I thought projecting it might be neat. It would definitely give those who don't yet have accounts an idea of how the whole thing works. I don't want to distract from the presenters, however. That being said, how many of us will be on Twitter anyway? ;-) We could call it an experiment. If it doesn't prove useful we could make it an off-line post-presentation resource. Perhaps the presenters should weigh in. On Oct 22, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Sara Hurley wrote: > I know that I am personally still kind of exploring it. Maybe we > could do something on it in a couple months? It doesn't seem like > there's much to talk about quite yet beyond functionality demos, but > that's not as interesting to me as possible uses when it's actually > launched. (As we know, it's invite-only at this point). I don't > know how Dave and Tony feel, but that's my personal take on it. > > Kristofer Layon wrote: >> >> I think this is a fine idea --- maybe I'll be convinced that it's >> really useful. =) >> >> I thought Wave looked pretty overwhelming when I saw a demo a while >> back, so I haven't set aside any time to try it. But clearly, it >> must be useful and I just need to understand it better. Or, if >> it's not terribly useful, I also should understand that better too, >> beyond just one demo… >> >> Looking forward to hear how the Wave users incorporate this into >> our web continuing ed process. My main question is, do we want to >> project this on the second screen in 101 Walter during the meeting >> or is this more "off line" or post-meeting? >> >> (and if we do project, would that be distracting?) >> >> Kris >> >> >> Kristofer D. Layon >> Director of Web Design & Online Collaboration >> 612.624.4545 : [log in to unmask] : http://blog.lib.umn.edu/layo0002/work/ >> - - - - - - >> Office of the Senior Vice President for System Academic >> Administration >> University of Minnesota Twin Cities >> http://www.academic.umn.edu/system/ >> >> >> >> On Oct 22, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Tony Thomas wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure how many of us at the U have preview access to Google >>> Wave yet, but it might be interesting to try to set up a Wave for >>> the Web Dev meetings as a way to discuss the meeting topics and >>> follow up with resources, links & etc. from the presenters. There >>> may not be time to get it going today, but perhaps at a future >>> meeting. >>> >>> I've had the opportunity to use Wave for real-time collaboration >>> recently. It's handy, even if still a little buggy. >>> >>> My thought was one Wave per meeting. The Twin Cities Wave has been >>> fun, but has grown into monster. There's something to be said for >>> limiting the subject matter IMO. >> > > -- > -- > > Sara Hurley, MFA > 612-625-7709 > > Web Coordinator > http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu > Digital Learning Group (DLG) > School of Public Health > University of Minnesota >