Truger’s TechTalk

I have just arrived home from another amazingly successful IL-TCE (Illinois Tech Conference for Educators). It was a wild week of learning, presenting, networking and trial and error.

The week started off with my presentation of a 2 day workshop on “Clay in the Curriculum”. Everything went fabulous. I had 8 people and the groups just melded together so well. They were awesome…took 20 min for lunch and then they were back working before I did! Their independence allowed me to meet a good SL/Twitter friend and help her with her workshop.

I am referring to the wonderful and quick on her feet, Meg Ormiston. Meg was tasked with the first workshop experience in SL to ever be attempted at Il-TCE. I stopped in to see her and introduce myself to find that SL was being blocked by Linden Labs. After several phone calls and an entire tech crew (the red shirts) sitting outside the lab, we came to some conclusions. One, you can’t create SL avatars all from one outgoing IP addy and two, we needed help! After much discussion the workshop was moved to a different location and they were able to continue. They even got a bonus when Kathy Schrock showed up in world to give them a personal tour! Kathy agreed to help us out with the future presos as well. It seems that when you “own” an island you can get service.

I made my way back to my own workshop and the groups were moving along at a quick pace. They made great clay animation videos. Here is one of them:

There is so much more to share but I think I need to process it a little more before sharing. Watch for WOW!2~Anne