next decade will be all about Open Data.
 
At the center of hackathon culture is the use of APIs: Application Programming Interfaces. APIs enable the flow of data between Apps and organizational infrastructures in a secure, structured, and accessible way. You may or may not realize it, but all of us are constantly using APIs every day. They are kind of like the web, but for all our apps. 21st century organizational partnerships are built through the exchange of data via APIs.
 
I could easily have spent this entire time just talking about the role of APIs play in facilitating powerful partnerships between organizations, but then the community learning piece would have been lost!
 
One of the best ways to really understand APIs if you’re not a techie is to go to a hackathon and help put them into action! Making is learning, and we learn best when we make together. The last thing the world needs is more Instagrams and Pinterests. Unfortunately, software developers are too often isolated from communities with real problems to solve. 
 
Hackathons are the forums where bridges can be built to engage software developers in civic and purpose-driven problem solving. Hackathons are the place where communities can come together to not only learn where information technology is going, but actually direct its advancement toward solving the real-world problems they face.
 
That’s all I have prepared, but I can go into more detail and fish out some relevant links if ya’ll are interested. So, questions? 🙂
 

     CarmenLittleFawn: how can a story teller get involved?

 

[Lyre Calliope]
First thing that brings real value: documentation. Most software developers hate creating documentation, but it’s really important for encoding knowledge as well as engaging others in building forward. Second, facilitating conversation and understanding with subject matter experts and helping developers think through application logic. Btw, when I say subject matter experts, I mean people with pain points within communities.
 

     Jen (jenelle.levenque): Made my living as translator between engineering and users

     Ozma Malibu: so the storyteller can interpret the problems to the designers and developers, and the storyteller can have the vision of a solution that holds everything together (yes Jen – I made my living similarly as translator but in education) 

     Ozma Malibu: Pain points! I had not heard that expression. very useful way to see the problem.

     Glitteractica Cookie: My new work with Carvanstudios will be largely focused on hackthons and apps that come out of them. Lyre and the rest of you… @caravanstudios is our twitter handle. You may be interested in this hacker helper wiki: http://hackerhelper.wikispaces.com which identifies the probelms and gives corresponding data to hackers who build apps to help solve civis problems. We are hoping ppl add to the hacker helper wiki and edit it if they see fit.

     Jen (jenelle.levenque): QUESTION: How do we find out about hackathons and what their focus is?

     Gentle Heron wonders if there is somewhere a master list of upcoming hackathons and topics?

     Glitteractica Cookie: there are thousands of hackathons going on, so I doubt there is one master list

 
[Lyre Calliope]
As for where to find out about hackathons, there are community calendars you can find. A friend of mine is trying to compile a semi-master list and I’ll share that link. Honestly, I’d try Meetup.com! Enter the social stream where developers reside and ask them where the hackathon calanders are. 🙂
 

     Rhiannon Chatnoir: I have a question, how could you seem something like a Hackathon being carried out within a virtual space such as Second Life or otherwise, and within communities like NPC.

 

[Lyre Calliope]
So, the great thing about open source tools is that they allow for productive time and space displacement. Which makes them even more powerful when you get people together at the same time.
 
As long as you get people together within the same headspace and have effective communication channels in place, you’re good to go.
 
Horror story:
After Hurricane Sandy, I was at the MIT Media Lab at the local CrisisCamp while at least a dozen other hackathons were ongoing around the world. All sharing waaaaayyyyy too many communications channels. It didn’t just disrupt our ability to work with other events, it disrupted our room.
 
The physical space was disrupted by too much virtual distraction.
 

     Rhiannon Chatnoir: so collaborative presence is key – even if virtual

     Frans Charming: You know some the relief fundraising we did and do in SL can be viewed as a hackaton. Thinking back on the once I was involved in, though less about providing data/program.

     Jen (jenelle.levenque): The key word with communications was EFFECTIVE.

 
[Lyre Calliope]
So yes. Collaborative presence. 🙂
 
And by past experience, hacking in second life is second only to actual physical presence.
 
Incidentally, hackathons are a great way for organizations to support their communities.
 
The presence enables conversations that wouldn’t occur otherwise. Fast looping and iteration. And helps form that core engaged community that supports itself. Kind of like what used to happen in the old days of yore right here.
 
One other comment! 
 
I’m a big fan of inter-organizational collaboration. Communities exist between organizations. Hackathons are a great way to bring multiple organizations together and learning how their communities not only intersect, but can help facilitate organizational partnerships out in the open.
 
Like I said, it’s like Hogwarts! Especially for non-api savvy types.
 

     Rhiannon Chatnoir: Any other questions for Lyre on Hackathons or how this could fit witing your org/mission? And, I have a question for all of you… what are your thoughts on somehow organizing a virtual hackathon?

     CarmenLittleFawn: I would be interested in seeing how it would fit my organization

     Jen (jenelle.levenque): Been mulling that over

     Dancers Yao: sounds good….would like to learn more about this

     Buffy Beale: I think it would be fun and interesting for those non-api savvy types too

     CarmenLittleFawn: I would love it all though I am not a programmer but a storyteller

 
[Lyre Calliope] 
Storytelling is the original programming.
 

     Jen (jenelle.levenque): Someone needs to provide the story that shows the need to be addressed

     CarmenLittleFawn: I would love too If I knew how I have a idea I would love to implement

     Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes, the issue/mission/storyline comes first

     CarmenLittleFawn: I can provide a story that show needs

     Rhiannon Chatnoir: maybe we can work on that to come

     Glitteractica Cookie: Are any of you going to build an app or enter an already built app to the win8 apps for social benefit contest?

     Dancers Yao: want to enter…but it is at storytellng level

     CarynTopia Silvercloud: I have an idea but don’t know how to get it actualized

     Glitteractica Cookie: caryn, if you want to post yr idea to the wiki, we could maybe add the data to help a hacker build it

 

[Lyre Calliope]
And just as important as storytelling around need, is storytelling the activity at the hackathon. Publishing ideas, hypothesis, ideas and hypothesis thrown out for new ones.. code prototypes that didn’t pan out.. all valuable stories.
 

     Rhiannon Chatnoir: so let’s thank Lyre for presenting today! Great to see you back in Second Life. and maybe we can drag you back if we can get a hackathon going 🙂

 
[Lyre Calliope] 
Any time! I’m totally in!
 

     Gentle Heron: Thank you Lyre. I learned a new word for “collaborative work” 

     CarynTopia Silvercloud: very interesting presentation

     Buffy Beale: cheering! thanks Lyre

     Glitteractica Cookie: Thanks Lyre! You are great

     Beth Ghostraven: yay! Thanks, Lyre!

     CarynTopia Silvercloud: would love to check out a hackathon

     Jen (jenelle.levenque): Thank you Lyre, I was totally mystified about hackathons til today

 

[Lyre Calliope] 
I’m still mystified. 😉

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Community Partnership Development through Hackathons for the February 15th NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, February 15th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Lyre Calliope who will be discussing how hackathons can be used to develop community partnerships and for social good. Hackathons are a staple of open source development culture and have gained in popularity as marketing channels for businesses offering API (Application Programming Interface) products to software developers. At their best, hackathons represent opportunities for collaborative learning that spans communities. Hackathons are a core building block in modern civic engagement and he will share with us what he has learned thus far as a participant and organizer in holding hackathons for developing impactful community partnerships.

 

Bio:  Lyre Calliope’s mission is to assist in the emergence of a globally collaborative society. His first work experiences came as a volunteer for futures oriented non-profit  organizations where he was exposed to cutting edge thought leadership, technology, and had his first experiences as a community organizer. Lyre began applying these experiences in 2006 through work as a social media consultant in an Atlanta-based agency called ConceptHub where he learned how business ecosystems operate and just how challenging they can be when faced with change. In 2010 he cofounded C4 Atlanta, a non-profit organization dedicated to stewarding Atlanta’s creative economy by helping arts entrepreneurs build successful careers. Now in Boston, he’s turned his efforts toward growing an ecosystem of open innovation practitioners that learn and build in the Commons.

 

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Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, February 15th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

 

AGENDA

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central
  • 8:55 am Lyre Calliope: Community Partnership Development through Hackathons
  • 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

 

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The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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Transcript of the February 8th NPC Meeting featuring Robert L. Todd

[08:33] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome everyone to this week’s Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting!

[08:33] Oronoque Westland: @ Rhiannon, many thanks

[08:33] Rhiannon Chatnoir: The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is sponsored by TechSoup Global and is a program of the TechSoup Global Community & Social Media team

 

TODAY’S AGENDA

 • 8:30 am Introductions

 • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements

 • 8:45 am Mentors Central

 • 8:55 am Robert L. Todd: BreakThru: Virtual Mentoring for STEM Education

 • 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

[08:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a few links to start off the meeting. 

 

Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

 

– Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

– Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

– Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons

– G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687 

– Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life

– Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh

– http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

 

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

 

– http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp

– http://flavors.me/techsoup

 

 

— INTRODUCTIONS —

 

[08:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Hello everyone, let’s start off with Introductions!

[08:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Please state your real name, location, org, and the ways we can find you online.

And if you are new to NonProfit Commons, how you found about today’s meeting.

[08:34] Buffy Beale: Buffy Bye, Bridges for Women, Victoria BC Canada, http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca @bridges4women

[08:34] Zinnia Zauber: Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance and Peninsula College, Sequim, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. http://www.sequimartsalliance.org http://www.facebook.com/sequimartsalliance @renneemiko

[08:34] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Los Angeles, CA Human Rights and Health care

[08:34] Andy Evans: Andy Mallon, First Opinions Panel in SL & Social Research Foundation, NYC in RL http://www.socialresearchfoundation.org

[08:34] Ronnie Rhode: Denise Harrison, The Garden for the Missing featuring missing persons: http://www.gardenforthemissing.org/ and SLURL Remora (203,148,21), Project Jason, assistance for families of the missing, http://www.projectjason.org.

[08:35] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org

[08:35] Oronoque Westland: Roberta Kilkenny, Hunter College, City University of New York

[08:35] Keko Heckroth: Keith Jones, Cincinnati, OH. Adult and tech ed

[08:35] CarynTopia Silvercloud: Caryn Heilman of Topia Arts Center based in the Berkshires of NW, MA coming to you from NYC today. www.TopiaArts.org @TopiaArtsCenter

[08:35] Grizzla (grizzla.pixelmaid): Chris Robinson, metro Atlanta, Georgia Gwinnett College, Virtual Assistant

[08:35] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Director, Online community and Social Media Team, TechSoup Global, San Francisco, CA USA @suzboop @techsoup @caravanstudios @npsl

[08:35] Frans Charming: Jeroen Frans, http://VesuviusGroup.com, Amsterdam, @Frans

[08:35] CarmenLittleFawn: Lorna Hawkins, Drive By Agony/Keeping Kids Safe, Los Angeles California, Executive Director, GM everybody 🙂

[08:35] Beth Ghostraven: Beth O’Connell, middle school librarian in RL and owner of the Book and Tankard Pub in Victoria City, Caledon

[08:35] Coughran Mayo: Dick Dillon, Innovaision, LLC St. Louis MO @Coughran, @Innovaision

[08:35] Chayenn: Monique Richert, Protect Yourself 1, Inc., Baltimore Maryland, protectyourself1.org, facebook.com/PY1US, @PY1US

[08:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir is Joyce Bettencourt, Boston MA area (about to hit by the snowpocalypse), online community manager of NonProfit Commons, http://joycebettencourt.com, @rhiannonSL

[08:35] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, MO www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir

[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other introductions

[08:36] ditto (dikori): Iam ditto and found out about this group by just goin g through the picks

[08:36] Frans Charming: Welcome Ditto

[08:36] CarmenLittleFawn: Hi ditto

[08:37] ditto (dikori): thanks

[08:37] ditto (dikori): hi all of you

[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: welcome ditto, and anyone else new here

[08:37] CarmenLittleFawn: yvw nice to have you with us Ditto

[08:37] Kali Pizzaro: me

[08:37] Kali Pizzaro: sorry kepp trying to get here

[08:37] Beth Ghostraven: Has anyone announced that the chat will be public after the meeting?

[08:37] Ozma Malibu: Sandra Andrews, Floaters Tech Outreach & Floaters Gallery, Arizona, Mexico and On the Road, @ozma.

[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: no, but a good time to, we do archive the chat of this meeting so that we can publish our weekly meetings online

[08:38] Glitteractica Cookie: although I’m not sure we are actually doing that every week on our wiki these days, are we?

[08:38] Adalace Jewell: RoSa Library & Documentation Centre, Brussels, Belgium. http://www.rosadoc.be @adalace

[08:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: well the chat log ends up on http://nonprofitcommons.org as the archive post

[08:39] Glitteractica Cookie: we used to but I havne’t been keeping up on whether it happens every week. Also not sure it was read by many folks

[08:39] Glitteractica Cookie: oh ok, cool. Rhiannon is such a rockstar, I tell you. She does all these things to keep this community running that we don’t even know

[08:39] Glitteractica Cookie: and she is super humble too. 🙂 We are lucky

[08:40] CarmenLittleFawn: 🙂

[08:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thank you – like a lot of long time people here.. we believe in the NPC community

[08:40] Beth Ghostraven: If anyone wants the URL for the chat later, let me know; I put it on my Google docs, but it’s not public unless you know the URL

[08:40] Frans Charming: yay Rhiannon

[08:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so let’s move on

 

 

— TECHSOUP ANNOUNCEMENTS —

 

[08:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: It is time for TechSoup Announcements!

[08:40] Glitteractica Cookie: Yes, I have the announcements: Have you been using the new Google+ communities for your social good work? Sound off in our forums: http://bit.ly/WxHuP7

 

And remember, your input in our forums is always welcome. We know you all are super smart and have lots of techie know-how, so please share it with nonprofits, charities, NGOs, and libraries who have questions! 

 

Next week on February 12, TechSoup’s Jim Lynch will be following in the footsteps of our own Glitteractica Cookie to testify in front of Congress, specifically with the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. He’ll be covering e-waste environmental policy, including the work being done in the humanitarian refurbishment field. More about the Committee here: http://1.usa.gov/XpPjnD and Jim may stop by at a future meeting to talk about the experience.

 

And speaking of TechSoup speaking engagements, back in November Chris Worman, director of communications and special projects for TechSoup Europe, presented:

[08:41] Glitteractica Cookie: Civil Society as We Know It” at TEDx Bucharest. It’s a short talk, but very cool. Watch it here: http://bit.ly/XbsIg9

 

And lastly, The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest deadline is fast approaching! Submit by February 28 and win the prize to hatch your bright idea. If the notion of using technology to help others – and win some cash in the process – excites you, this is your contest. Your creativity plus the capabilities of Windows 8 equals a world of inspired solutions to real world problems. 

 

Read more about the contest: http://bit.ly/U6ZSYW

See what makes an ideal submission: http://bit.ly/TSmeid

Check out all the submissions to date in the Project Gallery: http://bit.ly/UjuIO7

 

[08:41] Gentle Heron: QUESTION: What is meant by “humanitarian refurbishment”?

