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Hi everyone,
My name is Vance. I'm helping to lead this session, but in practice I am following. I've been enjoying a between semesters break at the Petroleum Institute where I work in the UAE. I've been focusing a lot of attention on getting organized with a free online conference we're putting on in May, the Webheads in Action Online Convergence, http://wiaoc.org. I have maintained a Web 1.0 site from the days that Web 1.0 was all there was, http://www.vancestevens.com which has numerous sections, many dealing with Ed Tech. I'm also a founder of Webheads http://webheads.info . More recently I've been trying to track my work at a blog so there will be a way for people to follow what I do at my Web 1.0 site through Web 2.0 RSS feeds. The blog is at http://adVANCEducation.blogspot.com.
I anticipate that the next postings on my blog will be about the Webcast Academy, with which I am coming to grips as we speak. The reason I answered this particular posting was that I was momentarily flumoxed when I couldn't find a 'calendar' on the Drupal site, but then realized it was called "Upcoming Events" (right?). There is in fact a calendar there but it doesn't open in my Firefox because the protocol (webcal) isn't associated withany program. I try to view such speedbumps as learning opportunities and look forward to any explanation of how to resolve the webcal issue. I look forward to learning through usage how the Drupal portal works. Incidentally, I'll miss the first appt, 2 a.m. for me.
I think using Drupal is similar to flying a plane. I actually got a private pilot's license in my youth which is why I relate the two. When you first sit in the cockpit of a plane you are baffled by the array of instruments and of course you have to get a feel for the controls and what they do and their effect on the flight experience. I find Drupal to be something like that. There's a lot going on which is not apparent the first few times you take it out for a spin. I'm sure I'll learn from experience but, as with flying, it helps if you have somewhere to go. Webcast Academy is my first Drupal experience with a destination.
I'm glad to see others have been figuring it out. There are a lot of postings here in this list and at the Drupal site. I have listened to Lee's very slick introduction. Not only was the music skillfully mixed, and all the ums and ahzz edited out, but it was timed to end right after her recording. This delayed my own recorded intro because I started thinking of where I could get pod-safe music and create something similar. On second thought, I'll just crash something out and get it up there.
Ok, on to the next task, and I look forward to working with all.
Vance
----- Original Message -----From: Graham StanleySent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:47 PMSubject: Re: [webcastacademy] First appointment here?Dear Dennis,
We missed you last night in Second Life - we ended up having an impromptu building session in the Edunation sand box
Sorry for the late reply - all of the synchronous events for the Webcast Academy will be announced on the calendar at the Drupal site:
http://www.webcastacademy.net/
All the best,
Graham
>Graham and list,
>(1) Sorry my PC decided I should leave Second Life abruptly last night.
>(2) I am looking in on (too) many sessions of BaW07 and am frightened
>of missing something on this list. Can you possibly repeat here this
>workshop's first fixed appointment?
>Dennis
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