| 16:58 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Hi Wordsmith :) |
| 16:59 |
panni (upad) |
waves |
| 16:59 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Welcome Birchtree |
| 17:00 |
Birchtree3 |
Hi, thanks! |
| 17:02 |
Dae Miami |
Bill Schmachtenberg, RL science teacher, |
| 17:02 |
Dae Miami |
Virginia USA |
| 17:02 |
panni (upad) |
claps |
| 17:02 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
My background is a school librarian and information literacy instructor (love for literature)- Currently director of the Community Virtual Library here in SL |
| 17:02 |
panni (upad) |
claps |
| 17:05 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
What do the rest of you think about meeting alternately at the Community Virtual Library and here.....say every other month? |
| 17:05 |
panni (upad) |
if i can make it is ok with me |
| 17:05 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
yes! collaborate across groups |
| 17:05 |
Birchtree3 |
Alternating sounds good to me. |
| 17:06 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
2nd Thurs at 5pm? |
| 17:06 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
works well for me |
| 17:06 |
Birchtree3 |
Would that be 7 pm eastern? |
| 17:07 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
5pm SLT |
| 17:07 |
Birchtree3 |
Oh, duh. Yes, that works for me |
| 17:08 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
wonderful! Help with promos is terrific |
| 17:08 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Feel free to type in chat or use voice as we plan. ok? |
| 17:08 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
yes sound great- Dae is using voice |
| 17:08 |
Dae Miami |
can everyone hear me |
| 17:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Star's one of Oxbridge's Asst Deans with great familiarity with Tolkien. |
| 17:09 |
panni (upad) |
i cant |
| 17:09 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
We are planning a literacy study group to meet on the 2nd THURS of each month at 5pm STL. |
| 17:09 |
Birchtree3 |
Yes, I hear you just fine |
| 17:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You're loud and clear. I need to check my output. |
| 17:09 |
panni (upad) |
i relog |
| 17:09 |
panni (upad) |
/me will be right back. |
| 17:09 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
awesome Star :) |
| 17:09 |
Dae Miami |
Lets use text chat then |
| 17:09 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Tolkien might make a good study! |
| 17:09 |
Dae Miami |
Can everyone meet on the second Thursday of each month |
| 17:09 |
Dae Miami |
for this group at 5 pm slt |
| 17:09 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
wb panni |
| 17:10 |
Dae Miami |
can everyone hear me now? |
| 17:10 |
Dae Miami |
just type y in local chat |
| 17:10 |
Birchtree3 |
y |
| 17:10 |
panni (upad) |
♥ Thank Youuuuuuuuuu!! ♥ |
| 17:10 |
panni (upad) |
no i can hear typing but not voice |
| 17:10 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
I do not see a dot by panni or Wordsmith....shall we type in voice? |
| 17:11 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
in chat |
| 17:11 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
I mean! |
| 17:11 |
panni (upad) |
o |
| 17:11 |
star (astarynite) |
yes |
| 17:11 |
Dae Miami |
Wordsmith can you hear |
| 17:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've been hearing fine. Just investigating where my mic signal is right now |
| 17:12 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
For those without sound, I mentioned alternating our meeting location every other month. Here at VSTE and then at the Community Virtual LIbrary. Cross-collaborating will help promote to more people. What do you all think? |
| 17:13 |
panni (upad) |
i can hear now yeah |
| 17:14 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
What do you see as valuable in a literary study in a virtual world? |
| 17:14 |
Birchtree3 |
Yes, sounds about right |
| 17:14 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
emphasis on classic literature? |
| 17:15 |
Birchtree3 |
We could talk about the classics and how to make them relevant to students. |
| 17:15 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
sci-fi is great in a virtual world |
| 17:15 |
Birchtree3 |
Sci-fi is great, too! |
| 17:15 |
panni (upad) |
2001 |
| 17:15 |
panni (upad) |
o movie sorry |
| 17:16 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Silicon Based Life- is that a book title? |
| 17:17 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
cross over- books, writing and gaming worlds |
| 17:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
RL pulls it's due |
| 17:18 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson comes to mind |
| 17:18 |
Birchtree3 |
I'm not familiar with Snowcrash |
| 17:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There is |
| 17:18 |
panni (upad) |
no book' |
| 17:18 |
panni (upad) |
o |
| 17:18 |
star (astarynite) |
I do not know of Snowcrash |
| 17:18 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel) |
| 17:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Has a nice short story named "the Star" |
| 17:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(Clarke) |
| 17:19 |
star (astarynite) |
thank you |
| 17:19 |
panni (upad) |
war and peace *GIGGLES* :)~~~~ |
| 17:19 |
panni (upad) |
jk |
| 17:19 |
star (astarynite) |
lol |
| 17:19 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Here is the short story-- the star: https://sites.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/TheStar.pdf |
| 17:21 |
Birchtree3 |