[08:42] Glitteractica Cookie: And as you are reading all of that… I wanted to let you know that teh WIn8 contest is still accepting submissions, and btw you all (my friends) and me… There are not that many submissions

[08:42] Glitteractica Cookie: so if you know how to design a win8 app, or know anyone who does, please enter

[08:42] Glitteractica Cookie: and we also need folks to look at our hacker helper wiki. I mentioned this before

[08:42] Glitteractica Cookie: http://hackerhelper.wikispaces.com

[08:43] Glitteractica Cookie: This is a wiki to help those who are building apps to solve problems in civil society

[08:43] Glitteractica Cookie: please take a minute, so we can see if you think the data we grabbed is right, if you have additional info or links, please do not hesitate to add them, edit the wiki

[08:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and I think humanitarian refurbishment refers to working on solutions to recycle ewaste/electronics/etc

[08:44] Glitteractica Cookie: and if you have any questions about any of this, do not hesitate to ask

[08:44] Gentle Heron: Thanks Rhiannon… how is that humanitarian?

[08:44] Glitteractica Cookie: And if you know anyone who has a win8 app in the marketplace that would qualify as a social benefit app, tell them to submit it

[08:44] Glitteractica Cookie: Gentle, We are only relaying the announcements, as you know

[08:45] Glitteractica Cookie: We have not prepared the content

[08:45] Glitteractica Cookie: i’m happy to connect you with Jim Lynch who wrote it

[08:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: well often ewaste pollutes soil, ground water, etc

[08:45] Gentle Heron: Thanks, I’d be interested in that Glitter.

[08:45] Glitteractica Cookie: in fact, i think he is coming here to NPC

[08:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so it is seen as a huge thing to combat in certain areas.. but yes, definitely follow up would be great

[08:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and yes, we would love to have him here

[08:45] Glitteractica Cookie: so, you can talk to him there, if you want

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: Rhiannon, you were on an email about this yeterday

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: so, let’s make sure to get him here

[08:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: he is actually the world authority on e-waste and what to do with dead electronic

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: he invented that stuff, computer recycling

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: ok, so that’s all i got

[08:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks!

[08:47] Glitteractica Cookie: sure!

[08:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great to have you present TechSoup stuff today

[08:47] Glitteractica Cookie: 🙂

 

 

— MENTOR’S CENTRAL —

 

[08:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so… let’s move on to Mentor’s Central!

[08:47] Glitteractica Cookie: I’ve only been working at techsoup for 13 years… it makes sense for me to present some time

[08:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Zinnia will be presenting for this week

[08:47] Buffy Beale: yay Z!

[08:48] Gentle Heron: Thanks Zinnia.

[08:48] Coughran Mayo: nice hat

[08:48] Zinnia Zauber: Hi there!

[08:48] Frans Charming: oh stars!

[08:48] Buffy Beale: hi Jac 🙂

[08:48] CarmenLittleFawn: Ji 😉

[08:49] Gentle Heron waves to Jacques.

[08:49] CarmenLittleFawn: Hi*

[08:49] Zinnia Zauber: Sorry, I am laggy today.

[08:49] Zinnia Zauber: Yes! Stars!

[08:49] Gentle Heron pours coffee on Zinnia’s avatar.

[08:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: lol

[08:49] Zinnia Zauber: Thought I would remind you all that you’all are All Stars!

[08:50] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org, http://www.facebook.com/#!/TAVAUS

[08:50] Coughran Mayo: or that we are ALL stars

[08:50] Zinnia Zauber: How many of you believe you are Mentors?

[08:50] Grizzla (grizzla.pixelmaid) laughs at Gentle pouring coffee

[08:50] Gentle Heron: Officially, or unofficially? That is the question. Whether tis nobler……

[08:50] Ozma Malibu: me

[08:50] Andy Evans: If I am, I am reformed, not conservative

[08:50] Buffy Beale: me

[08:50] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes Gentle

[08:50] Gentle Heron laughs with Andy!

[08:50] Buffy Beale: lol did you get the pic Z?

[08:51] Sister (sister.abeyante): LOL

[08:51] Zinnia Zauber: hehe

[08:51] Zinnia Zauber: I mean that you all have something to share or teach?

[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: Can you see my photos?

[08:52] Andy Evans: y

[08:52] Keko Heckroth: Yes, see them

[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: Some of you may have seen this set on Facebook this week.

[08:52] CarmenLittleFawn: y

[08:52] Grizzla (grizzla.pixelmaid): y

[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: This is from a field trip that I did with my video students.

[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: Scottius was my guest speaker.

[08:53] Gentle Heron: a fantastic artist!

[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: How many of you know Scottius?

[08:53] Gentle Heron: I own his book!

[08:53] Frans Charming does not

[08:53] Sister (sister.abeyante) raises her hand

[08:53] Gentle Heron: and he has his art exhibited right now in the Cape Able Art Gallery for Virtual Ability.

[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: He is an amazing artist!

[08:54] Zinnia Zauber: ooo yes! Gentle please share that LM!

[08:54] Gentle Heron: Cape Able (182,171,22) if you want to visit after this session.

[08:54] Zinnia Zauber: thank you!

[08:54] Zinnia Zauber: He shared his work and also took time to review my students’ projects as well.

[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: His time really meant a lot to them.

[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: And, me, of course.

[08:55] CarmenLittleFawn: nice 🙂

[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: His insight was really thoughtful.

[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: And, his work helped changed my students thoughts of how they could tell a story.

[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: We all have stories to tell here in SL.

[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: Is part of your story how you become your best self while helping others?

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: (hint: YES!)

[08:57] CarmenLittleFawn: yess

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Carmen!

[08:57] CarmenLittleFawn: heheheh

[08:57] Sister (sister.abeyante) nods

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: So often we forget that we are information booths of amazing data and gifts.

[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: I want to encourage you all to share what you know. Pay it forward. Be Mentors!

[08:58] CarmenLittleFawn: mmhmmm

[08:58] Coughran Mayo: Where do I sign up?

[08:58] Gentle Heron: Agreed, Zinnia. We are all teachers, and we are all learners.

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: You don’t have to wear the name tag Mentor to be one.

[08:59] CarmenLittleFawn: nods head

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: You are already all on the list!

[08:59] Grizzla (grizzla.pixelmaid): Yep – everyone teaches – well or badly 🙂

[08:59] Sister (sister.abeyante) wonders…what are some of the topics folks here would like to learn about or share about?

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: Yes, like it or not. We all are.

[08:59] Brena Benoir: Each one teach one

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: Yes Sister!

[09:00] Buffy Beale: Each one teach one reach two 🙂

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: Mentor Central is a chance to teach, share and be an ALL STAR!

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: You don’t have to be one of the NPC Mentors to share.

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: Think about how what you have to teach us.

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: Tell us what you want to learn.

[09:01] Zinnia Zauber: I live on a Peninsula.

[09:01] Zinnia Zauber: We have to support each other being at the end of the road so to speak.

[09:01] CarmenLittleFawn: it can be any thing Zinnia that you want to learn ?

[09:02] Andy Evans: Is there a list of mentors and their areas of expertise so the learner can choose the right mentor?

[09:02] Rhiannon Chatnoir: anything you think useful to the community at large

[09:02] Zinnia Zauber: Virtual Worlds let’s us have the whole world at the end of the road with us.

[09:02] Zinnia Zauber: We are updating the wiki Andy with that info.

[09:02] CarmenLittleFawn: all right ty rhia

[09:02] Zinnia Zauber: Yes, anything!

[09:03] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂

[09:03] CarmenLittleFawn: ok great ty Zinnia

[09:03] Zinnia Zauber: Please contact me, or any of our NPC Mentors.

[09:03] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great Zinnia

[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: Your time, ideas, and questions will expand all our brains.

[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: I am grateful for having such clever people like you to work with!

[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you all! And, please remember, you are ALL STARS!

[09:04] Frans Charming applauds

[09:05] CarmenLittleFawn: ty as well , claps

[09:05] Buffy Beale: thanks Z

[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: Get your stars in the little gift box up front.

[09:05] Keko Heckroth: Excellent

[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!

[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Zinnia.. and for bringing out your stars today

[09:05] CarmenLittleFawn: how cute, 🙂

 

 

— FEATURED PRESENTATION: ROBERT L. TODD OF GEORGIA TECH —

 

[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s move on to our Featured Presenter!

[09:05] Dancers Yao: thanks Zinnia as always…great!

[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today we have as our featured presenter Robert L. Todd (RobertT Deluxe), who will be discussing the Georgia STEM Accessibility Alliance, BreakThru project.

[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: About BreakThru:

The influence of digital media has changed the way students learn, play and socialize. As a result, researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia (UGA) have partnered to develop a virtual learning environment that combines creative avatars and social networking tools to help high school and college students with disabilities to succeed in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. The universities work alongside Georgia Perimeter College and the school systems of Georgia’s Greene, Clarke and Gwinnett counties to serve targeted students.

 

http://georgiabreakthru.org/

 

[09:06] Rhiannon Chatnoir: If you want to come up and take a seat Robert

[09:06] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Bio: Robert L. Todd is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Accessible Education and Information Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). His research foci include accessible web design and universal design and accessibility of science and math education. He is currently PI on NSF and Dept of Education initiatives to provide accessible virtual education to students with disabilities and train post-secondary instructors to provide accessible online science and math courses. He leads research and instructional efforts via the Institute on the usability and accessibility of online resources and is a lead designer and instructor for Georgia Tech’s Professional Education certificate courses in Creating Accessible Web Sites and Usability Engineering. He teaches graduate level courses on accessible and usable web design and evaluation through Georgia Tech. He is the creator and former PI for the Assistivetech.net web resource

 

[09:06] CarmenLittleFawn: welcome Robert 🙂

[09:06] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Robert, start whenever you are ready

[09:06] RobertT Deluxe: Thanks, Rhiannon, I’ll let everyone take a minute to absorb all that.

[09:07] Sister (sister.abeyante) is grateful! LOL

[09:07] Gentle Heron: Welcome to NPC, Robert.

[09:07] RobertT Deluxe: And while you are scanning the chat, here is our project URL: http://georgiabreakthru.org/

[09:07] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Robert!

[09:08] Rhiannon Chatnoir: if others can make sure to NOT touch the slide viewer

[09:08] Buffy Beale: yay Robert!!

[09:08] Gentle Heron: Rhiannon, lock the viewer.

[09:08] RobertT Deluxe: I’ll use the projector behind me to supplement my talk.

[09:08] Gentle Heron: Click the padlock icon on the far right side.

[09:08] CarmenLittleFawn: hehehe

[09:08] Gentle Heron: Then Robert can “touch” the padlock and you can grant him access to turn slides, but keep us from doing so.

[09:08] RobertT Deluxe: Our goal with BreakThru is to enhance STEM education for students, and lead on to STEM graduate work and employment

[09:09] Glitteractica Cookie: What is the twitter handle?

[09:10] RobertT Deluxe: We know that students with disabilities often don’t get a truly level playing field in that area, so we are using virtual mentoring (thanks for discussing mentoring, Zinnia!) to help solve that problem.

[09:10] RobertT Deluxe: And our project proves Ga Tech and UGA can actually get along. 🙂

[09:10] Gentle Heron: That is a major finding!

[09:10] RobertT Deluxe: We address all STEM education for students in high school and college

[09:10] Zinnia Zauber: 🙂

[09:11] Glitteractica Cookie: I just looked up the twitter handle @breakthruGSAA

[09:11] RobertT Deluxe: For those not familiar with STEM acronym, see behind me

[09:11] RobertT Deluxe: Thanks Cookie.

[09:11] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Glitter

[09:11] RobertT Deluxe: Vesuvius (take a bow Rhiannon) has created the virtual mentoring islands which are our centerpiece

[09:12] RobertT Deluxe: BUT … we use all forms of electronic, mediated communication for the project

[09:12] RobertT Deluxe: Students choose which tools they prefer, freely

[09:12] RobertT Deluxe: SL is popular, but so are Skype and Google Hangouts, etc

[09:13] RobertT Deluxe: We base all our work on UDL principles, so we can impact students with and without disabilities

[09:13] RobertT Deluxe: Check out cast.org/udl for info on how Universal Design can assist in learning

[09:13] Glitteractica Cookie: UDL?

[09:13] Gentle Heron: Universal Design for Learning

[09:13] RobertT Deluxe: Universal Design for Learning

[09:13] Glitteractica Cookie: thx

[09:14] RobertT Deluxe: (All, let me know if you have trouble viewing the presentation behind me, so I can fill in the details)

[09:15] RobertT Deluxe: We have several partners/test beds right now, hoping to expand with time

[09:15] RobertT Deluxe: They include:

[09:15] RobertT Deluxe: Georgia Tech with the University of Georgia as lead institutions. Georgia Perimeter College and three Georgia public school systems are also critical partners in the project.

[09:15] RobertT Deluxe: And we want to address the 3 goals behind me on the projector

[09:16] RobertT Deluxe: Retention of students, entry into STEM fields, and or course increased numbers are important

[09:17] RobertT Deluxe: The Islands created by Vesuvius focus the overall efforts, one for post secondary students, one for secondary students

[09:17] RobertT Deluxe: But identical, and connected by a bridge that is a “shared” space between all groups

[09:17] Gentle Heron: Cute metaphor… the bridge.

[09:18] RobertT Deluxe: It really is a good metaphor, and it allows us to keep security high for the under age students, while allowing all to share and help each other

[09:18] RobertT Deluxe: As Zinnia, said, mentoring can be powerful, and the program is focused on matching students with effective mentors in STEM

[09:19] RobertT Deluxe: Mentors guide students through their studies, and especially at the critical junctures

[09:19] RobertT Deluxe: Such as high school to college, college to workforce

[09:19] Kali Pizzaro: transitional periods?

[09:19] RobertT Deluxe: Yes.

[09:20] Kali Pizzaro: which can be difficult

[09:20] Kali Pizzaro: 🙂

[09:20] RobertT Deluxe: We’ve found the transitions are where the students often get lost in the shuffle

[09:20] RobertT Deluxe: Especially students who need certain accommodations for learning materials

[09:20] Gentle Heron: Students on IEP are supposed to have “transition plans” in place well before those transitions occur.

[09:21] RobertT Deluxe: Heron, they are, yes – but you’d be surprised how man are still left floundering when the arrive on campus

[09:21] RobertT Deluxe: they arrive, sorry

[09:21] Gentle Heron: No, sadly, I would not be at all surprised.

[09:21] Kali Pizzaro: Notes the use of the word ‘meant’ by Gentle

[09:22] Coughran Mayo: 🙂

[09:22] RobertT Deluxe: So we and the mentors use many tools, including video case studies shared via SL and YouTube

[09:23] RobertT Deluxe: Modeling for empowerment of the students, for example, showing them in SL and via the videos how to work with campus resources

[09:23] RobertT Deluxe: Just for one example

[09:23] RobertT Deluxe: For those who like nerdy example, this is our Theory of Change, behind me on the screen

[09:24] Josain Zsun: Will these slides be available later?

[09:24] Gentle Heron: Robert, will you please put these slides on SlideShare so we can look at them later?

[09:24] RobertT Deluxe: As a research project, we want to help all students, but we also take data every day, for analysis

[09:24] RobertT Deluxe: Yes, I certainly will share them

[09:24] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!

