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#1 2007-12-22 11:45:43

karenb
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Can't get to the conference?

We're thinking about different ways for helping people participate in Scratch@MIT, if they can't come to Cambridge for the conference. We plan to record video of some sessions and make the session descriptions available online, and we will encourage people to blog the conference in real-time. What suggestions do you have for including people who will be far away?

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#2 2007-12-22 13:05:01

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

I can't come to Cambridge because I live in San Jose. I thought the conference could be online and we talk through comments or some type of blog system.Like a forum!We could talk through a forum.


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#3 2007-12-22 14:01:51

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

we could have it onlibe, like in this forum section


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#4 2007-12-22 14:02:55

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

'cause i anit coming to massachutesets


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#5 2007-12-23 14:15:31

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

karenb wrote:

We're thinking about different ways for helping people participate in Scratch@MIT, if they can't come to Cambridge for the conference. We plan to record video of some sessions and make the session descriptions available online, and we will encourage people to blog the conference in real-time. What suggestions do you have for including people who will be far away?

I really want to go. But It´s too far away (living in Sweden). Or might there be some kind of scholarschip that are granted for people in EU... that´ll be nice...  wink

Why not give some of the most intresting lectures online in Second Life?

But it´s ok with streaming video.

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#6 2007-12-24 18:48:47

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

karenb wrote:

What suggestions do you have for including people who will be far away?

I agree with many of the other posts- record it and stream it online on Quicktime or something.

If that isn't possible, than make an outline of the lectures and post them (and any visual aids) on the website.


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#7 2008-01-01 00:55:36

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

definitely agree with the other posts, i can't go (i live in Mississippi), video recordings of presentations, live discussion sessions in forum, outlines... maybe create a special section of the forum during the conference that will allow people to just submit questions to be answered (and recorded and put online, or in an outline) at the conference by the ppl there. Hmmm.... can't think of any other ideas...

Wish I could go....


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#8 2008-01-04 06:15:48

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Im living in Ireland... Boston sounds way too far away.


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#9 2008-01-05 08:20:38

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Yeah... Maybe a few users can tell on the forums what's happened  big_smile

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#10 2008-01-09 12:38:17

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Yeah, I'd really like to see or find out what happens in the conference, but I live in France... Perhaps someone could film it?


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#11 2008-01-09 16:06:06

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

I cant go since my family is going to Florida and you have to pay for the  conference and hotel and we need to save up vacation money!


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#12 2008-01-12 11:57:18

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Yeah I agree I live in England and we're not exactly rich so it would be pretty hard to get all 5 of us out there. I think it should be online next time


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#13 2008-01-21 08:24:39

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

I am in the same position as Toasty.

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#14 2008-01-23 16:37:12

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

I WANT TO MOVE TO ENGLAND SO BAD ( well at least go on vacation first )


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#15 2008-01-27 10:14:05

katie114
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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Is Indiana a little close? I really want to go!!!! Its way to much though... Gas money, hotel money, entrance money, even more gas money!  It's going to be a real fight between my parents. (thats an expression) Couldn't there be some way to get there cheap?


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#16 2008-02-19 16:16:26

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

What about some sort of video chat?

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#17 2008-02-21 13:27:03

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

?????


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#18 2008-02-25 12:42:37

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Well, some sort of system that could allow a video chat with people once asked to speak, as if they were there. So that if someone had something to say on the matter (whilst watching it of course), they could press a button or something instead of physically asking to talk (Impossible if you are 100s of miles away!), then, when it's there turn to speak, they are granted audio access so that by using a microphone and webcam they could express there views, as if they were actually there. Do you understand?


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#19 2008-02-25 13:10:41

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Videoconferencing as messd002 imagines it is technically possible now, but the attempts I've seen at it almost always have run into time-wasting glitches.  Perhaps in a few years the infrastructure will be robust enough and standardized enough to do this routinely, but I suspect it would add too much of a burden on this first-time conference.

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#20 2008-02-28 14:26:26

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

You have a good point, for every good thing, there is something bad! Oh well, it would still be cool if you could do a live video recording.


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#21 2008-03-11 02:52:09

health
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Re: Can't get to the conference?

What if i want to bring people form other countries ? Does MIT help getting invitation ?

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#22 2008-03-25 15:45:40

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

I like the idea about videoing sessions and putting them online - maybe a streaming video?


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#23 2008-04-07 14:28:23

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

Toasty wrote:

Yeah I agree I live in England and we're not exactly rich so it would be pretty hard to get all 5 of us out there. I think it should be online next time

I agree with toasty


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#24 2008-04-27 23:27:05

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

i can go, cuz i live in new england already! yey me! but it would be a great idea to make the confrence online!


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#25 2008-04-27 23:31:09

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Re: Can't get to the conference?

I live in West C-Town Colorado  sad  I guess


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