Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Re: Mark cannot attend 11/20 2pm

Hi Mark,

I can meet in the morning of the 20th or anytime on the 21st before 4:00.

Bill

On Nov 13, 2007 9:54 AM, Mark Christianson <markc@icu.ac.jp> wrote:
> Hi fellow C3ers,
>
> Yesterday I found out that I need to accompany my mother to a doctor's
> appointment on 11/20 the next meeting day. She is getting a second opinion
> on a tumor at a clinic in Tokorozawa and needs help with Japanese.
>
> I need to leave campus at 1pm and will be gone all afternoon.
>
> I wonder whether we could move the time to a morning time such as 10-12am?
> Or move it to the next day 11/21 Wed 2pm? If those alternate times seem
> dififcult, I will be absent from this session and will do my best to catch
> up through meeting minutes and other follow up.
>
> Sorry to bother you all at such a busy time, but could you reply with your
> availability ot 10am 11/20 or 2pm 11/21?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 11/3/07, Owen James <okokoj@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear C3ers,
> >
> > Sorry for the delay, the form that Bill mentions in the Minutes is here,
> and I have also added the link to the Minutes as well.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Owen.
> >
> >
> > On Nov 2, 2007 3:50 PM, WCHarshbarger@gmail.com < WCHarshbarger@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I've shared a document with you called "C3 Meeting Minutes from
> 11-2-07":
> > > http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df8mx5rb_71ctzf27&invite=c3qdxg2
> > >
> > > It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open
> this document, just click the link above.
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Here are my minutes from today.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > C3 Meeting Minutes from 11-2-07
> > >
> > > We first discussed the revised Equipment Survey and decided it was ready
> to use. Bill will send an email requesting that instructors fill out the
> survey.
> > >
> > > Bill reviewed his proposed plan to implement Google accounts and the use
> of an ELP Events calendar on Google from next April with any needed
> preparation for that to happen to take place in winter term. These are
> proposed minimum goals, with many more Web 2.0 resources and practices still
> to be worked on.
> > >
> > > Owen proposed a plan for moving forward first within C3 itself on a
> limited set of skills and practices. If this plan is successful, we may be
> able to propose more for ELP-wide implementation next Spring than Bill's
> minimum goals. The purpose of the plan is to move us forward in a more
> focused manner, following the period of consciousness raising we have been
> muddling through up to now. It is also important that we develop
> significant first-hand experience in the use of these skills and practices
> in order to truly understand and appreciate their value before we attempt to
> spread them further within the ELP.
> > >
> > > Owen's plan indicates that all C3 members do the following as soon as
> possible starting today:
> > >
> > > 1. Use Gmail as their primary email system.
> > > 2. Use, maintain and share among C3 members a personal Google calendar
> and that we use these calendars to set C3 meetings.
> > > 3. Use Googledocs for all file creation and that these files will have
> an RSS feed share as well as being posted to email.
> > > 4. Use a personal blog and share the url within C3
> > > 5. Use Delicious bookmarking and share our user names within C3
> > > 6. Use a Google Reader
> > > 7. Use Firefox on a memory stick as our default browsers
> > >
> > > Not everyone in C3 understands what all of these points mean or entail
> at this point, and certainly we are at different points in our ability to
> implement them. In order to determine where we all are, Owen will create a
> form on a web site for us to fill in. This will enable us to determine who
> needs what and track our progress towards what is needed.
> > >
> > > We will also need learning sessions, both as a group and as individuals,
> to get us fully operational with this set of practices. Owen has a number
> of on line training resources that we can use from his SE class. There are
> additional resources at the University of Manitoba site:
> http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Workshops_and_Resources
> > >
> > > The first training session will be Monday 11/5 at 11:00 in ILC 131. We
> should all fill in the "where we all are" form prior to then.
> > >
> > > The plan is to establish our ability to do all of the seven things
> listed in the plan as quickly as possible and to continue with those
> practices until the end of the New Year's break. At that point, we will
> determine what we want to do in terms of launching any of these practices
> within the wider ELP context.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ELP, International Christian University,
> > 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8585.
> > Office ph: (81) 0422-33-3371
> > Home 0.5: http://okoj.net/james/
> > Skype ID: owen_james
> > Delicious ID: okoj
> >
> > > >
> >
>

--
Bill Harshbarger, Ph.D.
Director, English Language Program
International Christian University
3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi
Tokyo 181-8585
+ (81) 422-33-3219
billh@icu.ac.jp
http://indirector.blogspot.com

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