[09:25] RobertT Deluxe: As you can see, there are many steps, so a focus like SL helps us to keep it “all together”

[09:25] Oronoque Westland: oooops, sorry

[09:25] RobertT Deluxe: And regarding our UDL philosophy, see this slide

[09:26] RobertT Deluxe: We want to figure out what works best for the students with specific needs, via mentoring, but also what can help ALL students succeed

[09:27] RobertT Deluxe: These are some of the benefits our preliminary data set is showing for the use of virtual world mentoring

[09:27] RobertT Deluxe: For example, we have some mentor/student pairs that are separated by oceans

[09:27] RobertT Deluxe: But now they have access to the best fit for a mentor

[09:28] RobertT Deluxe: This is a rough map of the space

[09:29] Frans Charming smiles at our map

[09:29] RobertT Deluxe: And these are examples of outside STEM sources that we have used or discussed with our students

[09:29] RobertT Deluxe: Sadly, they don’t all stay available

[09:30] RobertT Deluxe: But we guide students to other SL resources on STEM every week

[09:30] RobertT Deluxe: And if you check out our site URL, you will see many learning modules to assist students at high school and college levels

[09:30] RobertT Deluxe: Hope you can see these

[09:31] Frans Charming nods

[09:31] RobertT Deluxe: But you can find them all at georgiabreakthru.org

[09:31] RobertT Deluxe: Feel free to use any of those resources with students who are struggling

[09:32] RobertT Deluxe: Time is short, but I want to add we addressed many accessibility and novice log-in concerns with the help of Vesuvius

[09:32] RobertT Deluxe: Like the registration API process in the slide

[09:32] RobertT Deluxe: We’ve tried to make use of SL as, well, foolproof as possible since many students, mentors and teachers had never encountered it

[09:33] RobertT Deluxe: Just one more thing … examples of some of the accessibility challenges in SL and other media we have addressed

[09:34] RobertT Deluxe: Rhiannon, time is running out, I think I’ll let folks ask questions

[09:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: sure, if anyone has questions for Robert

[09:34] Sister (sister.abeyante): Question: When you say you’ve “addressed” those challenges- do you mean you have found solutions that work for all in SL?

[09:34] RobertT Deluxe: (just browsing through slide and will share them all)

[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: All of this is wonderful, Robert! Thank you!

[09:35] RobertT Deluxe: In some cases, yes.

[09:35] Buffy Beale: really great info

[09:35] RobertT Deluxe: Let me show a couple of examples

[09:35] RobertT Deluxe: These are some tools we have used for very low vision/blind students

[09:36] RobertT Deluxe: Some are easy, like changing SL preferences, some hard

[09:36] RobertT Deluxe: And some, like chat instead of mic, pretty obvious

[09:36] Gentle Heron: Although that makes it difficult for those who don’t type well or at all

[09:36] RobertT Deluxe: Aha, yes, good one

[09:37] Gentle Heron: Is there a state school for the deaf and blind in Georgia?

[09:37] Kali Pizzaro: Do you allow text chat 🙂

[09:37] RobertT Deluxe: Which is why we have students experimenting with a mix of mic and chat, and also voice input tech

[09:37] Kali Pizzaro: and emoticons

[09:37] RobertT Deluxe: Text chat, yes. Students choose which forms of communication they prefer

[09:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: text chat is allowed

[09:37] Kali Pizzaro: Q: Did I miss the methodology, is this a mixed methods

[09:38] RobertT Deluxe: Mixed methods, yes

[09:38] Kali Pizzaro: so a vast amount of data 🙂

[09:38] RobertT Deluxe: Oh, yes, I have a bottle of Excedrin on my desk to prove it

[09:38] RobertT Deluxe: 🙂

[09:38] Josain Zsun: These ideas resonate with Marc Prensky’s ‘partnerships’ in “Teaching Digital Natives”

[09:39] Zinnia Zauber: lol

[09:39] RobertT Deluxe: Zsun, can you link me to that info. I’d love to see.

[09:39] Kali Pizzaro: Reading you slide now I have found similar findings in my study – the representation of self and when to disclose or not a disability

[09:39] Gentle Heron: Robert, Kali is a researcher you will want to connect with.

[09:40] RobertT Deluxe: One of the most interesting aspects of this project – when and why do students disclose or choose not to do so

[09:40] Kali Pizzaro: 🙂

[09:40] RobertT Deluxe: Thanks for that tip … I’m very interested in pursuing

[09:40] Kali Pizzaro: I will give Gentle the $LL later

[09:40] Kali Pizzaro: 🙂

[09:41] Gentle Heron: now now Kali!

[09:41] Kali Pizzaro: lol

[09:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: ha

[09:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: commission eh

[09:41] Sister (sister.abeyante): I am wondering… How open is Breakthru to collaborating with other nonprofits or SL based communities that also focus on inclusion of pwd?

[09:41] RobertT Deluxe: As you can see from the board, we could spend all day discussing aspects of accommodations, but I’ll share those slides so we can all communicate about that topic later

[09:41] RobertT Deluxe: Very interested.

[09:41] Gentle Heron: QUESTION Did you use the AAAS listing of scientists with disabilities to choose your mentors? Or how did you recruit them? And how do you train mentors?

[09:41] Kali Pizzaro: excellent

[09:41] RobertT Deluxe: We know we don’t have all the answers.

[09:42] RobertT Deluxe: Just LOTS of questions.

[09:42] Sister (sister.abeyante): Great! What is your preferred means for connecting with other groups, Robert?

[09:42] RobertT Deluxe: my email: robert.todd@coa.gatech.edu

[09:42] Sister (sister.abeyante): Thanks!

[09:42] RobertT Deluxe: Easiest way to reach me. And please do!

[09:43] RobertT Deluxe: Do we need to wrap up, Rhiannon? I think my big mouth has kept us way over time

[09:43] Josain Zsun: How does one become a STEM mentor in SL?

[09:43] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any last questions before we wrap up with Robert

[09:43] Frans Charming: I would like to add that we have been adding game based learning in to the islands, and are adding more.

[09:44] Frans Charming: One example is that we made animals interactive, and provide the students with information about the animals, and link to web resources about

[09:44] Sister (sister.abeyante): Can you provide (maybe you did and I missed it!) the LM or SLURL to the islands?

[09:44] Gentle Heron: QUESTION Did you use the AAAS listing of scientists with disabilities to choose your mentors? Or how did you recruit them? And how do you train mentors?

[09:44] Frans Charming: It’s a ongoing project and will be adding more interactivity to island, to encourage use of it.

[09:44] RobertT Deluxe: We love the animals and the other interactivity that Vesuvius is providing.

[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: the islands are closed access due to privacy/minors

[09:44] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Question:How do you recruit your students?

[09:45] Gentle Heron: So Frans, you see that a major issue for these students is lack of content knowledge? Is that related to the education they received in public school?

[09:45] RobertT Deluxe: Mentor recruitment: We posted notices at Georgia Tech and UGA, and … we had an excellent response.

[09:45] Sister (sister.abeyante): Closed? So, how do new people get involved or sign up?

[09:45] RobertT Deluxe: They are grad students, faculty, and some STEM lab folks in the workforce

[09:46] RobertT Deluxe: One sec and I’ll post the contact info

[09:46] Gentle Heron: Do your mentors have disabilities?

[09:46] Beth Ghostraven: Robert, can you make the slides available online please?

[09:46] Jen (jenelle.levenque): QUESTION: Do you have anything set up to accommodate the special needs of veterans who are disabled?

[09:47] Frans Charming: Gentle, it is more about providing information/ science facts, and incorperating them in the island. I have no idea what the students knowledge is.

[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: you can email Robert on possible collaborations and further questions robert.todd@coa.gatech.edu

[09:47] Namaara MacMoragh: And how do you meet the needs of those with cognitive challenges due to brain injury?

[09:47] RobertT Deluxe: I will do so. And some mentors, yes, have disabilities, but we found students are more concerned (usually) that the STEM interest take precedence over other issues of choice

[09:47] Gentle Heron: That is an important finding, Robert!

[09:47] RobertT Deluxe: And it surprised us.

[09:48] Sister (sister.abeyante): What a wonderful opportunity to involve scientists w/ disabilities in interacting with students with disabilities, though.

[09:48] RobertT Deluxe: We have a small number of those scientists

[09:48] Rhiannon Chatnoir: let’s try to wrap up this part of the meeting, not sure on Robert’s time, but please reach out to him after this and if he is ok sharing his presentation, we will put a link to it up on http://nonprofitcommons.org

[09:48] Sister (sister.abeyante): Are you interested in recruiting more? Gentle, what’s that list you mentioned?

[09:49] Gentle Heron: oh the AAAS used to publish a listing of scientists with disabilities.

[09:49] CarmenLittleFawn: very good information and ty for sharing, wow Robert generated a lot os interest have to go I will look into this futher for sure 🙂 thanks again Robert, bye for now everybody

[09:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: If you took pictures today, please share them on our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons or G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687, that would be great. Otherwise, tag them #NPSL

[09:49] RobertT Deluxe: Folks, if you are interested in being a mentor or referring someone else, you can contact Gerri Wolfe at the address above

[09:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s thanks Robert for presenting today

[09:50] Kali Pizzaro: Fantastic and important work – good luck with the future analysis! I look forward to reading the papers

[09:50] RobertT Deluxe: gwolfe@uga.edu

[09:50] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Robert!

 

 

— OPEN MIC & ANNOUNCEMENTS —

 

[09:50] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s move on to Open Mic & Announcements

[09:50] RobertT Deluxe: Sorry I skipped a few questions, my fingers don’t move so quickly

[09:50] Gentle Heron: Thank you Robert. As you can tell, many in our audience here have a deep interest in this subject.

[09:50] Rhiannon Chatnoir: anyone have any announcements

[09:50] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes

[09:50] Keko Heckroth: Thank you for a very informative presentation

[09:50] RobertT Deluxe: But email me for any followup … I truly want to hear

[09:50] Buffy Beale: clapping for Robert, great presentation thanks!

[09:50] Frans Charming applauds

[09:51] Gentle Heron: Oh Rhiannon, you know Virtual Ability always has announcements.

[09:51] RobertT Deluxe: Thanks, and again, keep in touch with those questions/suggestions

[09:51] Rhiannon Chatnoir: lol, then go ahead Gentle

[09:51] RobertT Deluxe: robert.todd@coa.gatech.edu

[09:51] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes!

[09:51] Gentle Heron: Thanks Robert, we’ll be in touch again.

[09:51] Gentle Heron: Some Virtual Ability events coming up today and this weekend:

 

TODAY!

11am SLT- Second Life’s Little Secret: A discussion with Saffia Widdershins about the age distribution in SL

Virtual Ability (53,172,23)

[09:51] Gentle Heron: TODAY!

noonSLT- What is One Billion Rising About? by Honour McMillan (It’s a world wide movement against violence experienced by women.)

Virtual Ability (53,172,23)

[09:51] Gentle Heron: TOMORROW (Sat)

8am SLT- Phelan Corrimal tells about Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE)- how it is becoming accessible, and how to participate.

Virtual Ability (53,172,23)

[09:51] Brena Benoir raises hand for open mic

[09:52] Gentle Heron: SUNDAY

noon SLT- Sister Abeyante talks about Self-Advocacy. She’s an expert!

Virtual Ability (44,138,23)

[09:52] Gentle Heron: Please join us for these and upcoming events of interest.

[09:52] Gentle Heron: (done for this week)

[09:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great and thanks Gentle

[09:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Brena, your up

[09:52] Brena Benoir: Please join us this Sunday February 10 at 6pm SLT at the Art House where Acoutisenergy Nitely will be performing

[09:53] Brena Benoir: This is a continuation of the fundraiser for ARTC, the creative arts program at PFH

[09:53] Zinnia Zauber: ART HOUSE Rocks!

[09:53] Gentle Heron: What a lovely concept!

[09:53] Brena Benoir: We will be wrapping our fundraiser up next Friday at 11am SLT where will will be doing the drawing for those who have entered

[09:54] Zinnia Zauber: http://secondlife.com/destination/artc-art-house

[09:54] Brena Benoir: Please join us from 11-12:30pm SLT for a the closing event, this is a PG event as we will be streaming it for the kids on the unit

[09:54] Kali Pizzaro: got to go do housework, I believe in these times of austerity that housework should have been one of the first things to be banned!

[09:54] Buffy Beale: wow that’s great Bren

[09:55] Brena Benoir: The kids have enjoyed hearing about people supporting them and encouraging their artisitc talents

[09:55] Kali Pizzaro: Take care

[09:55] Brena Benoir: We will be making a huge deal of this in RL for them and are doing a sober party while we have SL streaming and doing the drawing

[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:55] Brena Benoir: thank you for your support!

[09:55] Frans Charming: sober party?

[09:55] Zinnia Zauber: It has been wonderful to support the ARTC program!

[09:56] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Brena!

[09:56] Brena Benoir: to celebrate their recovery efforts-they are in drug and alcohol treatment

[09:56] Frans Charming: Ah. 🙂

[09:56] Brena Benoir: 🙂

[09:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other announcements

[09:57] Tori Landau raises hand

[09:57] Rhiannon Chatnoir: go Tori

[09:57] Tori Landau: Ty °͜°

[09:57] Tori Landau: Tuesday 12th at 1pm slt is the Open session, dicussion this month is, “is it love in a virtual world”:

[09:58] Tori Landau: Deep Think West (68,46,37)

[09:58] Tori Landau: and Wed 13th at 1.15pm slt for 30 mins is the drop-in

[09:58] Tori Landau: Deep Think East (224,38,32)

[09:58] Tori Landau: done °͜°

[09:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: well let’s wrap up for this week

[09:59] Kali Pizzaro: waves bye and ‘poofs’

[09:59] Josain Zsun glad to be home sick and able to attend

[09:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: And again, here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

 

– Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

– Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

– Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons

– G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687 

– Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life

– Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh

– http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

 

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

 

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– http://flavors.me/techsoup

 

Thanks everyone and see you next week!

 

[09:59] Buffy Beale: bye Kali 🙂

[09:59] Zinnia Zauber: Great meeting!

[09:59] Sister (sister.abeyante): Thanks!

[09:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and thanks again Robert

[09:59] ditto (dikori): thanks bye

[09:59] RobertT Deluxe: Good to meet you all, and hello again to some of my friends out there

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BreakThru: Virtual Mentoring for STEM Education for the February 8th NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, February 8th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Robert L. Todd, who will be discussing the Georgia STEM Accessibility Alliance (GSAA) project, also known as BreakThru, which is an innovative learning community that connects students with disabilities and peer mentors in a unique way to promote universal learning and accessibility to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) based degrees.

About BreakThru:

The influence of digital media has changed the way students learn, play and socialize. As a result, researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia (UGA) have partnered to develop a virtual learning environment that combines creative avatars and social networking tools to help high school and college students with disabilities to succeed in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. The universities work alongside Georgia Perimeter College and the school systems of Georgia’s Greene, Clarke and Gwinnett counties to serve targeted students.

