In case there was confusion, the "streaming much of the event (see program for times) in new near-high definition streaming (H264) at http://mediavision.case.edu/H264/caselive.html " does not require any virtual world participation.
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Chad Petrovay <cpetrovay at thewalters.org> wrote: > They don't offer a streaming option that doesn't involve creating an > avatar? > > Chad M Petrovay > Collections Database Administrator > P: 410.547.9000 x266 > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Leonard Steinbach > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:55 PM > To: mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com > Subject: [MCN-L] FREE online/SL conference > > Hi folks, > > I pitched this conference a couple weeks ago and wanted to share this > updated information since there will be some presence in SL as well as > near-hi def video streaming and a couple technology superstars involved. > > IT IS FREE. > > I think the topics covered are of significant interest to the museum > community, but almost more importantly, the content, messages and > insights > are coming from outside the museum community...from/to the higher > education > community with which museum technologists share more inherent kinship > than > is usually recognized. I hope most of us agree that visitors from > beyond > our galaxy may prove very worthwhile. > > Thoughts on my premise or the event itself, now or post-event are > welcome > here or off list. Thanks. > > So here, from Case Western Reserve.... > > "Colleagues and friends -- > > We're nearly sold out (250 free lunches;-) for the upcoming > Collaborative > Technology and Community Engagement Summit being held at Case Western > Reserve University's Thwing Center on May 8th from 9 - 4. > At 9 am OneCommunity unveils the new and expanded University Circle > wireless > mesh "Live" throughout University Circle, parts of East Cleveland, > Cleveland > Heights, and Cleveland > The program features the (co)author of Wikinomics > (http://www.wikinomics.com) > as our lunchtime (free) keynote (Anthony Williams) and Cory Ondrejka > (founder of Second Life) and more than 16 breakout sessions and 40 > speakers > and demonstrations. President Barbara Snyder will be offering remarks > following the keynote. > > Registration and up to date programing information is available at > http://www.case.edu/its/collabtech08/collabtech08.html > > For those unable to attend in person, you can participate in SecondLife > http://slurl.com/secondlife/ClevelandPlus/184/107/24 once you've created > your avatar (instructions available > http://www.case.edu/its/services/documents/SlClevelandPLusIntro.pdf) We > will > also be streaming much of the event (see program for times) in new > near-high > definition streaming (H264) at > http://mediavision.case.edu/H264/caselive.html > CollabTech 08 is sponsored by Case Western Reserve University's > Information > Technology Services, University Libraries, UCITE, Office of the Provost, > Human Resources, Council of Technology Officers, and Faculty Senate > Committee on Information Resources. CollabTech08 is made possible > through > generous contributions of OneCommunity, Dell Computers, Apple Computers, > PerceptIS, Mobile Discovery, IBM, EMC, and Cisco Systems. > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