I'm interested to read it |
| 17:22 |
star (astarynite) |
yes |
| 17:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Right, a very popular game at the time |
| 17:22 |
Birchtree3 |
Gaming can be a great way to get students more into stories |
| 17:23 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
yes Birchtree! love "entering the story" |
| 17:23 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
That would be a good topic for the study too |
| 17:23 |
star (astarynite) |
yes |
| 17:23 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
I am on a PC but also use a mac |
| 17:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
yes |
| 17:23 |
Birchtree3 |
There's a new Harry Potter game coming out soon! |
| 17:23 |
Birchtree3 |
pc |
| 17:24 |
star (astarynite) |
I love that book |
| 17:24 |
Birchtree3 |
Wow, I'm about to start my students on The Great Gatsby! |
| 17:25 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Let me get you the instructions on how to get there Birchtree |
| 17:26 |
Birchtree3 |
awesome, thank you |
| 17:26 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
https://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/search?q=great+gatsby |
| 17:27 |
Birchtree3 |
That'd be great |
| 17:30 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
We can meet at the Library Land (CVL) Main Branch |
| 17:30 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
ok? |
| 17:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I can put out a few sci-fi short stories. |
| 17:31 |
Donation Machine |
upad Resident, Thank you for your donation of L$100 |
| 17:32 |
Nanking - Chinese oriental rug |
Touched. |
| 17:32 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'd be interested in that Val |
| 17:32 |
Object |
whispers: Enjoy your visit. Please close the dialog box on your screen. |
| 17:33 |
Nanking - Chinese oriental rug |
Touched. |
| 17:34 |
panni (upad) |
sl does it *GIGGLES* :)~~~~ |
| 17:35 |
Heart Campfire Cushion - Single - ZigZag |
Hi Wordsmith Jarvinen! Touch me to change pose. Say /1a to Adjust. |
| 17:37 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
ooh sounds intriguing! |
| 17:37 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
Should lead to a cool maybe philosophical discussion |
| 17:37 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
as well as literary analysis |
| 17:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The Star - https://sites.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/TheStar.pdf |
| 17:39 |
Dae Miami |
panni did you fix voice? |
| 17:39 |
panni (upad) |
yes |
| 17:40 |
panni (upad) |
i can hear |
| 17:40 |
panni (upad) |
smile |
| 17:40 |
panni (upad) |
i voice better then i type *GIGGLES* :)~~~~ |
| 17:40 |
panni (upad) |
giggles sorry |
| 17:41 |
panni (upad) |
my fingers are mind of their own |
| 17:42 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
wander through the poems |
| 17:42 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
that are rezzed into the landscape |
| 17:44 |
panni (upad) |
love it drum circle |
| 17:45 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
you can pick books off the trees! |
| 17:45 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
zoom in and choose one |
| 17:45 |
star (astarynite) |
/me smiles |
| 17:45 |
Birchtree3 |
Nice |
| 17:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That is cool. How does one tell when a book is ripe? |
| 17:47 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
CVL is Community Virtual Library |
| 17:48 |
panni (upad) |
kel |
| 17:48 |
panni (upad) |
thats cool |
| 17:48 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
https://communityvirtuallibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| 17:50 |
Simple Move-Lock |
Move Lock Finalized. |
| 17:51 |
%3A%3A%3A Tropica beer - light%3A%3A%3A |
/me : Very refreshing! |
| 17:51 |
panni (upad) |
beer in chest giggles and hic ups |
| 17:51 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Great campfire to campfire tour. ;) |
| 17:52 |
Birchtree3 |
Yes, love the campfires |
| 17:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
As part of exchanging info Star just started a Gallery/Museum in Caledon. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20II/164/52/22 |
| 17:54 |
star (astarynite) |
yay! |
| 17:55 |
Birchtree3 |
Guys, I'm sorry, I've got to run. Great meeting and I'll see you next month! |
| 17:55 |
Birchtree3 |
Thanks for having me! |
| 17:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Journey well, Birchtree |
| 17:55 |
star (astarynite) |
Right now, Phrynne, one of the Deans at COU, has her photography Exhibit 'Observations' |
| 17:55 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
bye Birchtree |
| 17:55 |
star (astarynite) |
In May we have another photographic exhibition by Holly Niseru |
| 17:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Beth and I know each other and sort of stay in contact. |
| 17:56 |
star (astarynite) |
Beth is great |
| 17:56 |
panni (upad) |
♥ Thank Youuuuuuuuuu!! ♥ |
| 17:56 |
panni (upad) |
ty was great |
| 17:56 |
Valibrarian Gregg |
ty all!!! |
| 17:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I did post a link to "the Star" up above. |
| 17:57 |
star (astarynite) |
bye, it was nice meeting you all |
| 17:57 |
panni (upad) |
♥ Thank Youuuuuuuuuu!! ♥ |
| 17:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks Val |
| 17:57 |
star (astarynite) |
have a good day |
| 17:57 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks for pinging me re this, Dae |
| 17:58 |
Dae Miami |
sure thanks for the input |