Funded by a 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Research in Disabilities Education program, the Georgia STEM Accessibility Alliance (GSAA)/BreakThru virtual world provides a Mentoring Island where students meet and interact with mentors to address their STEM education needs.

http://georgiabreakthru.org/

bio: Robert L. Todd is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Accessible Education and Information Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). His research foci include accessible web design and universal design and accessibility of science and math education. He is currently PI on NSF and Dept of Education initiatives to provide accessible virtual education to students with disabilities and train post-secondary instructors to provide accessible online science and math courses. He leads research and instructional efforts via the Institute on the usability and accessibility of online resources and is a lead designer and instructor for Georgia Tech’s Professional Education certificate courses in Creating Accessible Web Sites and Usability Engineering. He teaches graduate level courses on accessible and usable web design and evaluation through Georgia Tech. He is the creator and former PI for the Assistivetech.net web resource on assistive technology.

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
Friday, February 8th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

AGENDA
• 8:30 am Introductions
• 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45 am Mentors Central
• 8:55 am Robert L. Todd: BreakThru: Virtual Mentoring for STEM Education
• 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.org

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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Transcript of the February 1st NPC Meeting featuring Carl Icann and Kevin Feenan

[08:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome everyone to this week’s Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting!
[08:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is sponsored by TechSoup Global and is a program of the TechSoup Global Community & Social Media team
 
[08:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: TODAY’S AGENDA
 • 8:30 am Introductions
 • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
 • 8:45 am Mentors Central: Gentle Heron
 • 8:55 am Cyber Security Essentials for Nonprofits
 • 9:25 am Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Update
 • 9:40 am Open Mic / Announcements
 
[08:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a few links to start off the meeting. 
 
Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:
 
– Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org
– Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com
– Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons
– G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687 
– Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life
– Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh
– http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons
 
About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:
 
– http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp
– http://flavors.me/techsoup
 
— INTRODUCTIONS —
[08:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Happy Friday everyone, let’s start off with Introductions!
[08:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Please state your real name, location, org, and the ways we can find you online.
And if you are new to NonProfit Commons, how you found about today’s meeting.
[08:35] HB Eternal: Harold W Becker, The Love Foundation, Florida, http://www.thelovefoundation.com @lovefoundation
[08:35] Buffy Beale: Buffy Bye, Bridges for Women, Victoria BC Canada, http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca @bridges4women
[08:36] JT Christos: John Goltz, The Love Foundation, Florida, www.thelovefoundation.com, @jtgoltz
[08:36] Ronnie Rhode: Denise Harrison, The Garden for the Missing featuring missing persons: http://www.gardenforthemissing.org/ and SLURL Remora (203,148,21), Project Jason, assistance for families of the missing, http://www.projectjason.org.
[08:36] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Los Angeles, CA Health Care and Human Rights
[08:36] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org
[08:36] Buffy Beale: lol HB
[08:36] Zinnia Zauber: Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance and Peninsula College, Sequim, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. http://www.sequimartsalliance.org http://www.facebook.com/sequimartsalliance @renneemiko
[08:36] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, TechSoup Global, SF, Ca. @TechSoup, @alebez
[08:36] Keko Heckroth: Keko Heckroth, technical training, adult ed
[08:36] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, MIssouri, www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir
[08:36] Coughran Mayo: Dick Dillon, Innovaision, LLC St. Louis MO @innovaision
[08:36] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org, http://www.facebook.com/#!/TAVAUS
[08:36] Chayenn: Monique Richert, Protect Yourself 1, Inc. Baltimore MD, protectyourself1.org, facebook.com/PY1US, @PY1US
[08:36] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, TechSOup and Caravan Studios, San Francisco, CA USA @suzboop @techsoup @caravanstudios @npsl
[08:36] Beth Ghostraven: Beth O’Connell, middle school librarian in RL and pub owner in Caledon Victoria City in SL
[08:37] Ozma Malibu: Sandra Andrews, Floaters Org Tech Outreach & Floaters Gallery, Arizona, Mexico & On the Road, @ozma
[08:37] Ethelred Weatherwax: Dave Dexter, The Museum Collective
[08:37] Pathfinder Lester: John Lester, Montreal, http://about.me/pathfinder
[08:37] Frans Charming: Jeroen Frans, Amsterdam http://vesuviusgroup.com
[08:37] Tori Landau: Patricia Dean, volunteer event coordinator for the Open University’s campus, Deep Think and volunteer owner of the Moonstone region, currently still International Schools Islands. www.open.ac.uk
[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir is Joyce Bettencourt, community manager for Tech Soup’s NonProfit Commons in Second Life community (http://nonprofitcommons.org), http://joycebettencourt.com, @rhiannonSL, and in the Boston MA area
[08:38] Glitteractica Cookie: Wow, really international crowd. 5 countries represented?
[08:38] CallieDel Boa: Fantastic!
[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other introductions for today?
[08:38] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Carl Icann (http://carlicann.wordpress.com), Humane Educator at Rockcliffe University
[08:39] Oronoque Westland: Roberta Kilkenny, Hunter College, City University of New York
[08:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: hello again Bia, if you want to introduce yourself too
[08:39] Ethelred Weatherwax: I represent the entire world!
[08:39] Gentle Heron: YAY Ethelred!
[08:39] Zinnia Zauber: Rah! E!
[08:39] Buffy Beale: lol Eth you rock
[08:40] Ethelred Weatherwax: Yah – rocks in my head…
[08:40] Buffy Beale: 🙂
[08:40] CallieDel Boa laughs
[08:40] Buffy Beale: yay Jac!
[08:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: if you just joined us, please still introduce yourself.
[08:40] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): hi jak
[08:41] CallieDel Boa: CallieDel Boa in training with Rockcliffe and Chair of Volunteers VWBPE 2013
[08:41] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): my name is Bia and i am a teacher librarian
[08:41] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): sorry for my english
[08:41] Buffy Beale: welcome Bia
[08:41] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): thanks 🙂
 
— TECHSOUP ANNOUNCEMENTS — 
[08:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: It is time for TechSoup Announcements!
[08:42] Zinnia Zauber: Great Callie!
[08:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: For today, Glitteractica will be leading that, when you are ready Glitter 🙂
[08:42] CallieDel Boa: Thanks 😀
[08:43] Glitteractica Cookie: Ale- you can give the first update, on bulklak’s behalf
[08:43] alebez: Sure thing!
[08:43] Glitteractica Cookie: then I’ll do win 8 update
[08:43] alebez: Hello everyone, good day.
[08:43] Glitteractica Cookie: good day
[08:43] Buffy Beale: yay Ale
[08:44] alebez: And now with some updates
[08:44] alebez: Recently, TechSoup hosted NTEN’s #CommBuild tweet chat with special guest Richard Millington of FeverBee to talk about community segmentation
[08:44] alebez: It was a good turn out and some great discussion on Twitter.
[08:45] alebez: Here is the recap: http://bit.ly/WlUmHn
[08:46] alebez: Also hot in the TechSoup universe and beyond is the latest version of Microsoft Office is available at TechSoup for eligible nonprofits, libraries, foundations, and charities. http://bit.ly/X6l6bc
[08:46] alebez: I use office everyday of my life, so I’m excited. 🙂
[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: Don’t forget we are helping Microsoft get the word out for their Windows 8 apps for social benefit contest. There is $40,000 USD to be won. Deadline is Feb 28th.Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. Link is: http://bit.ly/win8-contest
[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: All apps that are in the windows catalog are eligible
[08:47] Glitteractica Cookie: Windows apps only and entries must be from the USA fo rthis contest, sorry to our non-US app developers on this one
[08:47] Glitteractica Cookie: If you have already built a Win8 and you can ake it fit the crieria you could win big money.
[08:48] Glitteractica Cookie: Please help us spread the word, if you have app developers in yr midst
[08:48] Glitteractica Cookie: Thanks and if you have any questions about the contest, do not hesitate to let us know
[08:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: there are also some great helpers for building your own Win8 app: http://www.generationapp.com/Build#fbid=SuVvkEHPpEy
[08:49] Glitteractica Cookie: also, we have a wiki to help folks find civic data for issues that may be included in the apps. go to hackerhelper.wikispaces.com and feel free to edit this wiki and let us know if we missed the mark on any issue area data or information, and if there are links that should have been included
[08:49] Glitteractica Cookie: thanks all
[08:50] Buffy Beale: thanks Glitter and Ale
[08:50] Glitteractica Cookie: OK, over and out
[08:50] CallieDel Boa: Thank you.
[08:50] Sarvana Haalan: Sally S. Cherry, MT(ASCP), Baltimore – RavensNation, Http://CHAREproject.com, @CHAREproject.com
[08:50] Glitteractica Cookie: Just out of curiosity, is anyone here interested in building an app for the contest?
[08:50] Glitteractica Cookie: no app developers in our midst?
[08:50] Glitteractica Cookie: ok, well if not, please help us spread the word.
[08:51] Rhiannon Chatnoir: there is definitely a need for more social good apps on the windows marketplace
[08:51] Glitteractica Cookie: yes
[08:51] Sarvana Haalan: ok
[08:51] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): FYI I am announcing your Windows 8 contest in my new article on educational gaming…… will appear very soon in Virtual Education Journal
[08:51] Glitteractica Cookie: Fantastic carl!
[08:51] CallieDel Boa: I will pass it on to Warner march, we’re trying to reestablish the APCUG.net in NPC
[08:51] Glitteractica Cookie: Please email me a link when you do.. susan@techsoup.org
[08:51] CallieDel Boa: March*
[08:51] Glitteractica Cookie: thanks Callie!
[08:52] Dancers Yao: yes we are…trying
[08:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great
[08:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Thank you Glitteractica!
 
— MENTOR’S CENTRAL —
[08:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s move on to Mentor’s Central
[08:52] Dancers Yao: Elder Voices wants to build an Online Caregiver app for people who are homebound
[08:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today for Mentor Central we have Gentle Heron!
[08:52] CallieDel Boa applauds
[08:52] Gentle Heron: Good morning friends. I call this little presentation a listing of negative resolutions. I should probably have shared it in January, but you know how it goes….. Can everyone see the slides? They are part of the fun!
[08:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: that would rock Dancers
[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Gentle!
[08:53] Gentle Heron: I Promise Not To … 
[08:53] Gentle Heron: Slide 1
[08:53] Gentle Heron: Lots of people have self-improvement goals. Things they promise they will do, or try to do.
[08:53] Buffy Beale: yayy Gentle
[08:53] Dancers Yao: Yay Gentle….claps
[08:53] Gentle Heron: But some of us have annoying habits that we should be promising NOT to do. Here are some of my personal favorites.
[08:53] Gentle Heron: Not that any of these are *my* bad habits, you understand!
[08:54] Gentle Heron: Slide 2
[08:54] Namaara MacMoragh: yay Gentle!
[08:54] Buffy Beale: haha
[08:54] Gentle Heron: Any time someone is putting down one of their colleagues in your presence, you can’t help but wonder what they say about you when you are not there.
[08:54] Namaara MacMoragh: lol
[08:54] Beth Ghostraven: Will this slideshow be available later?
[08:54] Gentle Heron: I can give you a copy, Beth. On a PresoMatic anSpeakEasy
[08:55] Gentle Heron: Slide 3
[08:55] Gentle Heron: Before you start talking at a meeting, or on a conference call, think whether what you have to say will add value to the discussion.
[08:55] CallieDel Boa: Gentle if I may have a copy as well, I would appreciate it.
[08:55] Gentle Heron: Sure, please IM me and I’ll pass them to you when I’ve finished.
[08:55] CallieDel Boa nods
[08:55] Gentle Heron: Slide 4
[08:55] Gentle Heron: Paperwork is inevitable. 
[08:55] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): me too, please
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Accept it, and move on.
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Enough said about paperwork!
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Slide 5
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Emails take up enough of everyone’s day. 
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Don’t add to the burden by sending trivial messages.
[08:56] Gentle Heron: You know who you are!!!!!
[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: lol
[08:56] Beth Ghostraven blushes
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Slide 6
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Another way to say this is “don’t tickle the dragon’s tail.” 
[08:57] Gentle Heron: Why annoy someone and stir up trouble?
[08:57] Gentle Heron: Slide 7
[08:57] Gentle Heron: This is probably the trickiest one on this list. 
[08:57] Gentle Heron: Sometime it would be much simpler just to go over there and do it for the person asking for help. 
[08:57] Gentle Heron: But… usually the long-term results will be better if you offer help by teaching them how to accomplish it on their own.
[08:57] CallieDel Boa nods
[08:57] Gentle Heron: Slide 8
[08:58] Gentle Heron: People have many varied reasons for their tech preferences. 
[08:58] Gentle Heron: In the long run, it matters little. 
[08:58] Gentle Heron: Enjoy your own choice, and let others make their own decisions.
[08:58] Gentle Heron: Slide 9
[08:58] Gentle Heron: Are you the person who brings leftover Halloween candy to the Thanksgiving potluck? 
[08:58] Gentle Heron knows folks who do this!
[08:58] Gentle Heron: Sometimes just a little extra effort will reap many appreciative thanks. Be creative, instead of chintzy.
[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: More fresh cupcakes!
[08:59] Gentle Heron: Slide 10
[08:59] Gentle Heron: Be honest with yourself and others. 
[08:59] Gentle Heron: It’s better to under-promise and over-deliver than vice versa.
[08:59] Gentle Heron: Those are my top ten. What are yours?
[08:59] Sarvana Haalan: 🙂
[08:59] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): 🙂
[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: Great, Gentle!
[09:00] CallieDel Boa: I’d say to the last one, if I don’tknow the answer I usually know someone who does.
[09:00] Gentle Heron: That’s a great idea Callie.
[09:00] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great
[09:00] Gentle Heron: We should all practice saying that.
[09:00] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): that is important too
[09:01] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thank you Gentle
[09:01] CallieDel Boa: Yes thank you.
[09:01] Zinnia Zauber: I try not to use “should” when giving advice.
[09:01] Gentle Heron: I should do that more often too, Zinnia!
[09:02] Rhiannon Chatnoir: lol
[09:02] Zinnia Zauber: 🙂
[09:02] CallieDel Boa: Good point
[09:02] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes
[09:02] Frans Charming: lol, ‘left over’ candy. Not in my house.
 
— FEATURED PRESENTATION: CARL ICANN, CYBER SECURITY ESSENTIALS FOR NONPROFITS —
[09:02] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s move on to our featured part of the meeting – again thank you Gentle
[09:02] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so Today we have a double feature!
[09:02] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Gentle!!!
[09:03] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a mini-course on “Cyber Security Essentials for Nonprofits”, presented by Carl Icann (Carl Solutionary) and then, Kevin Feenan (Phelan Corrimal) who will be giving us an update on this year’s upcoming VWBPE 2013 conference.
[09:03] CallieDel Boa: Yayyy!!!!
[09:03] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s begin with the Mini-Course: Cyber Security Essentials for Nonprofits.
 
