At Educause
Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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4:17 pm EST: I am sitting at the front of room B309 at the Atlanta World Congress Center in Atlanta. I have just finished my 10-12 minute spiel about the teacher's box, and David is speaking now about digital objects, and Raymond will be up in a couple of minutes. There are at least 60 people in the audience, in a room that seats about 200. The room is actually quite populated. (Later, David think there were closer to 100 people; I count the number of seats and realize the room will hold 300, and agree that the attendance was closer to 100 people.)
David gave a good introduction and is now talking about how digital content goes through these phases of moving from research objects to research objects for K-12 to learning objects.
When I finished my little box song and dance the audience applauded. Audiences don't usually do that. That was weird. I talked too long and I'm worried about Raymond having enough time to present his piece.
A few minutes later: Raymond did great job covering a lot of tough material and in the end had plenty of time. David did a nice conclusion, with grace and humor throughout his parts, and is now fielding the tough questions that are inevitable with this topic. This is good because it shows that attendees are engaged. We're now about 10 minutes over the end of our time and there are still lots of people in the room at 5:50, the end of a tiring day.
5:07: John Gage came into the talk late and now he's up at the front with Barbara talking to David about metadata. Raymond is talking to a guy name Craig from MIT. I'm typing in my weblog because everyone else is gone and now we can relax. Talk is over, things went great
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In memory: FBM Dec. 8, 1919 - Oct. 2, 2000
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