Planning+Notes

CDU Planning Session Aug 20
Hi guys Good discussion at CDU today - Aug 20. I clarified with Linda (admin support) and Pavel (IT support) the idea of MobilizeThis having a CDU Face to Face (F@F) event (physical participants), with other physical participants at possible hubs like: Alice Springs, Byron Youth Services, Overseas (either New Zealand or Canada or both), and a remote Indigenous hub - perhaps Bryce connecting via his mobile technology. I also explained that we will have a variety of virtual participants and will showcase technologies to mul;tipurpose our event and bradcast using these technologies such as: Horizon Wimba Second Life Breeze Adobe Connect VET Virtual Elluminate Skype / SIP iChat We are also thinkingthat it will be good to use CDU video conferencing to our Alice Springs Hub and possibly others. The team understands, however that the purpose is to demo more web 2.0 / social networking and virtual solutions. The video conferencing would be purposed as a communications backup. As mentioned - Alex and I have set up a wikispace which will handle registrations for the "virtual" or online participants - similar to last year's BYS06 event. The wikispace is at: __http://mobilizethis.wikispaces.com__. It still needs some prettying up and organizing which I should be able to do this week. So please don't promote as is until we green light it. Registrations for people wanting to come onto campus will have to be held differently, because of physical space limitations. Linda we will need to discuss the best way to do physical body registrations - maybe both online at our wikispace but keeping a running tally here in case we reach maximum numbers. The issue of numbers led to Pavel and I thinking that maybe Mal Nairm might be a better location - with use of lecture theatre then breakout space in the foyer. Linda could you see if it is available Thursay evening and all day Friday and what the legal capacity limits are for that space vs. Room 31 which we already have booked. Trevor could you comment on any thoughts you might have about location - I know you were more interested in the room 31 space vs. Mal Nairm. In my conversation with Pavel, the following emerged; CDU will have a bottleneck out via AARNET at about 10Mb Bill needs to speak with Malcolm 6631 if we want to explore increasing this capacity for the day if AARNET will open more bandwidth for us Pavel would likely apply for and use 190 subnet which would give our Symposium user preference for the day Pavel envisions that we will likely have adequate bandwidth, with VET Virtual (14 synchronous audio/video Flash feeds out of CDU) being the most taxing There is better connectivity and port accessibility out of Mal Nairn vs Room 31. Pavel suggested exploring using SIP vs. Skype as it offers more user choice

The day long format could look like: An online "creative activity" is occuring all throughout this event … suggested Theme: Hanging Out - Youth Spaces

8:30 to 9:00 Arrive / Mingle / Opening with Blessing from Elder 9:00 to 10:00 Session 1 - Presentation of Research / Literature Review Findings & Discussion 10:00 to 10:30 Session 2 - Open for suggestion / presentations will showcase a technology 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:15 Session 3- Greg Eagen - Apple Inc. Australia - video/podcasting to mobile devices 11:15 - 11:45 Session 4- Open for suggestion / presentations will showcase a technology (preferably youth panel here) 11:45 - 1:00 Lunch and Online Musical Performance 1:00 - 2:00 Session 5- Response to Research / Literature Review Findings - breakout sessions and generation of challenges and opportunities activities 2:00 - 2:30 Session 6 - Open for suggestion / presentations will showcase a technology 2:30 - 3:00 Session 7 - Open for suggestion / presentations will showcase a technology 3:00 - 3:30 Session 8 - Open for suggestion / presentations will showcase a technology 3:30 - 4:00 Presentation of Creative Activity Outcome, Final Responses & Closure

What do people think?

If this seems good, we could load up to the wiki and get potential presenters to suggest activities for sessions. If we get an overwhelming response and lots of proposed sessions - no worries, we just open up session options for Sessions 2,3,4 and 6,7,8. Any thoughts gang? Cheers Bill

Tel Conference with Alex Hayes Fri Aug 17th
Alex and I chatted and thought there were several things to bring forward this year: A blend of technologies in the context of discussion on youth engagement A practical exercise to have youth collaborate and build something creatively during the event One suggestion is to have them document their spaces - where they play, get inspired, find information, network - could be done via screen captures / podcsats / videocasts pre Symposium then put together into an application on the day in real time … superimpose this over the types of spaces we create for them and expose the gaps. Have a multifaceted age-range of speakers like last year, also try and connect with some international again, e.g., NZ, Canada (NWT) Setup Wikipages registration (we did reserve mobilizethis.wikispaces.com for this purpose but requires some work before distributing). Keep the BYS06 low key feel but promote a broadrange of participation and contributions, i.e., we don't want this to grow into a conference style thing where people pay to come and listen … needs to be free and open and encouraging co-creation of ideas if we are to include youth and practice what we believe in around social co-construction of knowledge Looked at NSW use of Adobe connect as an application to utilize and showcase as a meeting space - Alex agreed to be the conduit to NSW learnscope projects and promote to his teams … he has identified some youth initiatives that might work to connect into. Bill has asked Adobe to consider some formal support and sponsorship of the event this year as one goal was to showcase some software at the Symposium Logistics are occuring at CDU for the physical space for the event (thanks Linda) and will be growing opportunities for the hubs Hoped that BYS and Reagan wil lteam up this year to join us virtually and showcase a youth band again - we liked that a lot!!! That's it from our conversation so far … Input and ideas welcome folks!