This mini-course teaches essentials that every small enterprise can use to dramatically reduce their cyber-security vulnerabilities with respect to increasingly pernicious Internet threats. The course covers essential concepts & techniques including: anti-malware, security alerts/updates, end-user training, and basic security administration.
[09:03] Buffy Beale: Cheering!
[09:03] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Bio: Carl Icann (Carl Solutionary) is a Humane Educator with computer security experience in real life. Carl teaches for Rockcliffe University and conducts Humane Education events for Etopia, the sustainability education community in Second Life. Visit Carl’s social benefits education resources at http://carlicann.wordpress.com.
[09:03] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome Carl and start when you are ready!
[09:03] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Thank You Rhiannon!
[09:03] Gentle Heron: YAY Carl.
[09:03] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): And thanks to everyone who’s wearing their cyber hover tags! You Rock!
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Hello. I am from Rockcliffe University here in SL… My website with free facilitation guides is http://carlicann.wordpress.com
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: I passed out a “Cyber Awareness” hover tag… please check the TechSoup group notices… you can wear it.
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: CYBER ESSENTIALS FOR NONPROFITS
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Small enterprises, such as most nonprofits, are especially vulnerable to malware threats.
[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Carl!
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Because you are small, you probably don’t have cyber security experts on staff.
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Adopting essential cyber security practices can reduce your vulnerabilities dramatically..
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Why are our systems and networks vulnerable to cyber attack?
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Our nonprofits are on the Internet and exposed to numerous threats.
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: A typical unprotected system will only survive 4 minutes browsing the Internet before it is attacked.
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Weaknesses in our systems, our software, and our end user’s cyber awareness can make us very vulnerable to attack.
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: So, I’ve pulled together some essential advice for you… selecting the most feasible and effective from professional best practices for organizations of all sizes.
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:04] Carl Solutionary: Today, we will assume Windows systems to keep this simple, but Macs have similar capabilities.
[09:05] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): IM me if you need this redone for Macs
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: IM me and I can make a notecard available for Macs.
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: Here are some essential steps for nonprofits to harden their enterprises:
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: #1. Anti-malware protection
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: Install Anti-Virus and enable Windows Firewall at a minimum
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: Make sure virus definitions are up to date, use auto-update, and check later to make sure auto-update is working
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: Anti-Virus packages: McAfee, Norton, Trend Micro have safe Internet browsing filters for “Drive By Malware” = attacks from a web page or advertisement
[09:05] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Drive By Malware is growing exponentially
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: .   
[09:05] Carl Solutionary: #2. Update operating systems regularly
[09:06] Carl Solutionary: Use auto-update OR…Start > Programs > Windows Update – Check this regularly!
[09:06] Carl Solutionary: Normally, Windows only auto-updates on PATCH TUESDAYS, the 1st Tuesday of every month.
[09:06] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Microsoft pushed an unscheduled update today… check this today!
[09:06] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:06] Carl Solutionary: Note that Internet attacks always increase right after Patch Tuesday; on CYBER ATTACK WEDSnesday….
[09:06] Carl Solutionary: Attackers prey on un-patched systems by exploiting the new announced vulnerabilities.
[09:06] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:06] Carl Solutionary: 3. Update applications regularly
[09:07] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): this is one of your biggest vulnerabilities!
[09:07] Carl Solutionary: Most applications will auto-update (or notify end users to update), but it’s worth making sure they do.
[09:07] Carl Solutionary: Microsoft Office applications are updated along with Windows on Patch Tuesday.
[09:07] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:07] Carl Solutionary: For non-Microsoft  applications, check the Help menu or reinstall the newest version.
[09:07] Carl Solutionary: For example: Adobe Acrobat (Help > Check for Updates)… QuickTime/iTunes (Start > Programs > Apple Software Update),… JAVA (install newest version from Oracle.com), etc.
[09:07] Carl Solutionary: If you need more help just google your question, e.g. site:oracle.com update java
[09:07] Carl Solutionary: There is abundant online help for most questions and problems.
[09:08] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): last resort… IM me!
[09:08] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:08] Carl Solutionary: 4. Change default passwords – an amazing range of software and IT devices have default passwords
[09:08] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂
[09:08] Carl Solutionary: Check for Default Passwords Here: http://www.cirt.net/passwords
[09:08] Carl Solutionary: On Operating Systems – Disable default user accounts
[09:08] Carl Solutionary: Databases have default administrator accounts: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle
[09:08] Carl Solutionary: Many networked applications have default passwords, e.g. point of sale systems — Call vendor technical support.
[09:08] Carl Solutionary: Networking devices have defaults: routers, firewalls, wireless access points (WAPs), telephone switches
[09:08] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): this is one area where small businesses make a lot of mistakes… default passwords
[09:09] Carl Solutionary: .     
[09:09] Carl Solutionary: 5. Educate your end users, 
[09:09] Carl Solutionary: There are many good on-line web resources for educating your end-users. For example, this free course: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internetsafety
[09:09] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): I’ve take about a dozen of those courses.. that link is awesome… train up ALL your end users.. with that!
[09:09] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:09] Carl Solutionary: Quick QUIZ… Suppose you are browsing the Internet and you get a popup that says: “Your system is infected! Get Free Anti-Virus!” 
[09:09] Carl Solutionary: OR the popup says “Federal Bureau of Investigation: Your system is being used for illegal activities!”
[09:09] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): anyone? Anyone:?
[09:10] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Buehler?
[09:10] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Doin’t even think of opening it
[09:10] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): exactly!
[09:10] Zinnia Zauber: hehe
[09:10] Carl Solutionary: What should you do?
[09:10] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:10] Carl Solutionary: Both of those popups are classic malware advertisements; Do not click on the popup; instead close your browser from the task bar.
[09:10] Carl Solutionary: These popups are classic examples of Drive-By-Malware; but there are more malicious types which auto-run..
[09:10] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): These are also called Malvertisements
[09:10] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): and they appear on the biggest legit websites too…
[09:11] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:11] Carl Solutionary: Highly Recommended: Use Mozilla Firefox Internet browser… it has built-in Google Safe Browsing Filter (a blacklist of malware web sites)
[09:11] Carl Solutionary: Mozilla Firefox also has a free No Script plug-in. http://noscript.net/ For very safe browsing!
[09:11] Sarvana Haalan: I usually just close the pop-up
[09:11] Sarvana Haalan: 🙁
[09:11] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): this is a great free tool!…
[09:11] Carl Solutionary: Teach your end users to use Firefox with No Script.
[09:11] Carl Solutionary: Sometimes No Script gets in the way and I’ll use another browser on a trusted website (Check the URL!).
[09:11] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:11] Carl Solutionary: 6.  Advanced Topics – RECOMMENDATIONS for your system administrator (or whoever performs those duties)
[09:11] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Some advanced advice for the technical person on your staff
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: Subscribe to government security alerts here https://forms.us-cert.gov/maillists/
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: Backup your systems regularly, and test your backup restore procedure.
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: Consult professional guidelines for securing your web applications and databases: https://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/downloads/multiform/index.cfm
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: To fill remaining security gaps, I recommend that you follow Payment Card Industry guidelines for ALL businesses and get a penetration test.
[09:12] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): I’ll say more about that
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: Now… it is possible to overdo this security stuff…  FOR EXAMPLE… some cyber fun!
[09:12] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): let’s play cyber!
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: You can block Internet spyware from tracking your users, stealing their browser data, and grabbing your system configurations… by replacing the “hosts” file, see http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
[09:12] Carl Solutionary: BUT if you follow those instructions, you “break” Second Life V2 Search… 
[09:13] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): rut ro… broke SL!
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: TO REPAIR Second Life… Be sure to unblock the google URLs in the “hosts” file, more info: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-2465
[09:13] CallieDel Boa shrugs
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: In CONCLUSION, we covered some essential steps you can take to make your nonprofit more secure.
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: 1. Install and auto-update anti-malware protection
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: 2. Update systems and software applications on PATCH TUESDAY,,, 1st Tuesday Monthly
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: 3. Do not be caught un-patched on Cyber Attack Wednesday… 1st Weds Monthly
[09:13] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): that’s the key message!
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: 4. Change default passwords
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: 4. Educate your end users
[09:13] CallieDel Boa hopes this will be transcribed.
[09:13] Carl Solutionary: 6. Make your system administration security conscious
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: For more information, I recommend this website: http://www.staysafeonline.org
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:14] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): this is a great website.. very concise 1 page advice for all types of computer users and business people
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: Thank you Rhiannon for inviting me to share
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: and everyone for listening to my advice.
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: Of course, feel free to friend me and IM any time with questions.
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: .
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: NOW LET’s OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS…
[09:14] Carl Solutionary: A question I get asked often is “What is a Penetration Test?” … A good answer on the Internet: http://tiny.cc/2q5prw=
[09:15] Carl Solutionary: Basically, all businesses that accept credit cards are required to have this test done, so it’s a commodity service.
[09:15] Lenni Foxtrot: I wrote advice on 6 post it notes…ty
[09:15] Carl Solutionary: The Penetration Testers will find outstanding gaps in your security and give you professional advice on how to harden your systems.
[09:15] Frans Charming applauds
[09:15] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): yes Lenni.. .put those notes next to the one with your password lol
[09:15] Lenni Foxtrot: will do carl…
[09:16] Beth Ghostraven: I’m planning to copy this chat to a Google Doc so everyone can read it later; does anyone object?
[09:16] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Thank you everyone.. .if there are no further questions… ummm
[09:16] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): eu gostava muito
[09:16] Avatarzinha Resident: I liked
[09:16] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): no problem.. these minutes are posted on nonprofitcommons.org too I ‘believe
[09:16] Beth Ghostraven: Yay, Bia! Your translator works!
[09:16] Lenni Foxtrot: eek gads, I wont say another thing then, horrors, anyone want popcorn?
[09:16] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes, we have some time for questions
[09:16] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): sim 🙂
[09:16] Avatarzinha Resident: yes 🙂
[09:16] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Thanks everyone.. Be Secure.. and remember TUESDAY is Patch Tuesday!
[09:17] CallieDel Boa: Tyhank you Carl
[09:17] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Car!
[09:17] Gentle Heron: Thanks Carl. Lots of good info in a small package!
[09:17] CallieDel Boa: Thank*
[09:17] Zinnia Zauber: Carl!
[09:17] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): Thanks 🙂
[09:17] HB Eternal: Great info Carl
[09:17] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes, thank you Carl
[09:17] Namaara MacMoragh: great info Carl
[09:17] Buffy Beale: That was great Carl thanks!
[09:18] Lenni Foxtrot: this makes me want to date Carl…
 
— FEATURED PRESENTATION: KEVIN FEENAN, VWBPE 2013 UPDATE —
[09:18] Rhiannon Chatnoir: now time for the second part of our double feature
[09:18] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂
[09:18] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Now, let’s move on to an update on VWBPE 2013
[09:18] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Originally started as a grassroots educational conference, the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference brings together over 2000 educators, researchers, and institutional professional from around the world to discuss issues facing education and how virtual technologies can best be applied to solving these dilemmas. The conference is run as an open source conference and is free for anyone to attend.
[09:18] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Kevin Feenan, also known as Phelan Corrimal in Second Life, is the President of Rockcliffe University Consortium and one of the Executive Directors of the VWBPE Conference. 
 
