Session+Reports

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Sean and Telmea watching UStream broadcast on a shared media board in SL. It should be possible to watch the Elluminate sessions from within SL.



Sept 22, 2010 So broadcasting Elluminate with Ustream didn't work out so well. Multiple issues were apparent and I obviously need much more practice with the Ustream application. So here is what I was trying. I was broadcasting my desktop on my Ustream channel. I had the #PLENK2010 Elluminate session open on my desktop. I had the url for my Ustream broadcast loaded as a texture on the media board in SL. I wasn't able to figure out how to display the UStream as a full screen so everyone in SL saw the whole web page, chrome, ads and all. Tonito consulted with someone who suggested that we alter the repeats per face menu in the texture tab for the display board prim. It worked to change the size of the display but didn't help to make the Ustream text chat any clearer. Plus no Elluminate audio was available. So pretty much a wash.Plus after a while the lag seemed to build up tremendously.

Looking for a new plan for displaying the Elluminate. Or looking for other ideas, generally. One suggestion was to invite one or more of the moderators to present in SL and invite others to attend. I thought it was a good idea and it might work at some point.

After the session we had a great discussion of some of the days topics from Martin Weller's Elluminate presentation and we made a few more plans for PLENK2010 in SL. Here you see Tonito, 2B Writer, Sean, Sutah, and Telmea. I'd forgotten I had this Mystitools, DynaTable and chairs in my inventory. As each avatar sits a new chair is created for the next avatar. According to the specs you can add 250 Avatars!!

Sept 25, After the Elluminate session. Bigger group today, Some interesting points raised and links shared.



Doing a little rearranging in the Connectivism Reading Room. Thanks to Fleep who gave me permission to reorganize.