http://www.vwbpe.org
[09:18] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Phelan whenever you are ready 🙂
[09:18] Gentle Heron: YAY Phelan! Thanks for coming to update us today.
[09:18] CallieDel Boa cheers!
[09:18] Phelan Corrimal: Hi ya all
[09:18] CallieDel Boa: Hi Phelan
[09:19] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Hiya Phelan! Welcome!
[09:19] Buffy Beale: waves and sends hugs to Phelan 🙂
[09:19] Phelan Corrimal: I don’t have anything pre-written so please bear with me 🙂
[09:19] Glitteractica Cookie: @beth Ghostraven you should just blog it for us on nonprofitcommons.org. Talk to Rhiannon. We love volunteers!
[09:19] Phelan Corrimal: VWBPE is happening this year – although we have gotten off to a slow start
[09:19] CallieDel Boa: Yes Glitter we sure do – Second to None Volunteers!
[09:19] Phelan Corrimal: As in previous years we are looking to broaded the horizons of where the conference is going and as part of that we are trying a different time slot for the conference
[09:20] Phelan Corrimal: The dates will probably be finalized by the end of this weekend but currently we are looking at mid-July for the conference compared to March which is when the conference had run in previous years
[09:21] Phelan Corrimal: Part of that is due to the slow start and part is because we have had a few comments that march break is not always best for everyone
[09:21] Coughran Mayo: July is good
[09:21] Phelan Corrimal: We have already started to pull the organizational committee together and I can let you know a few of the people who are on it for this year so far
[09:21] Phelan Corrimal: Executive: Kevin Feenan (Phelan Corrimal), Bill Krebs (AgileBill Firehawk), Leticia De Leon (Letty Luckstone)
[09:22] Phelan Corrimal: Logistics: Kevin Feenan (Phelan Corrimal)
[09:22] Phelan Corrimal: Programs: Leticia De Leon (Letty Luckstone), Nia Marquis
[09:22] Phelan Corrimal: Volunteers: CallieDel Boa
[09:22] CallieDel Boa: 😀
[09:22] Phelan Corrimal: Communications: LoriVonne
[09:22] Phelan Corrimal: Information Technology: Timm Short, Dirk McKeenan
[09:22] Phelan Corrimal: We are still looking for vice chairs for a number of the sub-committees so if you know anyone interested please let me know
[09:23] Shamblesguru (shamblesguru.voom): Is news stil be published on https://twitter.com/vwbpe or should we be looking elsewhere to be kept up-2-date?
[09:23] Phelan Corrimal: Also we are still looking for a Social Chair and a Sponsorship Chair – those positions haven’t been filled for this year yet
[09:23] Buffy Beale: it’s a lot of fun volunteering they’re such a great group of people
[09:23] Phelan Corrimal: Information will probably hit facebook first – and then twitter after
[09:23] Phelan Corrimal: We are going to be doing a few new things for this year
[09:23] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): qual é o facebook?
[09:23] Avatarzinha Resident: what is facebook?
[09:23] Phelan Corrimal: The website is getting a complete overhaul
[09:24] CallieDel Boa: 🙂
[09:24] Phelan Corrimal: We will be introducing a mobile app for people to keep in touch on the conference
[09:24] Phelan Corrimal: We will also be expanding to other Virtual Worlds beyond Second Life
[09:24] CallieDel Boa: Yes!
[09:24] Gentle Heron: ambitious!
[09:24] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): muito bem
[09:24] Avatarzinha Resident: “very good”,[[“adverb”,”very well”,”very good”,”highly”]]
[09:24] Phelan Corrimal: In the past our VW explorations have been limited to “virtual tours”
[09:25] CallieDel Boa: Hi Bevan *waves*
[09:25] Phelan Corrimal: We feel however that several platforms have gotten to the stage where we can move part of our program to those venues including opensim and unity
[09:25] Coughran Mayo: I have a place in Unity that you could use!!!!
[09:25] Phelan Corrimal: So this will be our first foray (sp?) into trying to run a conference in multiple grids
[09:25] Phelan Corrimal: sweet 🙂
[09:25] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): vou divulgar na comunidade virtual portuguesa
[09:25] Avatarzinha Resident: I will disclose in the virtual community Portuguese
[09:25] Darkeagle Darkstone: hi Bevan
[09:25] CallieDel Boa: Open Sim is looking great!
[09:26] Phelan Corrimal: If we get people willing to put on a portugese track then yes
[09:26] Bevan Whitfield: Hi Dark, hi all
[09:26] Buffy Beale: Hugs Bevy 🙂
[09:26] Phelan Corrimal: The programs committee is going to be re-consituting the Internationals working group so that we can continue to encourage people from all over the world to participate
[09:27] Bevan Whitfield: hey BB! 🙂
[09:27] Buffy Beale: 🙂
[09:27] Phelan Corrimal: not just english speakers
[09:27] Phelan Corrimal: The first major pieces of the conference will likely be annouced mid to late february including the call for proposals and a follow-up call for volunteers to help with working groups that we need to get started shortly
[09:28] Phelan Corrimal: Beyond that I don’t have a lot in the way of additional details but did want to get word out that VWBPE13 is happening this year and not to fret – information is coming soon
[09:29] Oronoque Westland: though a challenge I think the expansion into the grids etc. is critical since so many educators have reduced their presence in SL
[09:29] Phelan Corrimal: If anyone has any questions they want to ask ..
[09:29] Rhiannon Chatnoir: for those who have never attended VWBPE, anything they should know or how might our community help/take part Phelan
[09:29] Phelan Corrimal: exactly – we have gone from a very strong social presence to a very fractured one – part of what we are looking to do is help rebuilt those connections
[09:30] Phelan Corrimal: Oh shoot – My apologies – Theme for the conference 🙂
[09:30] CallieDel Boa: I’m hoping last years attendes from OS will help out with volunteering
[09:30] Phelan Corrimal: This year’s theme is “Beyond the Stage” – we are looking to encourage presentations that focus on ….
[09:30] CallieDel Boa: atendees*
[09:30] Lenni Foxtrot: can an average avie like me help somehow..I certainly don’t rez well..but I can chat 🙂
[09:31] Phelan Corrimal: The way in which virtual worlds are connected and present a single social front to students and learners and how people are engaged as a result
[09:31] Rhiannon Chatnoir: i like the “I don’t rez well’
[09:31] CallieDel Boa: Phelan, how does “Beyond The Stage” translate? As I’ll be gathering gifts?
[09:31] Phelan Corrimal: hehe
[09:31] Bevan Whitfield: lol I like that too 🙂
[09:31] Phelan Corrimal: If you think of education as performance art —-
[09:31] Gentle Heron: intriguing concept
[09:32] Rhiannon Chatnoir: …or non-profits as storytelling 😉
[09:32] CallieDel Boa: I like that, right up my alley
[09:32] Phelan Corrimal: when we teach – we are in a way creating an environment which is part peer-to-peer and part performance
[09:32] Beth Ghostraven: Education is definltely performance art!
[09:32] Zinnia Zauber: I am so excited for this!
[09:32] CallieDel Boa: I am too Zinnia
[09:32] Zinnia Zauber: Engagement!
[09:33] Oronoque Westland: yes, we must think in terms of theater in the round
[09:33] Oronoque Westland: Forum Theatre
[09:33] Lenni Foxtrot: God, i got stories to tell..what kind we talking about here?
[09:33] Oronoque Westland: Image Theatre
[09:33] Phelan Corrimal: So how do people build in the various virtual components we have to work with in order to set the stage, warm up the crowd and wow them with our performance such that they are encouraged to go out and “be epic”
[09:33] Oronoque Westland: Baol
[09:34] CallieDel Boa: We/they can do that!
[09:34] CallieDel Boa: you*
[09:34] Phelan Corrimal: We’ll be tying almost all the themes together from the past four years as part of this year’s conference so look for more on that as we get the new website launched
[09:34] Darkeagle Darkstone: The hard part is not losing the content in the process
[09:34] CallieDel Boa: I think “backstage” means we won’t
[09:34] Phelan Corrimal: that is the magic of being a star 🙂
[09:35] Phelan Corrimal: and how we encourage best practices to make every instructor a star in the minds of their students
[09:35] Phelan Corrimal: So I’m looking forward to the presentations that I’m sure we are going to get this year – this should be amazing
[09:36] Phelan Corrimal: any additional questions that I can answer at this time?
[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: I like to shine the spotlight on them.
[09:36] Beth Ghostraven: How can I add some more hours to my day without losing sleep? That’s my big question 🙂
[09:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: lol
[09:36] CallieDel Boa: LOL, agreed.
[09:36] Phelan Corrimal: Ahhh – the eternal question we get every year
[09:36] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): lol, Beth
[09:37] Zinnia Zauber: Beth, sleep?
[09:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: where might you see synergy from the non-profits here at NPC at this year’s VWBPE Phelan?
[09:37] Phelan Corrimal: Multiple computers and camtasia works best 😛
[09:37] Gentle Heron: Phelan wishes he knew the answer Beth
[09:37] Lenni Foxtrot: take a fat nap…somewhere mid day…
[09:37] Phelan Corrimal: Rhiannon – keep in mind that VWBPE doesn’
[09:37] Phelan Corrimal: t discriminate between formal academics and practical ones –
[09:38] Phelan Corrimal: Many of the roles that people play in non-profits are a form of teaching and guidance that can benefit both from some of what we have to offer in the way of presentaions and workshops — but also ….
[09:39] Phelan Corrimal: the academic community can benefit about learning the practical ways in which non-profits influence and guide behaviours as part of the vast arrays of services offered
[09:39] Phelan Corrimal: teaching never starts in the classroom – that is where it starts – once you get into the real world (i.e. out of the classroom) you are always learning
[09:40] Phelan Corrimal: So people shouldn’t feel that just because the don’t “teach” in the way that most people think about teaching – doens’t mean that they don’t have something to offer
[09:40] Gentle Heron: VWBPE is also about learning. That’s one more way to think about it.
[09:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: nod
[09:40] Phelan Corrimal: The day I stop learning – classroom or no – will probably be the day I’m put in a pine box
[09:41] CallieDel Boa: Ditto
[09:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: all great points and would love to see more connection points between virtual communities
[09:41] Phelan Corrimal: Its about engagement – in all its forms – how we develop and transition knowledge.
[09:41] Lenni Foxtrot: nods…wow I like you people
[09:41] Phelan Corrimal: lol
[09:41] Phelan Corrimal: we don’t bite 🙂
[09:42] Darkeagle Darkstone: well some do
[09:42] Lenni Foxtrot: thats commitment, that is a great thing
[09:42] Angelique Ghostraven: Phelan, is there any discussion regarding virtual worlds being used for coaching? or is it beneath the umbrella of teaching in this conference?
[09:42] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Phelan I think it’s important to mention that are are many many ways to be part of VWBPE’s program…. from keynotes to classes… sandboxes…. posters and poster-builds.. can all be proposed
[09:42] Phelan Corrimal: if there are no other questions I think my 15 minutes of fame is up 🙂
[09:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thank you Phelan.. good to see you virtually, or otherwise, as always
[09:42] CallieDel Boa applauds!
[09:43] Phelan Corrimal: Angelique – that is a big question – coaching is certianly part of the discussion
[09:43] Tori Landau: Many thank Phelan °͜°
[09:43] Phelan Corrimal: thanks for having here Rhiannon
[09:43] Rhiannon Chatnoir: lets all thank Phelan and Carl for double presenting today!
[09:43] CallieDel Boa: Thank you Phelan, sincerely.
[09:43] CallieDel Boa: sincerely*
[09:43] Gentle Heron: Thanks to both presenters. Good background information today.
[09:43] Bevan Whitfield: thank you Carl and Phelan
[09:43] Beth Ghostraven: Thank you!!!
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Great! Thank you Phelan!
[09:43] Tori Landau: /e double applauds
[09:43] CallieDel Boa: Yes Carl too and Gentle.
[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Carl!
[09:44] Lenni Foxtrot claps!
 
— OPEN MIC & ANNOUNCEMENTS — 
[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s move on to Open Mic & Announcements!
[09:44] Dancers Yao: thanks…claps
[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Gentle!
[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes, thank you Gentle.. great/informative as always 🙂
[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Does anyone have any announcements today?
[09:44] Gentle Heron waves BOTH hands for Open Mic… I have a lot of short announcements.
[09:44] Chayenn: Protect Yourself 1 (PY1) is having an open house on Feb 7th at the PY1 office on NonProfit Communs. The event is organized in support of the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the PY1 avatars team will present PY1’s programs and services, such as the Safe2Live HIV/AIDS awareness, education and prevention campaign targeting African American Youth. The event will be recorded in order to be showcase in Baltimore City Public Schools. We are inviting avatars to join the PY1 team on Feb. 7th at either 9:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. SL time.
[09:44] Buffy Beale: cheering, thanks Phelan
[09:45] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): obrigada a todos, gostei muito de conhecer esta comunidade
[09:45] Avatarzinha Resident: Thank you all, I really liked to know this community
[09:45] Tori Landau sticks up a hand too for announcements
[09:45] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): vou continuar a acompanhar
[09:45] Avatarzinha Resident: I will continue to monitor
[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: Yay Chayenn!
[09:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes, good to meet you too Bia
[09:45] Chayenn: please join us
[09:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Gentle, go ahead
[09:45] Bia Dreamstime (avatarzinha): sim 🙂
[09:45] Avatarzinha Resident: yes 🙂
[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: hand up please
[09:46] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability has a busy schedule this coming week. Let me share a few topical highlights. Please IM me if you want more information, including landmarks and presenter biographies.
[09:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: the, Tori, then Zinnia
[09:46] Gentle Heron: (short list now)
[09:46] Gentle Heron: FRIDAY (today) 1pm- I will present a mini lesson on “How To Ask Better Questions” (and that might be good for Mentor Central sometime)
[09:46] Gentle Heron: SATURDAY (tomorrow):
8am- a student researcher reports on her study of (dis)ability and identity in SL
[09:46] Gentle Heron: 10am- Ludo Merit invites us to learn the basics of Social Aikido (how to defuse SL drama)
[09:46] Gentle Heron: noon- Deaf Chat Coffee! (the only authorized virtual world venue)
[09:46] Gentle Heron: NEXT FRI (Feb 8) 11am- Saffia Widdershins tells “SL’s Little Secret” and muses about age distributions
[09:47] Gentle Heron: NEXT SAT (Feb 9) noon- Sister Abeyante speaks on Self Advocacy (all nonprofit leaders should attend this one!)
[09:47] Gentle Heron: Those are the big events coming up at Virtual Ability this week. I hope you’ll put some on your calendar and come share with us.
[09:47] Gentle Heron: And as always, if you’re willing to present to our real (although virtual) community, please let iSkye Silverweb know. She does all the scheduling for VAI.
[09:47] Lenni Foxtrot: yes! for sure Gentle!
[09:47] Gentle Heron: (Rhiannon, notice all the connection points between virtual communities here?)
[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes
[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: ♥
[09:48] Zinnia Zauber: Wonderful Gentle!
[09:48] Rhiannon Chatnoir: all set Gentle?
[09:48] Gentle Heron: done
[09:48] Gentle Heron: whew
[09:48] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂
[09:48] Dancers Yao: wow!
[09:48] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Tori, your next
[09:48] Tori Landau: Ty… 3 mentions for me…
[09:49] Tori Landau: Holocaust memorial day garden.. last day for it is 3rd Feb and it is at rooftop of communal building at deep think west:
[09:49] Tori Landau: Deep Think West (74,53,38)
[09:49] Tori Landau: next…
[09:50] Tori Landau: drop-in on wed 6th feb at friendship circle for 30 mins for support and chat, at 1.15pm slt at deep think east:
[09:50] Tori Landau: Deep Think East (224,38,32)
[09:51] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Need to run
[09:51] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Got an interruption
[09:51] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Hugs everyone
[09:51] Tori Landau: finally, after the drop-in, rooftop bop with combo theme of chinese new year and valentines day at 2pm slt at rooftop of communal building:
[09:52] Tori Landau: Deep Think West (74,53,38)
[09:52] Tori Landau: ok, done
[09:52] Tori Landau: °͜°
[09:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great – Zinnia
[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: Today starting at 11AM SLT, Agustin Braham will be performing live at the ART HOUSE fundraiser for Preferred Family Healthcare’s ARTC, Achieving Recovery Through Creativity. This is a program that uses creative, expressive mediums to assist clients in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse.
[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: The event is PG as it will be streamed for the kids. Please join us today at 11AM SLT to hear Agustin Braham live. 

[09:53] Zinnia Zauber: I posted a video on my website by Hypatia Pickens about ART HOUSE at http://www.zinniazauber.wordpress.com

[09:53] Zinnia Zauber: AND

The ART HOUSE project made the Second Life Destination Guide at http://secondlife.com/destination/artc-art-house!!!

[09:53] Zinnia Zauber: Eastern Spell (11,159,22)

[09:53] Lenni Foxtrot: cool Zinnia, thanks

[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:54] Zinnia Zauber: Please join us today or check out the ART HOUSE any time!

[09:54] Gentle Heron: WOO HOO Zinnia and BRENA

[09:54] Chayenn: this is great

[09:54] Glitteractica Cookie: gotta run all. see you next week

[09:54] Glitteractica Cookie: thanks!

[09:54] CallieDel Boa: Wonderful… (I must quit volunteering for some things).

[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: take care Glitter

[09:54] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you and a big WOOHOO to Winter!

[09:54] Keko Heckroth: Lot of good stuff. Thanks

[09:54] Tori Landau: Bye Glitter!

[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: I also wanted to mention….

[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Last call for Metaverse Cultural Series submissions!!

Technically the last day for submissions was yesterday, but you can still submit something this weekend before we start to review proposals. Proposed events can take place in Second Life, or other grids, virtual worlds or even MMO game spaces. 

AvaCon Announces the Metaverse Cultural Series 2013

[09:55] Buffy Beale: wow Z that’s fantastic

[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so any culture – art – music – performance – lecture could fall in that

[09:55] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Buffy!

[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other announcements today?

[09:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: if not we can wrap up this week’s meeting

 

And again, here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

– Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

– Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

– Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons

– G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687 

– Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life

– Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh

– http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

 

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

– http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp

– http://flavors.me/techsoup

 

Thanks everyone and see you next week!

 

[09:56] Lenni Foxtrot: I would like to say you are great smart people, thanks for having me 🙂

[09:56] Gentle Heron is always impressed by the variety of work done by nonprofits in SL

[09:56] Buffy Beale: 🙂

[09:56] Frans Charming applauds

[09:56] Gentle Heron: Lenni, you are welcome. Come any time. This is a public meeting.

[09:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: next week we will have Robert Todd of Georgia Tech speaking on using virtual worlds for virtual peer mentoring of disabled studends in STEM subjects

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Cyber Security Essentials Workshop and VWBPE Update for the February 1st NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, February 1st, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature a mini-course on “Cyber Security Essentials for Nonprofits”, presented by Carl Icann (Carl Solutionary) as well an update from Kevin Feenan (Phelan Corrimal) who will be giving us an update on this year’s upcoming VWBPE 2013 conference.    

 

Mini-Course: Cyber Security Essentials for Nonprofits

 

This mini-course teaches essentials that every small enterprise can use to dramatically reduce their cyber-security vulnerabilities with respect to increasingly pernicious Internet threats. The course covers essential concepts & techniques including: anti-malware, security alerts/updates, end-user training, and basic security administration.

 

Bio: Carl Icann (Carl Solutionary) is a Humane Educator with computer security experience in real life. Carl teaches for Rockcliffe University and conducts Humane Education events for Etopia, the sustainability education community in Second Life. Visit Carl’s social benefits education resources at http://carlicann.wordpress.com.

 

 

VWBPE 2013

 

Originally started as a grassroots educational conference, the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference brings together over 2000 educators, researchers, and institutional professional from around the world to discuss issues facing education and how virtual technologies can best be applied to solving these dilemmas. The conference is run as an open source conference and is free for anyone to attend.

 

Kevin Feenan, also known as Phelan Corrimal in Second Life, is the President of Rockcliffe University Consortium and one of the Executive Directors of the VWBPE Conference. 

 

Join us in Second Life!

 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, February 1st, 8:30 AM SLT / PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

 

AGENDA

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central
  • 8:55 am Cyber Security Essentials for Nonprofits
  • 9:25 am Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Update
  • 9:40 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

 

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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Transcript of January 25th NPC meeting featuring Ines Puspita (Ines Ogura)

The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is sponsored by TechSoup Global and is a program of the TechSoup Global Community & Social Media team

 

TODAY’S AGENDA

    •    8:30 am Introductions

    •    8:40 am TechSoup Announcements

    •    9:00 am Main Speaker: Ines Puspita (Ines Ogura)

    •    9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

First a few links to start off the meeting.    

 

Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

 

–  Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org 

–  Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

–  Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl

–  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons

–  G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687 

–  Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life

–  Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh

–  http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

 

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

 

–  http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp

–  http://flavors.me/techsoup

 

 

— INTRODUCTIONS —

 

[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Hello everyone, let’s start off with Introductions!

 

Please state your real name, location, org, and the ways we can find you online.

 

And if you are new to NonProfit Commons, how you found about today’s meeting.

 

[08:36] Buffy Beale: Buffy Bye, Bridges for Women, Victoria BC Canada, http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca @bridges4women

[08:36] Thunder: is anyone speaking?

[08:36] Jen: Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org, http://www.facebook.com/#!/TAVAUS

[08:36] Gentle Heron: THunder, this is all text.

[08:36] CarynTopia Silvercloud: jCaryn Heilman, Topia Arts Center in Adams, MA in the Berkshires of NW, MA, www.TopiaArts.org, @topiaartscenter

[08:36] Thunder: thank you Gentle

[08:36] Andy Evans: Andy Mallon, First Opinions Panel in SL Social Research Foundation, NYC in RL http://www.socialresearchfoundation.org

[08:37] Jerry Buchko: Jerry Buchko, MA, AFC | Counselor, Coach, & Tutor of Personal Finance in Private Practice | http://www.linkedin.com/jerrybuchko | @jerrybuchko

[08:37] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org

[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: we are doing this meeting in text only, helps with having a great transcript and accessibility

[08:37] Adalace Jewell: RoSa Library & Documentation Centre, Brussels, Belgium. http://www.rosadoc.be @adalace

[08:37] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Inc. Los Angeles, CA Health Care and Human Rights www.eldervoices.net

[08:37] Thunder: understood

[08:37] Chad Mikado: Chad GobertNSIPwww.serviceandinclusion.org

[08:37] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, MO , www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir

[08:37] Chayenn: Monique Richert, Protect Yourself 1, Inc.,Baltimore MD, protectyourself1.org, facebook.com/PY1US , @PY1US

[08:37] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, TechSoup Global, SF, CA, @TechSoup, @alebez

[08:37] ArthurConan Doyle: Tom Layton

[08:37] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, TechSoup and Caravan Studios, San Francisco CA USA @suzboop @techsoup @caravanstudios @npsl

[08:38] Coughran Mayo: Dick Dillon, Innovaision, LLC St. Louis MO @innovaision

[08:38] Rhiannon ChatnoirRhiannon Chatnoir is the community manager of TechSoup’s NonProfit Commons here in SL, http://joycebettencourt.com, @RhiannonSL

[08:38] Thunder: K5 Computer Resource Specialist in one school Virginia Beach, VA Twitter K4sons

[08:38] ArthurConan Doyle: aka ArthurConan Doyle – Alice Academy

[08:38] Grizzla: Chris Robinson, Georgia Gwinnett College, metro Atlanta

[08:39] Ozma Malibu: Sandra Andrews, Floaters Gallery & Tech Outreach to Homeless, Arizona, Mexico and On the Road, @ozma

[08:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: If you joined us late, please still introduce yourself!

[08:39] Simargl TalajSimargl Talaj is a former teacher of secondary school English in the USA, in midst of career change to library technical assistant..

[08:39] keelan Oconnell: hello all, i’m keelan, college educator, health sciences

[08:40] MiaMia shakes head at Andys joke, haha

[08:40] Tank Thibedeau: Ricky Davis DJ urbanskribbles.net social media consultant Protect Yourself 1, Inc.,Baltimore MD, protectyourself1.org, facebook.com/PY1US , @PY1US

[08:40] Prof. DeSantis: Patois DeSantis, faculty, private university, Illinois

[08:40] Ramesh Sharma: Hello, I am Ramesh Sharma from New Delhi, India

[08:40] Tori Landau: Patricia Dean, volunteer event coordinator for the Open University’s Deep Think campus and volunteer owner of the Moonstone sim, currently International Schools island. www.open.ac.uk

[08:40] Glitteractica Cookie: welcome Ramesh!

[08:41] Mia: hi, Praxislady here, educator, and now student

 

— TECHSOUP ANNOUNCEMENTS —

 

[08:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: It is time for TechSoup Announcements!

[08:42] Items successfully shared.

[08:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Ale, would you like to say something for that, and then maybe Susan can followup

[08:43] alebez: good day everyone!

[08:44] Buffy Beale: yay Ale!

[08:44] Glitteractica Cookie: wow, serious hat lag on my end

[08:44] Glitteractica Cookie: good day

[08:44] Simargl Talaj: Hello Pado. I like your tee shirt. Perhaps you do not realize that you are sitting on my lap..THe seat to your left is available.

[08:44] Glitteractica Cookie: chat lag

[08:44] Ines Ogura: 😀

[08:44] Glitteractica Cookie: (things you only hear in a SL meeting)

[08:45] alebez: just wanted to remind ya’ll that the Windows 8 contest is liiiiiiiive!

[08:45] alebez: Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest w/ $40,000 in prizes!

 

The contest is open to new or previously-developed apps and has $40,000 in prizes with $15,000 for the top entries in each category.

 

[08:45] alebez: Learn more and enter your Windows 8 app into the contest at http://bit.ly/XcgyQH

 

[08:46] alebez: There are 3 categories of prizes:

 

1. Best Overall Windows 8 App wins $15,000

2. Best Overall Windows 8 Phone App wins $15,000 

3. People’s Choice App wins $10,000

 

[08:48] Glitteractica Cookie: Also, apps that are already existing in the marketplace are eligible

[08:48] Glitteractica Cookie: They must be Windows8 apps

[08:54] Coughran Mayo: is everyone crashing?

[08:54] Gentle Heron: I did wonder that, Coughran.

[08:55] Dancers Yao: just lag so far

[08:55] Jerry Buchko: Feel like we’re in the middle of a slow motion Inception moment… ;D

[08:55] CarynTopia Silvercloud: I just ended up at an airport

[08:55] alebez: hello everyone. yes, we’re crashing. one after the other

[08:55] Coughran Mayo: bad lag, but we’ve lost a half dozen folks here in the last minute

[08:55] ArthurConan Doyle: crashed & back

[08:55] Gentle Heron: My IM shows Jenelle has crashed, but I see her still here.

[08:55] Jerry Buchko: Ah, Houston… I think we have a problem here….

[08:56] Coughran Mayo: you would think that with all the people abandoning SL, there would be less lag

[08:56] alebez: that’s funny, jerry.

[08:56] Gentle Heron: Coughran!

[08:56] Gentle Heron: This is one of the stranger crashes I’ve ever experienced!

[08:56] Ozma Malibu: crashed and bac and this time I can see better (although bald). One of those days.

[08:56] Coughran Mayo: I’m just sayin….

[08:56] Tank Thibedeau: other people crashed too?

[08:57] Beth Ghostraven: I had a hard time getting here

[08:57] Beth Ghostraven: hope I’m not sitting on anyone

[08:57] Gentle Heron: Some but not all, Tank.

[08:57] alebez: Ok, folks. Onto Mentor’s Central!

[08:57] Jerry Buchko: lol

[08:58] alebez: Please come up. And sorry we’re all dealing with this horrific lag.

[08:59] alebez: Are there any mentors prepared to share a few things?

[09:00] Gentle Heron: Sarvana was on tap for today

[09:00] Dancers Yao: no reports on SL status of problems on grid!

[09:01] alebez: Ooo, is Sar here?

[09:01] Rhiannon Chatnoir: sorry about that.. crashed as well.. back finally

[09:02] Gentle Heron: No however our main speaker has just reappeared

[09:02] Ines Ogura: I am sorry all.

[09:02] Buffy Beale: this is def not a normal meeting day lol normally we’re glued to our seats

[09:02] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Finally got logged back in

[09:02] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I got crashed too

[09:02] Ines Ogura: The crash was unexpected. 🙂

[09:02] Gentle Heron: Many of us crashed, Ines.

[09:02] Gentle Heron: That’s been done, Coughran

[09:03] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thats ok, once you are rez’d back in if there isn’t a mentor speaker, you can maybe start with your presentation Ines..

[09:03] Ines Ogura: I am glad I am not the only one.

[09:03] Teri Leitner: Hi everyone, I’m Tori’s ‘twin’… apparently Tori isn’t going to be available to login again for about another 5 mins

[09:03] LoriVonne Lustre: Hurray! I made it in time to hear Ines 🙂

[09:03] Mia (praxislady.witt) Coughran is teaming up with Andy in humor, LOL

[09:03] Ines Ogura: Thank you Lori.

[09:04] Gentle Heron: HI LoriVonne.

[09:04] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great… let’s introduce Ines then..

[09:04] Mia (praxislady.witt): so everyone crashed?

[09:04] Coughran Mayo: I am Andy’s twin

 

— FEATURED PRESENTATION: INES PUSPITA (INES OGURA) —

 

[09:04] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Time for our featured presentation

 

Today we have as our featured presenter Ines Puspita (Ines Ogura in SL), who will be discussing her educational “Virtual Bookshop” project, teaching students in Indonesia using participatory storytelling, virtual worlds and augmented reality technologies.

[09:04] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First some info on Ines:

 

Bio: Learning and teaching have been Ines’ lifetime passions but it was not until her involvement in the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations in South Korea in 1995 that she encountered the important role of technology in learning and teaching. Since then, she has become an avid advocate of the use of technology in education for formal and informal learning in Indonesia. 

 

Ines is currently a Science teacher at the Deutsche Internationale Schule (German International School) in Indonesia, where she teaches 4th through 8th grade students. As an educator, she continues to evolve along with technology by incorporating Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 into her classroom. 

 

 – http://inesogura.weebly.com/

 

[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so whenever you are ready, feel free to start

 

[09:05] Ines Ogura: First of all, I would like to thank Rhiannon and Sarvana for inviting me to talk in this meeting. It is an honor to be able to share my students’ work in Non Profit Commons. Thank you for your kind introduction, Rhiannon. I would also like to thank you all for coming today.

[09:05] Buffy Beale: Cheers loudly for Ines!

[09:05] Mia (praxislady.witt) claps for Ines

[09:06] LoriVonne Lustre: woohoo!

[09:06] Ines Ogura: For those who may not know about my work in virtual world, I have been actively learning and teaching in Second Life since May 2010.

[09:06] Beth Ghostraven: yay

[09:06] Gentle Heron: YAY Ines.

[09:06] Ramesh Sharma (rcs.darwin): Most welcom, Ines

[09:06] Ines Ogura: My journey in Second Life was urged by the need to stay connected with my students during holidays. We have only 170-180 schooling days in a year. This fact limits our chance to do more to explore any topics we learn in class.

[09:06] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Welcome Ines

[09:06] Ines Ogura: In addition to that, my students often felt bored during holidays. When I read an article about the NASA and Abyss Observatory representations in Second Life, I was intrigued by virtual world technology. I immediately created an account and jumped in Second Life.

[09:07] Ines Ogura: I brought along my students and taught them inworld when I was just 1 week old. It was the craziest thing I have ever done but it was also the most rewarding.

[09:08] Ines Ogura: Back then, I didn’t know anyone who used SL for learning or teaching. I didn’t know other virtual world such as the open sims existed. I was also not sure how to use VW for teaching or learning. I only knew that the platform was exciting and my students liked it. So after taking care of the security issues, we hit the road and learned to drive together.

[09:08] Ines Ogura: :p

[09:09] Mia (praxislady.witt): wonderful 🙂

[09:09] Ines Ogura: Although my initial intention to use virtual world was only to cater for my students’ virtual fieldtrips, we have been evolving since

[09:09] Șpecıaŀ K (kira.komarov): great! 🙂

[09:09] Ines Ogura: Thanks to the support of other brilliant and caring educators in virtual world, my students and I could make it this far and accomplished our most recent project that I am going to share in this meeting today. It’s the virtual ebookshop.

[09:10] Ines Ogura: Traditionally, the assumption underlying our approaches to learning in schools has been that of “consuming knowledge.”

[09:10] Ines Ogura: We assume that students are empty buckets that need to be filled with knowledge.

[09:10] Ines Ogura: Teacher is the center of the classroom because teacher is the only one with an authority to fill the buckets. (I have been there, done that. *blush*)

[09:11] LoriVonne Lustre: As have we all I am sure Ines 🙂

[09:11] Ines Ogura: However, A great deal of research on children’ learning over the past decades has shown that such a view of learning is not valid.

[09:11] Ines Ogura: Something must be done, right? Personally it bothers me so much, or should I say it hurts me so bad, to see my students come to class unmotivated.

[09:12] Ines Ogura: I feel like a complete failure when my students don’t know the purpose of their learning. But what is next?

[09:12] Ines Ogura: Through years of experience, and lots of trials and errors, I learn that children learn through a variety of means that are more dynamic and idiosyncratic.

[09:13] Ines Ogura: They don’t learn because I pour them with knowledge. They don’t learn because I tell them to.

[09:13] Ramesh Sharma (rcs.darwin): true!

[09:13] Ines Ogura: Instead they learn by going through a dynamic process of developing connections between their prior knowledge, personal experiences, new information, and even other dimensions such as emotions, beliefs, imagery, and so on.

[09:14] Ines Ogura: Based on such a view of learning, the idea of students as producers of knowledge, rather than consumers, does make sense to me.

[09:15] Ines Ogura: Knowledge producer approach allows students to take ownership over the processes and products of learning and therefore create more relevant, meaningful, and complex understanding of what they are doing.

[09:15] Ines Ogura: My questions were: Would they be able to leverage virtual world in the process? Would they be able to produce knowledge within the virtual world and make real life impacts for others and for themselves?

[09:16] Ines Ogura: To find out, I challenged my grade 5 and 6 students.

[09:16] Ines Ogura: Within virtual world, I challenged them to use Science to solve real life problems and to produce something to save the world.

[09:17] Ines Ogura: 😀

[09:17] Mia (praxislady.witt): good project

[09:17] Ines Ogura: *pretty ambitious*

[09:17] Ines Ogura: I didn’t actually expect them to accomplish anything at the end… chuckle ….

[09:17] Ines Ogura: Besides, it was too big of a challenge for children their age to even think about.

[09:18] Glitteractica Cookie: were there any good, realistic ideas that could actually happen/be implemneted?

[09:18] Ines Ogura: But I was surprised with what they could do

[09:18] Ines Ogura: Yes Glit

[09:18] Ines Ogura: After this, I would like to play a machinima that captured some of what they have done here to answer my challenge.

[09:20] Rhiannon Chatnoir: if you want to play the video, you will have to click on the video player

[09:20] Ines Ogura: Here’s a footage of their works. http:/Here’s a footage of their works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgjExJS4gE

[09:20] Rhiannon Chatnoir: that will activate the web on a prim, and then click again to play it

[09:20] Ines Ogura: Just in case some of you can’t view it inworld.

[09:21] LoriVonne Lustre: ty

[09:21] Rhiannon Chatnoir: sometimes double clicking the play button you see of the youtube video preview will start it

[09:22] Glitteractica Cookie: working fo rme

[09:22] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:22] SemonRatvey: chargin for me

[09:23] Buffy Beale: great video!

[09:23] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes, sometimes needs to load some, just like a youtube video 🙂

[09:23] Rhiannon Chatnoir: you can click on it again if it does stop while loading

[09:24] Ines Ogura: Thank you Buffy. ^^

[09:24] Z (zeppo.romano): yes, she really is

[09:24] Buffy Beale: giving me goosebumps Ines 🙂

[09:24] Ines Ogura: Please tell me if anyone has some difficulties in playing the video inworld. I will give you the direct link.

[09:24] Buffy Beale: I’d like it anyways Ines to post to my FB

[09:24] Kaleaon: my apologies for being late, I had my viewer crash a few times trying to arrive

[09:25] Teri Leitner: I am Ines, may I have the link please 🙂

[09:25] LoriVonne Lustre: wow!

[09:25] Glitteractica Cookie: yay! clap clap clap

[09:25] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and we will have the link in the transcripts for later viewing too

[09:25] Ines Ogura: Although the machinima I just presented was short. In reality it took my students many working hours and many many days to think, to discuss, to solve problems, to create,

[09:25] Ines Ogura: (even to fight),

[09:25] Dancers Yao: beautiful work thank you…so inspiring

[09:26] Ines Ogura: to finally bring real impact, and to get the wisdom of it all.

[09:26] Ines Ogura: They were so absorbed during the whole process but no one complained that learning was hard or boring.

[09:26] LoriVonne Lustre: LOL

[09:27] Ines Ogura: 😀

[09:27] Ines Ogura: Finally, It’s the last slide of my presentation today.

[09:27] Jen (jenelle.levenque): WOW!

[09:27] Ines Ogura: I would like to let you all know that this week, at last, my students managed to collect enough money from the ebook sales to buy a computer for these rainforest kids in West Kalimantan.

[09:27] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Makes me want to go back to school

[09:28] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): that’s awesome! 😀

[09:28] LoriVonne Lustre: *clap*

[09:28] Nova Saunders: this is terrific

[09:28] Ines Ogura: At the moment, these kids do not have a library. The books that you see in this picture are all they’ve got.

[09:28] Nova Saunders: great job!

[09:28] Buffy Beale: Cheering!!! that’s just beautiful Ines!!!

[09:28] CarynTopia Silvercloud: very inspiring

[09:28] Ramesh Sharma (rcs.darwin): Congratulations!

[09:28] Ines Ogura: My students will send the computer next week along with almost 100 titles of ebooks they have produced.

[09:28] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I’ll bet there are some book producers in SL who would contribute

[09:28] Mia (praxislady.witt): that was wonderful and well done of teacher and enterprising students :))

[09:29] Ines Ogura: This has been a very rewarding learning experience for them.

[09:29] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Gotta watch them kids

[09:29] Jen (jenelle.levenque): They’ll teach you a lot

[09:29] Nova Saunders: smiles

[09:29] Mia (praxislady.witt) nods head

[09:29] Gentle Heron: Thank you Ines for sharing with us today.

[09:29] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes thank you!

[09:29] Rhiannon Chatnoir: does anyone have questions for Ines

[09:30] Glitteractica Cookie: very cool idea

[09:30] Rachel Gloedu (gloedu): thanks Ines

[09:30] LoriVonne Lustre: could you give us the SLURL to the bookstore Ines?

[09:30] Ines Ogura: They didn’t realize how they were connected to other people and other creatures on Earth before but through this activity they really learned: “What is Science without humanity? And what is humanity without biodiversity?”

[09:31] Ines Ogura: And I didn’t have to preach to them about this wisdom.

[09:31] Ines Ogura: They felt it.

[09:31] Nova Saunders: perfect

[09:31] Mia (praxislady.witt): what a great age for discovery though…

[09:31] Ines Ogura: It is all possible because of the helps and supports from avatars like you, like me, like us. THANK YOU!

[09:31] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Thank you Ines

[09:31] Ines Ogura: <3

[09:31] SemonRatvey: INES YOU ARE GREAT!!!

[09:31] LoriVonne Lustre: thank you Ines

[09:31] Șpecıaŀ K (kira.komarov): Thank you Ines 🙂

[09:32] Mia (praxislady.witt): will you presentation be available to us plz?

[09:32] Nova Saunders: cheers

[09:32] Teri Leitner: Many thanks Ines 🙂

[09:32] Gentle Heron: Remember that text transcripts of NPC meetings are available at: http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/

[09:32] Ines Ogura: Thank you all for coming and supporting!!!!

[09:33] Ramesh Sharma (rcs.darwin): 🙂

[09:33] Ozma Malibu: So wonderful, thank you. And SL really lends itself to thinking outside the box!

[09:33] Zet Avril (zet667.avril): ❤ Ines

[09:33] Mia (praxislady.witt) stands up and clapps

[09:33] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and this is a great precursor too to the upcoming TSdigs yearly contest.. food for thought on storytelling and even today’svide on how to use medium like this to tell your mission and story

[09:34] Ozma Malibu: To actually complete the project in RL, that takes dedication and unwavering belief, the kind kids are capable of, but many teachers have been burned out on that part – so for you to shepherd them all the way – is huge.

[09:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes

[09:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great stuff, any other last questions for Ines, before we move on

[09:35] Ines Ogura: Thank you Ozma. Yes teachers can get burnt out doing a RL project like this but what I learned from my experience here, the kids are quite independent.

[09:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great – one last thank you to Ines!

[09:36] Ines Ogura: Thank you Rhiannon! Thank you all!

[09:36] Zet Avril (zet667.avril): bye TY Ines and NPC

[09:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: we will be posting the transcript up to http://nonprofitcommons.com if you missed any of this

[09:37] LoriVonne Lustre: thank you!!!

[09:37] Ines Ogura: Bye all. It’s over midnight my time. Love you Lori….

[09:37] SemonRatvey: Bye my friend

[09:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Ines – goodnight to you 🙂

[09:37] LoriVonne Lustre: {hugs}

[09:37] Ines Ogura: I will sit back. ^^

[09:37] Kaleaon: might I ask how everyone is uploading their books to SL, opensim, or other grids ect?

[09:37] Teri Leitner: Sleep well Ines and ty for doing this so late for you

 

 

— WINDOWS 8: APPS FOR SOCIAL GOOD —

 

[09:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: we will be moving on to Open Mic, but before we do.. I think the update on the WIndows 8 contest got cut off when the sim was having issues

[09:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so will just recap that quick

 

[09:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest w/ $40,000 in prizes!

 

The contest is open to new or previously-developed apps and has $40,000 in prizes with $15,000 for the top entries in each category.

 

Microsoft has teamed up with NetSquared to support you in generating apps for nonprofits and activists on the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Marketplaces. The Contest is about YOUR great ideas and projects, and we’re here with tools, resources, and incentive prizes to get (and keep) you going.

 

Learn more and enter your Windows 8 app into the contest at http://bit.ly/XcgyQH

 

What are the prizes?

 

There are 3 categories of prizes:

1. Best Overall Windows 8 App wins $15,000

2. Best Overall Windows 8 Phone App wins $15,000

3. People’s Choice App wins $10,000

 

Ready to get started? Here’s how to proceed:

1. Add your project to the NetSquared site’s project gallery. Include your Windows Store app URL. http://www.netsquared.org/node/add/project

 

[09:38] Glitteractica Cookie: http://bit.ly/win8-contest

[09:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks for the cleaner links Glitteractica!

[09:38] Glitteractica Cookie: already existing win8 apps can be submitted. $40,000 USD in total prize money

[09:38] Glitteractica Cookie: (not lindens)

[09:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes and good distinction!

[09:39] Glitteractica Cookie: and check out http://hackerhelper.wikispaces.com

[09:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks, think that repeats what got lost earlier 🙂

 

— OPEN MIC & ANNOUNCEMENTS —

 

[09:39] Kaleaon: well, just that Kira komarov and I have came up with a way to use dropbox tu instantly upload text files into opensim

[09:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: ahh interesting

[09:40] Kaleaon: I thought it might be a helpful tool to make a note of

[09:40] LoriVonne Lustre: whoa! very cool Kale

[09:40] Kaleaon: http://was.fm/opensim:project_alexandria

[09:40] LoriVonne Lustre: ty

[09:40] Kaleaon: you save a file, and just label a prim, add file name in desctription, and it uploads

[09:40] Coughran Mayo: wb Sarvana

[09:40] Ines Ogura: Cool Kale

[09:41] Sarvana Haalan: Sally S. Cherry, MT(ASCP) Baltimore, MD http://CHAREproject.com, Twitter.com/

[09:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: is it only in OpenSim worlds?

[09:41] Buffy Beale: thanks again Ines, very inspiring!

[09:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and welcome Sarvana 🙂

[09:41] Kaleaon: I believe so, I was more the inspiration for the technology, rhather than the inventor

[09:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks for sharing that

[09:41] SemonRatvey: Ines, may i have a little question?

[09:42] Ines Ogura: Yes

[09:42] SemonRatvey: It seems (in the video) that your students are very experts in SL

[09:43] SemonRatvey: how many time have you been there teaching them in SL?

[09:43] Ines Ogura: Basically all new students will learn basic building skills but usually I don’t teach them.

[09:44] Ines Ogura: Instead I will ask the older students to teach them.

[09:44] SemonRatvey: ohm!!

[09:44] Zet Avril (zet667.avril): excellent! that is the way

[09:44] SemonRatvey: how old are they, than?

[09:44] Ines Ogura: Usually it only takes them 3 x 45 minutes for them to be comfortable with the technology.

[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: even from my experience, back in using Teen Second Life with youth, you almost can’t get them to not want to build, though those were mostly high school age

[09:44] SemonRatvey: my God!

[09:44] Ines Ogura: 10-12 years old.

[09:45] Ines Ogura: Right Rhiannon.

[09:45] SemonRatvey: the oldest?

[09:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s move on to Open Mic & Announcements

[09:45] Tank Thibedeau (liltank.thibedeau): raises hand

[09:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: does anyone have any announcements they want to say

[09:46] Ines Ogura: My oldest SL students are now 14 years old.

[09:46] Teri Leitner: Raises hand for announcements

[09:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Gentle IM’d me, so let’s have her go first

[09:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: then Tank, then Tori

[09:46] Gentle Heron raise her hand too

[09:46] SemonRatvey: thanks Ines

[09:46] Gentle Heron: Several events of possible interest this weekend:

[09:46] Gentle Heron: SAT 8-10am SLT- Slatan Dryke will offer “How To” hints for better SL functioning from a long-term SL mentor.

[09:46] Gentle Heron: SAT 11am SLT- poetry reading at the Cape Serenity library

[09:47] Gentle Heron: SUN noon SLT- Polaris Grayson will talk about assistive technology.

[09:47] Gentle Heron: Please ask me for notecards and those will have more information and landmarks and SLURLs.

[09:47] Gentle Heron: (that’s all)

[09:47] SemonRatvey: Thanks Gentle

[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Tank, your next

[09:47] Tank Thibedeau (liltank.thibedeau): Protect yourself 1 is having a open house on our 2013 campaign for hiv/aids prevention and education for schools and colleges on Feb 7th right here at our NPC office. It will be recorded to show at rl schools so we are inviting everyone to come in support on Friday Feb. 7th at either 9 am or 3 pm sl time. thank you.

[09:48] Tank Thibedeau (liltank.thibedeau): we are also celebrating national black hiv./aids day on that day

[09:48] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:49] Ines Ogura: Great!

[09:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Teri, your next

[09:49] Teri Leitner: Ok, ty Rhi…. two items…

[09:50] Teri Leitner: a space has been created at the Open University campus, Deep Think fDeep Think West (74,53,38)

[09:50] Teri Leitner: oops…. sorry, space for reflection and remembrance for holocaust memorial day

[09:51] Teri Leitner: will be there until 3rd Feb and candles may be placed there

[09:51] Teri Leitner: also…

[09:52] Teri Leitner: a drop-in on Wed 30th at 1.15pm slt

[09:52] Adalace Jewell: sorry, guys need to go. Thx for the meeting

[09:52] Teri Leitner: Deep Think East (224,38,32)

[09:52] Teri Leitner: done and apologies, having some probs with chat

[09:52] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Ditto… need to pop off.

[09:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other announcements

[09:53] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Have a great weekend all 🙂

[09:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: also… If you took pictures today, if you can share them on our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons or G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687, that would be great. Otherwise, tag them #NPSL

 

And please feel free tag your avatars in any photos posted!

[09:53] alebez: thank you everyone! have a good one.

[09:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: And if you are interested in learning more about our community, please join our group in SL named: TechSoup, we host these meetings weekly..

[09:53] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Cool! Thanks, Rhiannon.

[09:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: let’s close up the meeting then for this week! Thanks again to Ines 🙂

 

And again, here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

 

– Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

– Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

– Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons

– G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114212078390326305687 

– Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life

– Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh

– http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

 

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

 

– http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp

– http://flavors.me/techsoup

 

Thanks everyone and see you next week!

 

[09:54] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Yes, thanks Ines.

[09:54] Nova Saunders: bye every one

[09:54] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Thanks for bringing Ines

[09:54] Ines Ogura: Aw..Thank you all

[09:54] Ines Ogura: Good night now

[09:54] Namaara MacMoragh: thanks it’s been great

[09:54] SemonRatvey: Good night, Ines and everyone!! i have to go now

[09:54] Glitteractica Cookie: bye everyone!

[09:54] Sarvana Haalan: Wooot, wooot, Ines!!!!!

[09:55] Sarvana Haalan: Thank you for coming!!

[09:55] SemonRatvey: ♪♫♥ Applauds!!! ♥♫♪ 

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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“Virtual Bookshop: From Consuming Knowledge to Producing Knowledge” for the January 25th NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, January 25th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Ines Sogura (Ines Puspita), who will be discussing her educational “Virtual Bookshop” project, teaching students in Indonesia using participatory storytelling, virtual worlds and augmented reality technologies.    

Bio: Learning and teaching have been Ines’ lifetime passions but it was not until her involvement in the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations in South Korea in 1995 that she encountered the important role of technology in learning and teaching. Since then, she has become an avid advocate of the use of technology in education for formal and informal learning in Indonesia.

Ines is currently a Science teacher at the Deutsche Internationale Schule (German International School) in Indonesia, where she teaches 4th through 8th grade students. As an educator, she continues to evolve along with technology by incorporating Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 into her classroom.

 

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, January 25th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

AGENDA

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central
  • 8:55 am Main Speaker: Ines Puspita
  • 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir